Sell your ebooks, guides and printables here.
Bookstorez is a catalogue of digital products made by independent creators. List yours free: each one gets its own page and a place in the catalogue where buyers browse, and we pay out on the 15th, once you have $50 cleared.
What you keep
- Free$8.50 a sale · $0 a monthBest for your numbers$170.00
- Creator$8.80 a sale · $19 a month$157.00
- Pro$8.90 a sale · $29 a month$149.00
Card fees and tax handling are included. Tax is added to the buyer's price, never taken from yours.
The plans
Free
$0forever
No card, no monthly fee
12% + 30¢ a sale
Everything you need to start selling.
- 5 live products
- PDF and EPUB, up to 50 MB
- 1 coupon running at a time
- Email support within 48 hours
Creator
$19a month
or $190 a year, two months free
9% + 30¢ a sale
A lower fee, more products, your own web addresses and fuller sales breakdowns.
- 25 live products
- A week featured in your category, every month(coming soon)
- Sales by product, country and day
- Your own product web addresses
- One free product on sale
- 2 generated ebooks a month, no watermark(coming soon)
Pro
$29a month
or $290 a year, two months free
8% + 30¢ a sale
The lowest fee, no product limit and the tools for a serious catalogue.
- Unlimited products
- Four weeks featured, every month(coming soon)
- Where buyers came from, refunds and coupons
- Bulk upload, up to 20 files at once
- Opt-in buyer email list(coming soon)
- 3 team seats(coming soon)
- 5 generated ebooks a month, no watermark(coming soon)
What we promise
- 12% + 30¢ a sale on Free, less on Creator and Pro, with card fees, tax handling and payouts included. A refund, or a lost chargeback and its $15 fee, comes off your earnings, even after payout.
- No extra cut when a buyer finds you through the Bookstorez catalogue.
- Paid monthly on the 15th once $50 has cleared. Anything under $50 carries over and never expires.
- Fees and payout terms change only with 90 days' written notice.
- A person answers your email about money or your account.
- We're the seller of record: we charge and pay the tax, and you get a report.
- Your sales records are yours: every order, and a CSV of them, on every plan.
How it works
Upload and price
Add your PDF or EPUB, a cover and a description. Make it free, or set a price from $3.
Get found
Every product gets its own page and a place in the Bookstorez catalogue. Bring your own buyers, or let ours find you. Same fee either way.
Get paid
Each sale clears after 30 days while you're new, 7 days after that. On the 15th, once you have $50 cleared, your cleared balance goes to your bank or PayPal.
Everything in each plan
Selling
| Feature | Free | Creator | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live products | 5 | 25 | Unlimited |
| Draft products | 10 | 50 | Unlimited |
| Largest file | 50 MB | 200 MB | 500 MB |
| File types | PDF, EPUB | PDF, EPUB, ZIP packs | PDF, EPUB, ZIP packs |
| Free products | Not included | 1 on sale at a time | 1 on sale at a time |
| Bulk upload | Not included | Not included | Up to 20 files at once |
| Your own product web address | Not included | Included | Included |
Getting found
| Feature | Free | Creator | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Featured in your category(coming soon) | Not included | 1 week a month | 4 weeks a month |
| Coupons running at once | 1 | 10 | Unlimited |
| Bundles(coming soon) | Not included | Up to 5 products | Up to 20 products |
Knowing your numbers
| Feature | Free | Creator | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakdowns | Top product | By product, country and day | Plus where buyers came from, refunds and coupons |
| Emailed sales report | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Email list of buyers who opt in(coming soon) | Not included | Not included | Included |
Making
| Feature | Free | Creator | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ebook generator(coming soon) | 1 a month, watermarked | 2 a month, no watermark | 5 a month, no watermark, with cover help |
| Team seats(coming soon) | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Support | Email, within 48 hours | Email, within 24 hours | Priority email and chat hours |
Getting paid, on every plan
Monthly on the 15th once $50 has cleared, to your bank through Stripe or to PayPal. Anything under $50 carries over and never expires.
How it compares
| Feature | Bookstorez | Gumroad | Payhip | Etsy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You keep from a $10 sale | $8.50 to $8.90 | $7.91 | $8.91 | $8.60 |
| When their marketplace found the buyer | The same | $7.00 (30% fee) | The same | $7.10 with Offsite Ads |
| Card fees | Included | Added on top | Added on top | Added on top |
| Payout minimum | $50 | $100 | None stated | None |
| VAT on digital sales | Handled | Handled | EU and UK handled | Handled |
| Support | A person, by email | AI agent. Trustpilot 1.4 from 418 reviews | Email. Trustpilot 4.5 from 530 reviews | No phone or email for most sellers. Trustpilot 1.4 from 21,245 reviews |
Every figure above, and where it came from, is on the sources page.
Questions
- Do I have to pay for a plan?
- No. Free is a full shop: list up to five products and sell them. Creator and Pro are there if a lower fee and the extra tools earn back their price.
- Which plan should I pick?
- Put your price and a month's sales into the calculator. Creator starts paying for itself at about $633 a month in sales; Pro at about $1,000.
- What can I sell?
- Ebooks, guides, printables, planners, workbooks and templates, as PDF or EPUB (ZIP packs on Creator and Pro). It has to be your own work.
- How do I get paid?
- By bank transfer through Stripe in the US, UK, Canada and Ireland, and by PayPal everywhere else, including Australia and New Zealand. We cover the payout cost.
- What about tax?
- Bookstorez is the seller of record. We charge and pay the tax where it's due, on top of your price, so it never touches your share. You get a report for your own accounts.
- Will the fee change?
- Only with 90 days' written notice. That's a term, not a hope.