Fee calculator for digital downloads
Put your price and monthly sales side by side. See what remains after selling fees and monthly subscriptions.
| Platform / plan | First sale | Subscription / month | Month total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bookstorez Free | $8.50 | $0.00 | $170.00 |
| Bookstorez Creator | $8.80 | $19.00 | $157.00 |
| Bookstorez Pro | $8.90 | $29.00 | $149.00 |
| Gumroad direct (tiered) | $7.91 | $0.00 | $158.20 |
| Payhip Free | $8.91 | $0.00 | $178.20 |
| Payhip Plus | $9.21 | $29.00 | $155.20 |
| Payhip Pro | $9.41 | $99.00 | $89.20 |
| Etsy standard | $8.60 | $0.00 | $172.00 |
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This compares selling costs. Bookstorez also includes a storefront and AI ebook creation, with featured-product allowances on Creator and Pro. Compare the tools and promotion included alongside your fee result.
Assumptions
US seller, domestic card, one product per order, USD price before tax. Payhip uses standard US Stripe processing. Etsy includes one $0.20 listing or renewal per sale; unsold listings cost extra. Ordinary Etsy discovery does not trigger Offsite Ads fees. Ads are capped at $100 per order.
Gumroad direct starts at 10% + $0.50, plus card processing. The monthly total applies its 5% tier to subsequent sales after $20,000 in paid sales, assuming no other sales or refunds that month. Discover is 30%, including processing.
Excludes sales tax, tax on fees, exchange rates, refunds, chargebacks, setup fees and other advertising. Paid plans use monthly USD billing. Results are estimates, not profit or a payout schedule. Checked .
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Fee calculator by BookstorezCreate, sell and promote your digital products
Create ebooks, build your storefront and promote your digital products in one place. Bookstorez brings creation tools, marketplace browsing and featured-product placements together, with clear fees and plans to suit your shop.
Your own storefront and a marketplace
Give buyers a shop link for your ebooks, guides and printables, with product pages and download delivery. Eligible products can also be discovered in the Bookstorez catalogue, with no extra marketplace commission.
Built-in AI ebook generator
Create your own ebooks with the Bookstorez AI generator. Free includes 1 generated ebook per month with a watermark; Creator includes 2 and Pro 5 per month without a watermark. Review, edit and fact-check your book before publishing.
Featured products on Creator and Pro
Creator includes 1 featured week per calendar month; Pro includes 4. Use your allowance to put products in featured placements across the site. Featuring gives products additional visibility, without guaranteeing visits or sales.
Compare all Free, Creator and Pro features. Paid subscriptions are included in the calculator; these benefits are not assigned a cash value in its results.
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3 live products free · 12% + 30¢ a sale · tax and card fees included · paid monthly on the 15th, once $50 has cleared. Smaller balances carry over and are paid before waiting 90 days.
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