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Every Etsy fee on a digital download in 2026: listing renewals, 6.5% transaction fee, processing by country, Offsite Ads, and what you keep at $10 to $100.

Stan Store costs $29 or $99 a month with 0% per sale, plus Stripe and a 0.25% payout fee. See what you keep per sale and where it beats Gumroad, Payhip and Lemon Squeezy.

Lemon Squeezy charges 5% + $0.50 per sale, plus 1.5% for international buyers and PayPal. See what you keep at $5, $10, $20 and $50, payout fees, and cheaper options.

Under about $580 a month in sales Payhip Free costs less; Sellfy Starter wins until its $10,000-a-year cap. Feature gaps, the 2% overage fee and VAT, with real store sizes.

Lemon Squeezy leaves you $18.50 of a $20 sale, Gumroad $16.62. Both handle sales tax. See the extra fees for PayPal and buyers abroad, payout costs, and which one to pick.

Shopify Starter is no longer open to new stores, so Basic is the real entry price. Here is when $29-$39 a month beats a 5% fee for selling digital downloads, and when it does not.

On a $1 sale, fees take 38% to 93% depending on the platform. See Payhip, Etsy, Lemon Squeezy, and Gumroad side by side, plus three ways to keep more.

Do you have to register for VAT or file sales tax yourself? Lemon Squeezy, Gumroad and Payhip handle it for you; Shopify and Sellfy leave it to you. Quick answer and official wording.

How much does Upwork cost in 2026? Clients pay up to 7.99% plus a $0.99–$14.99 contract fee; freelancers pay 0–15%. Totals on a $100, $500, and $1,000 job.

What a YouTube thumbnail from Fiverr really costs at checkout: the $3.50 small-order fee, why one bundle beats three single orders, and what to send the designer.