Best Stan Store Alternatives for Link-in-Bio Selling

Since you are here, you sell from a link in your bio, or you are about to, and a monthly bill before the first sale feels backwards. This page is for creators weighing a flat fee against a cut of each sale, with real prices on both sides.

The best Stan Store alternative for a creator with few sales is one with no monthly fee: Beacons' free plan (9% seller fee), Payhip's free plan (5%) or Gumroad (10% + 50 cents). Stan's $29 Creator plan becomes the cheaper choice from about 12 sales of $29 a month against Beacons free, and about 20 against Payhip free. Beacons Creator Plus, at $30 a month with no seller fee, is the closest like-for-like swap.

This compares published features and prices from each company's own pages. Each product's prices sit under its section with the month they were checked and a source link. For Stan itself in detail (payouts, complaints, refunds), see our Stan Store review.

What does Stan Store cost?

• Creator: $29 a month, or $300 a year
• Creator Pro: $99 a month, or $948 a year
• 0% Stan transaction fee on both plans; Stripe or PayPal processing still applies
• 14-day free trial; no free plan

Prices as of November 2026, from Stan Store's pricing page.

Stan's case is simple: one subscription, no cut, and a storefront built for a phone screen that sells downloads, coaching calls, courses, memberships and webinars. Creator Pro adds upsells, order bumps, email flows and affiliate management.

People look elsewhere for three reasons. There is no free plan, so a creator with no sales pays $29 a month to find out. Stan's pricing page says nothing about collecting sales tax or VAT, which matters if your buyers are spread across countries. And creators who mainly share links, with selling as a side line, pay for a store they barely use.

Stan Store alternatives compared

What each one costs a month in subscription plus platform fee, selling a $29 product. Card processing (about $1.14 a sale on a US card through Stripe) applies on all of them and is left out so the platform's own cost shows.

Our arithmetic from the published rates. Below about 8 sales a month, every option here with no subscription costs less than Stan. Past 20, a flat fee wins against every percentage on the list.

1. Beacons: the closest swap, with a free plan

Beacons is a link-in-bio page with a store, courses with video hosting, email, a media kit for brand deals and auto-replies to DMs.

• Free Forever: $0, sells with a 9% seller fee
• Creator Plus: $30 a month, 0% seller fee, unlimited email sends and memberships
• Other plans are listed on Beacons' full plan page

Prices as of November 2026, from Beacons's pricing page.

Who it suits: creators who want Stan's format without the fee on day one. Start on the free plan, and move to Creator Plus at about 12 sales of $29 a month, where its $30 costs less than the 9% fee.

Who should skip it: creators who already sell steadily and do not need the media kit or brand-deal tools, since Creator Plus costs a dollar more than Stan Creator for a similar job.

2. Linktree: when links come first and selling second

Linktree is a link page first, with selling added. It has a free plan, and its paid plans add scheduling, analytics and Instagram auto-replies.

• Free plan with unlimited basic links and email or phone sign-ups
• Starter, Pro and Premium are priced by region and shown in local currency at signup
• Linktree's FAQ says it charges US$0.25 per payout; check seller fees for your plan at signup

Prices as of November 2026, from Linktree's pricing page.

Who it suits: creators whose bio link mostly sends people to videos, podcasts and partners, with an occasional product. A free page costs nothing to keep.

Who should skip it: creators who want selling to be the main job of the link. Linktree's pricing page shows prices by region and points to a separate page for transaction fees, so check your plan's terms at signup before comparing it with Stan.

3. Payhip: a full store with a 5% free plan

Payhip is a store for downloads, courses, coaching, memberships and physical products, with the tax side handled on every plan. You link to your Payhip store from your bio.

• Free Forever: $0 a month plus a 5% transaction fee
• Pro: $99 a month, no transaction fee
• All features on both plans, unlimited products and revenue
• Stripe or PayPal charge their standard processing fees on every plan
• Collects and remits EU and UK VAT and US and Canadian sales tax on digital sales

Prices as of November 2026, from Payhip's pricing page.

Who it suits: creators selling to buyers in several countries who want EU and UK VAT and US and Canadian sales tax collected for them, and creators below about 20 sales a month, where 5% costs less than Stan's $29.

Who should skip it: creators who want a storefront designed to live inside Instagram or TikTok. Payhip gives you a store page to link to; it is not designed as the bio page itself.

4. Gumroad: no monthly fee, plus a marketplace

Gumroad charges nothing until you sell, handles sales tax as merchant of record, and has a marketplace, Discover, that can send buyers. RichTactic sells its own guides on Gumroad.

• No monthly fee
• 10% + $0.50 per sale through your profile or direct links
• 30% per sale when a new customer finds you through the Discover marketplace
• Card processing (2.9% + $0.30) is charged on top, per Gumroad's fee article
• Merchant of record since 1 January 2025: Gumroad collects and remits sales tax and VAT

Prices as of November 2026, from Gumroad's pricing page.

Who it suits: creators selling now and then, and creators who want marketplace buyers as well as their own. Below about 9 sales of $29 a month, Gumroad costs less than Stan.

Who should skip it: steady sellers. At 50 sales of $29 a month, Gumroad's platform fees come to $170 against Stan's $29. Our Gumroad alternatives page compares the cheaper no-subscription stores.

5. Systeme.io: free, with no transaction fee

Systeme.io is an all-in-one marketing tool: funnels, email, courses, a blog and a mobile link-in-bio page, with no transaction fee on any plan.

• Free: $0, never expires, 2,000 contacts and 1 course
• Startup: $17 a month, 5,000 contacts and 5 courses
• Webinar: $47 a month, 10,000 contacts and 20 courses
• Unlimited: $97 a month, unlimited contacts and courses
• 0% transaction fee on every plan; Stripe or PayPal processing applies; yearly billing gives 2 months free

Prices as of November 2026, from Systeme.io's pricing page.

Who it suits: creators who want an email list and a sales funnel behind their bio link and pay nothing until they outgrow the free plan's 2,000 contacts.

Who should skip it: creators who want to be selling within an hour. Systeme.io has funnels, email automations and courses to configure, so expect a longer setup than a single storefront.

6. Ko-fi: tips and a shop on one page

Ko-fi takes no fee on one-off tips on its free mode, and 5% on shop sales, memberships and commissions. Payments land in your own PayPal or Stripe account.

• No monthly cost
• Ko-fi Free: 0% on one-time tips, 5% on shop items, memberships, monthly tips and commissions
• Standard mode: 5% on everything, with extra page features
• PayPal or Stripe processing on top, usually around 3% + $0.30
• Ko-fi Gold is still offered for 0% service fees at a fixed monthly cost

Prices as of November 2026, from Ko-fi's pricing page.

Who it suits: artists, writers and streamers whose audience already tips them, adding a few products to the same page.

Who should skip it: creators selling coaching calls or courses as the main offer. Ko-fi's page is built around support and a shop, and its fee page does not say it handles sales tax.

How to choose

1. Count last month's sales. Under about 8 at $29, choose a no-subscription option: Payhip free, Beacons free, Gumroad or Ko-fi. Past 20, a flat fee wins: Stan Creator, Beacons Creator Plus or Payhip Pro at very high volume.
2. Check where your buyers live. Mostly in one US state, tax is a small job. Spread across the EU, the UK and several states, pick Payhip or Gumroad, which collect it for you.
3. Decide what the bio link is for. Mostly links: Linktree. Mostly selling: Stan or Beacons. Building an email list and funnel: Systeme.io.

To see what card processing takes at your own price, including the 1.5% Stripe adds for international cards, use the Stripe fee calculator.