Stan Store alternatives in 2026: 6 cheaper ways to sell from your link in bio
Stan Store costs $29 a month with no free plan. Six alternatives for selling digital products from your bio, from free with 0% fees to pay-per-sale, with the math.
By Max · Founder of mssg.me and Stick
· 6 min read
The short answer
Stan Store costs $29 a month with no free plan. The cheapest alternatives for selling digital products from your bio are Stick (free, 0% fee, from our team), Beacons (free with a 9% fee, or $30 a month for 0%), Linktree Pro ($15 a month, 0% fee plus $0.25 per payout), Payhip (free with a 5% fee), Gumroad (no monthly fee, 10% plus $0.50 per sale) and Carrd with a Stripe or PayPal embed (from $19 a year, but you handle delivery yourself).
Stan Store is a good product with a simple price: $29 a month (or $300 a year) after a 14-day trial, 0% fees. The problem is paying that before you've made a sale, or keeping it up when sales are small. These are the alternatives creators switch to, with prices checked on October 9, 2026.
The short list
| Tool | Monthly price | Fee on your sales | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Store (for reference) | $29 ($300 a year) | 0% | Courses, coaching and bookings |
| Stick | $0 | 0% | A designed link in bio page that sells files |
| Beacons | $0, or $30 for 0% | 9% on Free and the $10 plan, 0% from $30 | Selling plus email and a media kit |
| Linktree Pro | $15 ($12 billed yearly) | 0% plus $0.25 per payout | Links first, a few products |
| Payhip | $0, $29 or $99 | 5%, 2% or 0% | A full digital-product store |
| Gumroad | $0 | 10% plus $0.50 per sale (30% on Discover sales) | Selling with no subscription at all |
| Carrd + Stripe/PayPal | $19 a year | Payment provider fees only | A one-page site with a payment button |
Stripe or PayPal processing applies on top of every option.
What you'd pay at different sales levels
Assume digital products at $20 each, before payment processing:
| Monthly sales | Stan | Stick | Beacons Free | Beacons Creator Plus | Linktree Pro | Payhip Free | Gumroad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $200 (10 sales) | $29 | $0 | $18 | $30 | $15 | $10 | $25 |
| $1,000 (50 sales) | $29 | $0 | $90 | $30 | $15 | $50 | $125 |
| $3,000 (150 sales) | $29 | $0 | $270 | $30 | $15 | $150 | $375 |
Linktree's $0.25 payout fee is left out because it depends on how often you get paid. Percentage-based tools are cheapest when you sell little; flat plans win as you grow. Stick costs nothing at any level.
1. Stick: free, with 0% on sales
Stick is our team's link in bio builder. Add a Digital Product block, upload the file, set a price (and a sale price if you want), and buyers pay through Stripe; the money goes straight to your Stripe account and the file arrives by email. You can also give a product away in exchange for an email address. Every block, theme and analytics feature is free.
Where Stan is ahead: Stick doesn't do courses, coaching bookings or memberships yet, doesn't support your own domain, can't remove its badge, and has an English-only editor.
2. Beacons: free to start, 0% from $30
Beacons sells unlimited digital products on its free plan at a 9% fee, with email marketing (50 sends a month), a media kit and Instagram DM automation included. Creator Plus at $30 a month drops the fee to 0% and adds courses with video hosting and memberships, which makes it the closest like-for-like Stan replacement.
3. Linktree Pro: links first, selling second
If your page is mostly links and you sell a product or two, Linktree Pro ($15 a month, or $12 billed yearly) adds selling with 0% Linktree fees (plus $0.25 per payout), removes the Linktree logo and connects your mailing list. There's no free selling and no own domain on any Linktree plan.
4. Payhip: a proper digital-product store
Payhip is a store builder for digital products, courses and memberships. Its free plan takes 5% of sales, Plus ($29 a month) takes 2%, and Pro ($99 a month) takes nothing, with Stripe and PayPal fees on top. It's a fit if you want a store with more structure than a bio page, and link to it from your bio.
5. Gumroad: no subscription, a bigger cut
Gumroad has no monthly fee. It takes 10% plus $0.50 per sale through your own links, and 30% when a new customer finds you through its Discover marketplace. Cheap when you sell rarely, expensive when you sell a lot.
6. Carrd with a payment embed
Carrd's Pro Standard plan ($19 a year) gives you a one-page site with your own domain, payment-enabled forms and Stripe, PayPal or Gumroad embeds. It's the cheapest way to look professional, but there's no store: delivery of digital products is up to you or the embedded service.
Which one should you switch to?
- You sell files and want to keep every dollar above Stripe's fee: Stick.
- You want Stan's features for about the same price, plus email and a media kit: Beacons Creator Plus.
- Your bio page is mostly links: Linktree Pro.
- You want a dedicated store with courses and memberships: Payhip.
- You sell occasionally and hate subscriptions: Gumroad.
- You want your own domain on a one-page site: Carrd.
- You sell courses and coaching every month: stay on Stan; it's built for that.
Related comparisons: Beacons vs Stan Store, Linktree vs Stan Store.
Sources
Checked on October 9, 2026: Stan Store pricing, Beacons pricing, Linktree pricing, Payhip pricing, Gumroad pricing, Carrd Pro plans, Stick product facts.
Questions people ask
What is the cheapest alternative to Stan Store?
Stick is free and takes 0% of digital product sales, so you only pay Stripe's processing fee. Beacons and Payhip also have free plans, but they take 9% and 5% of each sale.
Is there a Stan Store alternative with no monthly fee?
Yes. Stick (free, 0% fee), Beacons Free (9% fee), Payhip Free (5% fee) and Gumroad (10% plus $0.50 per sale) all have no monthly fee.
Which Stan Store alternative is best for courses?
Beacons Creator Plus ($30 a month) includes courses with video hosting and memberships at 0% fees, and Payhip also sells courses and memberships.
mssg.me and Stick are made by the same team. We point you to whichever one fits the job, and we say so when we do.
About the author
Founder of mssg.me and Stick
Max is the founder of mssg.me, the mobile website builder people have used to create more than 100,000 websites and a Google for Startups Ukraine Support Fund recipient, and of Stick, a link in bio builder for creators. He writes about link in bio pages, messenger links and selling on social media.