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Katja Groesser's avatar

I recently discovered your StanStore website and I was wondering what this platform actually is as I haven´t heard about it. This post came right to me. Now I will put it on the list for platforms I might want to use later instead of Gumroad.

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Mark Dowling's avatar

This is very helpful @jrheimbigner. The stan.store website offers zero information about what's there & what's not, not even any pricing - seems like the only thing a visitor can do is sign up for a trial. Yeah, nah. I'll tool over to your linked post & check that out too!

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J.R. Heimbigner's avatar

Oh! Interesting, you can check out more info by simply going to Stan.store and clicking on the pricing tab. It shows pricing and features.

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Gunnar Habitz's avatar

Well compared! There is one thing on Gumroad we shouldn‘t forget - and not much to expect from - it‘s also a marketplace.

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J.R. Heimbigner's avatar

True. But that’s where I was getting hit hard on fees. If I dropped the fee amount down, no sales. It seemed like 30% or higher was the only way they were going to share.

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Gunnar Habitz's avatar

The Gumroad fees are quite steep as it is more than just that. I remember someone from Australia bought my $37 course on Gumroad which costs FX fees twice for her and then also for me so not much was left as profit.

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Chris Stanley's avatar

Looking good in that store!

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J.R. Heimbigner's avatar

I like it, so simple and clean!

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Seema's avatar

I’ll add that if you are in a region that doesn’t support Stripe (like India) then Gumroad is the only option of the two available. I didn’t realise Substack only supported Stripe till I tried to set up my publication. 🥹

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J.R. Heimbigner's avatar

Oh that’s good to know. I didn’t realize that, but that would make sense to choose Gumroad over Stan.

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J.R. Heimbigner's avatar

For sure! That’s how I got started with it was seeing someone else share their experience and then I checked it out and decided to give it a try.

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LINDA AMATO's avatar

Thank you. I see there is so much to learn!🌹

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Gabriela Trofin-Tatár's avatar

I already made a Stan store and have been working on developing it to support my substack. I just cannot afford the $29 per month on top of already paying for canva and a few substacks. 😟 That’s why gumroad is fine for bow. Hopefully I will soon get some paid subs here and I can invest more in Stan store. I’d love any feedback if you have the time https://stan.store/chicachiflada

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