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9 articlesWritten by us, latest Sep 20, 2026Facts about other companies carry their source
The fee on their pricing page is not the fee on the sale, the money lands in their balance rather than yours, and there is a good reason for both. The whole arithmetic, from their own pages.
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Comparisons9 min read
The fee on their pricing page is not the fee on the sale, the money lands in their balance rather than yours, and there is a good reason for both. The whole arithmetic, from their own pages.
Sep 20, 2026Read
Getting started6 min read
The whole path, from the file on your laptop to the money in your bank: what to make, what to charge, what the page needs to say, and what has to happen the second someone pays.
Sep 18, 2026Read
Money and payouts5 min read
Card fees, platform fees, subscriptions and payout fees, added up on one sale and on a hundred — so you can see which cost is worth paying and which one quietly eats the month.
Sep 18, 2026Read
Money and payouts5 min read
There are two ways a creator store can handle your money, and they are not close. One gives you a balance on someone else's dashboard; the other gives you a payment account that is yours.
Sep 18, 2026Read
Selling digital files4 min read
Most creators sell one file at one price. Giving the same work three sizes changes the question in the buyer's head from “should I?” to “which one?”, and that question is far easier to answer.
Sep 18, 2026Read
Marketing and audience5 min read
Six lines, in order, and what each one has to do. Written for people selling a PDF to buyers on their phones, not for people writing sales letters.
Sep 18, 2026Read
Marketing and audience4 min read
People change their store page fonts for a week and wonder why nothing sold. The page is a wrapper. What sells is one clear offer that the audience already asked for.
Sep 18, 2026Read
Comparisons6 min read
We are not a neutral source and we are not going to pretend otherwise. Here is what each one does, what Stan does better today, and the one thing we do differently on purpose.
Sep 18, 2026Read
Behind the build4 min read
Your buyer should never have to download anything to buy a file. Here is the reasoning behind that decision, and the honest cost of it.
Sep 18, 2026Read
The store address, the page and the editor cost nothing. Selling takes the $29 plan, free for the first 14 days. Your buyer pays into your own Stripe account, and we take 0% of the sale.