Platform alternatives

A Gumroad alternative with 0% platform fees

Gumroad takes a flat cut of every sale you make, forever. PokeShani takes nothing. You connect your own PayPal, buyers pay you directly, and the money is yours the moment the sale completes.

What Gumroad costs you

Gumroad moved to a flat 10% platform fee: no monthly cost, but a permanent reduction on every order. On a small store that feels minor. On an actual business it compounds, and it never stops.

Pricing changes. The figures above use Gumroad’s published 10% flat fee at the time of writing and exclude payment processing fees, which vary by platform and country. Always confirm current pricing on both platforms before you switch.

Where Gumroad is genuinely better than us

We will not pretend we win on everything. If these matter more to you than fees, stay where you are:

• It is merchant of record. Gumroad handles global VAT and sales tax compliance on your behalf. On PokeShani that responsibility sits with you, because the sale is directly between you and your buyer.
• It hosts your files. Gumroad stores and delivers your product. PokeShani expects you to bring an existing delivery link.
• It has built-in discovery. Gumroad has a browsable marketplace with real buyer traffic. PokeShani’s marketplace is smaller, so your own audience does more of the work.
• Buyers can pay by card. PokeShani runs payments through PayPal, so a buyer who will not use PayPal cannot complete checkout.

What PokeShani does differently

• 0% platform fees. You keep the full sale amount, less only PayPal’s standard processing fee.
• Payment goes straight to you. PokeShani never holds your money. No balance, no payout schedule, no minimum threshold, no transfer wait.
• You keep your current delivery method. Paste the access link you already use. Your product never has to move.
• No card processing on our side. PayPal owns the payment relationship, so no card data ever touches PokeShani.

Who this suits, and who it does not

A good fit if: you already have an audience, you sell through your own links and social posts, you are comfortable taking PayPal payments, and fees are eating your margin.

A bad fit if: you need card checkout, you want someone else to handle global tax, or you depend on platform discovery to find buyers for you.

How to move your products across

1. Sign up free and add your PayPal email in your profile.
2. Create a product and reuse the title, description and price you already have.
3. Add your thumbnail and paste your existing delivery link into the access URL field.
4. Publish, then share the new PokeShani sales page with your audience.
5. Once sales are flowing, unpublish the old listing.