Gumroad in 10 slides
A storefront for selling digital products directly to your audience - ebooks, courses, software, and memberships. Start selling in minutes with a flat fee per sale.
- Digital products platform
- Creator platforms
- Based in San Francisco, California, United States
What you do on Gumroad
How the money is made: creating content
- Create and publish
- Grow an audience
- Fans, ads or sponsors pay
- Regular payouts
A storefront for selling digital products directly to your audience - ebooks, courses, software, and memberships. Start selling in minutes with a flat fee per sale.
Founded 2011 · next to 12 other creator platforms
Work and topics
Good for
What Gumroad takes
10% + $0.50 per sale plus card processing, 30% flat on Discover sales
From the published fees, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges (the $0.50 fixed part counted once). Work out your own amount →
How the money reaches you
From sign-up to payout
- Sign upFree
- Start straight awayIncludes an ID check
- Do the work
- Earnings clearWeekly, monthly or quarterly (daily for eligible US sellers)
- Withdraw2 ways to withdraw
$100 (higher in some countries)
2 ways to withdraw
- PayPal
- Bank transfer
Can you join?
Yes, if you are 13 or older and live in one of 120 countries.
You need reliable internet and a bank account. You have to verify your ID.
What you need
- 13 or olderMinimum age
- Reliable internet
- A bank account
- An ID checkBefore you can work or withdraw
- Free to joinSign-up cost
- Instant sign-upHow sign-up works
Open in 119 countries
What people actually earn
Gumroad's About page reports its creators earned $1,946,646 in income in the most recent week, as shown in late October 2026.
Source: gumroad.com ↗How it scores
Strong on access and track record. Weaker on fees.
- Fees2.5
- Getting paid3.0
- Access4.3
- Track record4.0
- Proof of earnings4.0
- Verified earnings
- Free to join
- Clear fees
- Fast payouts
- Top 10K website
- 10 years running
- Fully documented
Gumroad against its peers
Guess: next to the 8 other creator platforms that charge a percentage, is Gumroad…
The cut of all 9 creator platforms that charge a percentage
| Platform | Fee |
|---|---|
| Mighty Networks | 1.3% |
| Circle | 2.3% |
| Memberful | 4.9% |
| Buy Me a Coffee | 5% |
| Gumroad | 10% |
| Patreon | 10% |
| Substack | 10% |
| Boosty | 10% |
| Fanvue | 17.5% |
- At 10%, Gumroad sits near the middle — the median fee across the 9 creator platforms we track that charge a percentage is 10%.
- Founded in 2011, Gumroad has been running for about 15 years — longer than 11 of the 13 creator platforms we track with a known launch year.
How much we know
We have 11 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- Minimum payout
- How fast you get paid
- Withdrawal methods
- Join requirements
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
- Wikipedia or reference page
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Payment protection
- Review ratings
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts