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Compare platform fees, payment processing, and hidden costs before you sell. No spreadsheets. No surprises.
The sticker price isn’t the real price. Fixed charges hit small sales hardest; monthly plans change the answer at scale.
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Estimated fees
−$3.20You keep
$96.80Reference estimate based on 2.9% + $0.30. Excludes taxes, refunds, optional services, currency conversion, and special pricing.
The fee shelf
Start with the platform
on your shortlist.
Each guide separates the headline fee from processing, subscriptions, and expensive edge cases.
Payments
Stripe
2.9% + $0.30Open fee guide 02Payments
PayPal
3.49% + $0.49Open fee guide 03Digital products
Gumroad
10% + $0.50, plus processingOpen fee guide 04Marketplace
Etsy
9.5% + $0.45 est.Open fee guide 05Commerce
Shopify
from 2.9% + $0.30Open fee guide 06Memberships
Patreon
10% + processing est.Open fee guide 07Freelance
Fiverr
20%Open fee guide 08Freelance
Upwork
10%Open fee guide 09Support
Ko-fi
5% + processing est.Open fee guide 10Publishing
Substack
10% + processing est.Open fee guide 11Marketplace
eBay
13.6% + $0.40 est.Open fee guide 12Marketplace
Amazon
15% + $0.99 est.Open fee guide 13Payments
Square
2.9% + $0.30 online APIOpen fee guide 14Digital products
Lemon Squeezy
5% + $0.50Open fee guideA better question
Don’t ask which platform is cheapest. Ask when it becomes cheapest.
A $5 sale, a $100 project, and $10,000 in monthly revenue produce very different winners.
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Small prices magnify every fixed charge.