# Payhip

> Store for downloads, courses and memberships, with a free plan

Payhip gives creators a hosted store for digital downloads, online courses, coaching, memberships and physical products, with every feature on every plan. The free plan takes 5% of each sale, and paid plans lower that fee. Payhip handles EU and UK VAT on digital sales and, from July 2026, collects and pays US sales tax as a marketplace facilitator.

- **Category:** Selling Digital Products
- **Made by:** Payhip
- **Website:** https://payhip.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026

## Pricing

Payhip has a free plan. Paid plans start at $29 per month.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Free Forever plan with all features, unlimited products and unlimited revenue; Payhip takes 5% of each sale on top of PayPal or Stripe fees.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free Forever | $0 | All features, unlimited products and revenue. Payhip takes a 5% transaction fee on each sale; PayPal and Stripe charge their own fees too. |
| Plus | $29 per month | The same features as Free Forever, with Payhip's transaction fee cut from 5% to 2% of each sale. |
| Pro | $99 per month | The same features with no transaction fee from Payhip; only PayPal or Stripe processing fees apply. |

Read from https://payhip.com/pricing on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Payhip before buying.

## Key features

- **Many product types:** Digital downloads with variants, online courses, coaching with Calendly or Zoom scheduling, memberships, physical products and bundles.
- **Sales tax handled:** Payhip collects and remits EU and UK VAT on digital sales and, from July 1, 2026, US sales tax as a marketplace facilitator, at no extra charge.
- **Marketing tools:** Coupons, running sales, cross-selling, upgrade discounts, a referral system, customer reviews and an affiliate program.
- **Store or embedded buttons:** A hosted store on a custom domain, or buy buttons added to WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Weebly or Shopify sites.
- **File protection:** Download limits, set to 5 by default, and PDF stamping that prints the buyer's email and purchase date on every page.
- **Mailing list sync:** Buyers are added to lists in ConvertKit, ActiveCampaign, AWeber, Drip, Flodesk, Klaviyo and other email services after a purchase.

## Good for

- New sellers who want a free store and pay only when they sell
- Creators selling downloads, courses and coaching from one store
- Sellers who want EU, UK and US sales tax taken care of

## Worth knowing

- The free plan takes 5% of each sale and Plus takes 2%, on top of PayPal or Stripe fees; only Pro at $99 a month removes Payhip's fee.
- Payhip has no built-in email campaigns: a newsletter block collects followers for export, and buyers sync to a separate email service.
- Payments go through the seller's own PayPal, Stripe or regional gateway account, such as Square, Razorpay or Paystack.
- Sellers with a physical presence in a US state may still have to file a zero-dollar sales tax return there, Payhip's help center says.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. Payhip gives you a full store for downloads, courses, coaching and memberships with every feature on the free plan, and it handles EU, UK and now US sales tax. You pay with a cut instead: 5% on the free plan, 2% on Plus. What it lacks is email campaigns of its own, so you'll want a separate email tool.

- **Value for money: C.** Plus at $29 a month plus its 2% fee ($20 on $1,000) comes to $49, a dollar under the free plan's 5% ($50). Pro at $99 drops the fee but costs more at this size. No yearly price is on record, and PayPal or Stripe fees come on top (not counted).
- **Free plan and trial: A.** Free Forever has every feature, unlimited products and unlimited revenue, with no cap you'd reach. Payhip takes 5% of each sale instead, and the value grade counts that.
- **Features: C.** Downloads, courses, coaching, memberships, physical products and bundles, plus coupons, affiliates and PDF stamping. The gap the listing names is email: there are no built-in campaigns, so buyers sync to ConvertKit or another service.
- **Ease of use: C.** No App Store rating on record. Every plan has every feature, so there's nothing to unlock, but you still set up the store, your products and a PayPal or Stripe account.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with Stripe, PayPal, Zapier, Zoom, Calendly and ConvertKit, plus buy buttons for WordPress, Squarespace, Wix and Shopify sites. No phone or desktop app is listed.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Payhip's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among tools for selling digital products

- Payhip's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 6 of the 14 other tools for selling digital products we grade, and level with 5.
- It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 7 of 14) and worst on features (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $29 a month, against a middle price of $24.50 for the category: 5 of the 9 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/digital-products

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Payhip you would be making checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $348 a year.

- You could make: Digital downloads and online courses: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you.
- You could not: Every click and sale traced back to the right partner.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Stripe, PayPal and Zapier among them.
- You could not: People on the other end: coaches and facilitators. No app builder makes those.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Stripe, PayPal, Zapier, Zoom, Calendly, WordPress, Shopify, ConvertKit

**Tags:** Digital downloads, Online courses, Online store, Affiliate tracking

## Alternatives

- [Gumroad](https://toolgpa.com/tools/gumroad): Sell downloads, memberships and courses for a cut of each sale. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gumroad-vs-payhip)
- [Sellfy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sellfy): Store builder for selling downloads, subscriptions and print-on-demand. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/payhip-vs-sellfy)
- [Lemon Squeezy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lemon-squeezy): Merchant of record checkout for software, subscriptions and downloads. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lemon-squeezy-vs-payhip)
- [SendOwl](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sendowl): Checkout and delivery for downloads, licenses and subscriptions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/payhip-vs-sendowl)
- [Podia](https://toolgpa.com/tools/podia): Website, store, courses, community and email for creators in one place. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/payhip-vs-podia)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026:

- https://payhip.com/pricing
- https://help.payhip.com/article/102-billing-and-upgrading
- https://help.payhip.com/article/392-us-sales-tax
- https://help.payhip.com/article/127-digital-eu-vat
- https://help.payhip.com/article/90-mailing-lists
- https://help.payhip.com/article/265-newsletters
- https://help.payhip.com/article/79-protecting-your-products

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