7 Powerful (Often Cheaper) Gumroad Alternatives to Monetize Your Online Community

The much-loved creator monetization platform has increased its fees. Here’s where you can shift to!

Anangsha Alammyan
The Startup
Published in
10 min readDec 26, 2022

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Today, Gumroad is more popular than ever among digital creators and solopreneurs. It hosts more than 78k creators who earned a whopping $142 million in 2020 alone.

Gumroad — Empowering Creators to Make Money Online

Founded in 2011, Gumroad is an eCommerce platform that lets you sell anything — from ebooks to video-based courses. You’ll find writers, comedians, designers, musicians, coders — anyone with a digital asset that can help upskill the audience. There’s no barrier to the creators’ niches.

You can also look at it as a DTC platform — a channel that connects creators to consumers.

The platform thrives on a solid goal to help creators earn their first dollar online. It’s a great medium to generate a passive income stream by doing what you love.

Fun fact: These 102 creators made over $1,00,000 each on Gumroad by cashing in on their passion. Isn’t that amazing?

Pros of Gumroad

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