DPD vs Gumroad

Gumroad charges no monthly fee and takes 10% plus $0.50 of every sale. DPD charges a flat monthly price from $10 and takes nothing from your sales.

DPD and Gumroad side by side

DPDGumroad
Monthly priceFrom $10 a month, flat None
Fee per saleNone. Your payment processor charges its usual fee 10% + $0.50, or 30% on sales through Gumroad’s Discover marketplace
Where the money goesStraight to your own PayPal or Stripe account Gumroad collects it as the merchant of record, then pays you
Sales tax and VATYou’re the seller, so filing them is up to you Gumroad handles them as the merchant of record
Selling from your own siteEmbed components, buy buttons and a cart for any website An embeddable payment button, and your Gumroad profile on a custom domain
Checkout on your own domainFrom the $16 plan Custom domain for your Gumroad page
PDF stampingThe buyer’s details on every PDF, plus encryption Not listed. Gumroad mentions “lightweight DRM”
License keysYes Yes
SubscriptionsYes. The first 5 subscribers are free, then $0.69 per subscriber a month Subscriptions and memberships
MarketplaceNone Gumroad Discover
Free trial30 days, no payment details needed No monthly fee to try

Gumroad's details are from its own pricing page and features page, checked November 2, 2026. Prices change, so check there before you decide.

What it costs

Say you sell 50 copies of a $20 ebook a month, $1,000 in sales.

  • Gumroad: 10% plus $0.50 a sale comes to $125 a month.
  • DPD: the $10 plan, plus Stripe’s 2.9% + $0.30 on each sale ($44), comes to $54 a month.

The gap grows with every sale, because DPD’s price doesn’t change with your sales. It changes only with how many products and how much file space you have (see pricing).

At very low volume it goes the other way. Five sales of that $20 ebook cost $12.50 on Gumroad and $14.40 on DPD. The two meet at about 7 sales a month.

When Gumroad is the better choice

  • You’re just starting out and sell a few copies a month. With no monthly fee, you pay nothing until you make a sale.
  • You’d like someone else to deal with sales tax and VAT. As the merchant of record, Gumroad collects and files them for you.
  • You want shoppers to find you through Gumroad’s Discover marketplace (those sales carry a 30% fee).

When DPD is the better choice

  • You sell more than a handful of copies a month. Past the flat monthly price, every sale is yours, less your processor’s fee.
  • You want buyers to shop on your own website, and the money to go straight into your own PayPal or Stripe account.
  • You sell PDFs and want each copy stamped with the buyer’s name and email, so shared copies can be traced.
  • You put out new versions of your products. DPD can send updated files to everyone who bought the old one.

Moving from Gumroad to DPD

  1. Start a free 30-day trial. You don’t need to enter payment details.
  2. Connect your PayPal or Stripe account.
  3. Add your products and upload their files.
  4. Replace Gumroad’s buttons on your site with DPD’s embed components or buy buttons.

Questions

Does DPD take a cut of each sale?

No. You pay your monthly plan, and your payment processor charges its usual fee. DPD doesn’t charge anything per sale.

Is DPD cheaper than Gumroad?

Once you sell more than a few copies a month, yes. For a $20 product, DPD’s $10 plan plus Stripe’s fees costs less than Gumroad’s fee from about 7 sales a month.

Can I move my Gumroad products to DPD?

Yes. Upload your files to DPD, set your prices, and swap Gumroad’s buttons on your site for DPD’s. You can try it all free for 30 days before you switch.

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