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10 top creator economy e-commerce companies to follow

The platforms creators sell physical and digital products through, from full storefronts to lifetime-deal marketplaces.

Navid MoazzezCurated by Navid Moazzez·Updated Oct 3, 2026·3 min read·

This is a list of the top creator economy e-commerce companies.

In fact, it has 10 of them, with Navid's picks first.

So if you want to know who builds the e-commerce tools creators run on, you'll love this list.

The platforms creators sell physical and digital products through, from full storefronts to lifetime-deal marketplaces.

Here's what's inside:

Each one comes with who founded it, when, and how it makes money.

What are the best e-commerce companies?

Here's the list at a glance.

Founded by
Brian Moran, Scott Moran
Founded
2014
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Noah Kagan
Founded
2010
Founded by
Russell Brunson, Todd Dickerson
Founded
2014
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Founded by
Founded
2011
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2006
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2022
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Top 10 e-commerce companies

1. SamCart by Brian Moran, Scott Moran

SamCart is an e-commerce platform designed specifically for creators, coaches, and digital entrepreneurs. It provides checkout pages, order bumps, upsells, subscription management, and affiliate programs — everything you need to sell digital products and courses online.

Founded: 2014

Headquarters: Austin, Texas

Pricing: Paid

Trend: Declining, #55,929

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2. AppSumo by Noah Kagan

AppSumo is a digital marketplace founded by Noah Kagan in 2010 that offers lifetime deals on software tools for entrepreneurs. The platform has served over one million customers and helped thousands of software companies launch and grow by connecting them with early adopters willing to buy lifetime access at a discount.

Founded: 2010

Trend: Steady, #40,163

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3. ClickFunnels by Russell Brunson, Todd Dickerson

ClickFunnels is a sales funnel and website builder founded by Russell Brunson in 2014. The platform helps entrepreneurs build landing pages, sales funnels, and membership sites without coding. ClickFunnels has generated over $1 billion in revenue and built a massive community of online marketers.

Founded: 2014

Trend: Declining, #15,257

Visit ClickFunnels · More about ClickFunnels

4. Easol

Easol is an all-in-one commerce platform designed for experience businesses like festivals, adventure tours, and entertainment venues. The company provides integrated tools for website design, ticketing, payments, marketing, and operations with AI-powered agents for support and sales.

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5. Gumroad

Gumroad is a simple ecommerce platform for selling digital products like ebooks, courses, music, and software. Founded by Sahil Lavingia in 2011, Gumroad has helped creators earn over $1 billion in total sales with its no-frills approach to online selling.

Founded: 2011

Trend: Steady, #2,815

Visit Gumroad · More about Gumroad

6. Lemon Squeezy

Lemon Squeezy is a merchant of record platform that handles payments, taxes, subscriptions, and global compliance for software and digital product creators. The platform simplifies selling internationally by managing VAT, sales tax, and billing in one place.

Trend: Growing, #21,173

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7. OpenSea

OpenSea is the world's largest NFT marketplace for buying, selling, and discovering digital collectibles including art, photography, music, and virtual worlds. The platform supports multiple blockchains and has facilitated billions of dollars in NFT trading volume.

Trend: Steady, #4,291

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8. Shopify

Shopify is the leading ecommerce platform powering millions of businesses in over 175 countries. Founded in 2006 by Tobias Lutke, Shopify enables anyone to set up an online store and sell products. The company has facilitated over $800 billion in total sales and is one of the most valuable tech companies in the world.

Founded: 2006

Trend: Steady, #174

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9. Stan

Stan is an all-in-one creator storefront that combines a link-in-bio page, digital product sales, email marketing, and booking into a single platform. Founded in 2022, Stan has grown rapidly by focusing on simplicity and helping creators monetize their social media audiences.

Founded: 2022

Trend: Steady, #31,251

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10. Whop

Whop is a platform for buying and selling access to digital products, communities, and software. The marketplace helps creators monetize their expertise through memberships, courses, and digital downloads with built-in payment processing.

More about Whop

Final thoughts on creator economy e-commerce companies

Pick 2 or 3 from this list, compare what they do and what they cost, and keep the one that fits how you work.

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