A free Gumroad fee calculator that takes Gumroad's fee and card processing off a sale, for direct and Discover sales, and finds the price to charge.
Enter a price and pick how the sale came in to see Gumroad's fees and what you keep.
Your sale
Your sale
Card processing is Gumroad's card rate; PayPal payments have PayPal's own fees.
What you get
Enter a price to see the fees and what you get.
Where these numbers come from
This free Gumroad fee calculator shows what Gumroad takes from a sale and what you keep.
Pick whether the sale was direct, through Gumroad's Discover marketplace, or past $20,000 in a month, and enter the price. It also works out the price that leaves you what you want.
Here's how Gumroad's fees work, with an example.
TL;DRKey takeaways
What is a Gumroad fee calculator?
A Gumroad fee calculator takes Gumroad's fee and card processing off a sale to show your payout.
Who is the Gumroad fee calculator for?
It's for creators selling digital products:
- Lemon Squeezy fee calculator – creators comparing Gumroad with Lemon Squeezy.
- Online course revenue calculator – creators selling courses.
- Stripe fee calculator – creators thinking of selling from their own site.
- Lead magnet generator – creators growing the list that buys.
It runs in your browser, and nothing you enter leaves your device.
How to use the Gumroad fee calculator
Gumroad's fees
From Gumroad's help center:
| Sale | Fee |
|---|---|
| Direct, through your profile or links | 10% + $0.50, plus card processing of 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Direct, past $20,000 in a month | 5% + $0.50, plus card processing |
| Discover marketplace | 30%, processing included |
An example
A $20 direct sale costs $3.38 in fees, so you keep $16.62. The same sale through Discover costs $6.00, and you keep $14.00.
How to price for Gumroad's fees
The $0.50 and $0.30 fixed fees take a big share of cheap products: on a $5 sale they're 16% on their own. Bundles and higher prices keep more of each sale.
Gumroad alternatives
Here are other platforms for selling digital products, with each one's fees from its own pricing page. The online course platform comparison prices them for your own sales.
Lemon Squeezy- Fee
- 5% + 50¢ an order, with card fees included
- What it is
- A merchant of record: it collects and pays sales tax and VAT for you
Payhip- Fee
- 5% a sale on the free plan, 2% on Plus ($29 a month), none on Pro ($99 a month); card fees on top
- What it is
- A store for digital products, courses and memberships
Whop- Fee
- No monthly fee; 2.7% + $0.30 per card payment, more with extras like tax handling
- What it is
- A store for digital products, communities and courses
Stan- Fee
- No fee on sales; $29 a month, or $25 billed yearly
- What it is
- A link-in-bio store for digital products, courses and coaching
Gumroad Fee Calculator FAQs
Questions about the Gumroad fee calculator? Here's what to know.
A Gumroad fee calculator takes Gumroad's fee and card processing off a sale to show what you keep.
10% + $0.50 on direct sales, plus 2.9% + $0.30 for card processing, and 30% on Discover sales.
Not on direct sales: card processing of 2.9% + $0.30 comes on top.
Discover's 30% includes it.
Yes, once paid sales pass $20,000 in a calendar month, new direct sales that month pay 5% + $0.50.
Yes, it's free, with no sign-up.
Your numbers are saved in your browser, so they're there when you come back.
Nothing you enter is sent to navid.me.
I did. I'm Navid Moazzez, and I made the Gumroad fee calculator as one of my free tools on navid.me.
More about me.
Navid Moazzez
AI business strategist & AI OS builder
Navid Moazzez helps creators and founders master AI and build their own AI Operating System (AI OS) to automate their business and life.
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