Is Beacons good for selling digital products?

Beacons is a good link in bio tool if you want an all in one page. It lets you create a simple site, send emails, and sell digital files or one course. The free plan works well for beginners, but it takes a fee on each sale. Check their pricing page for current numbers.

Beacons gives you a profile page that sits at a beacons.ai web address. You can put links to your social accounts, add videos, and list digital items for sale. It also includes basic email tools, AI features, and a media kit to show brand partners.

Setting up a store takes only a few minutes. You upload your file, write a short description, and set your price. When a customer buys from your page, Beacons delivers the download link right away.

Beacons offers four plans named Free, Creator Pro, Store Pro, and Business Pro. The free plan stays free forever. It lets you sell digital products, host one course, send a small number of emails, and see basic analytics.

The main catch on the lower plans is the cost per sale. Free and Creator Pro take a seller fee on every order you get. Store Pro and Business Pro remove this fee, but they cost a monthly subscription. You should check their pricing page for current numbers.

If you make only a few sales each month, staying on the free plan makes sense. Once your sales pick up, paying for Store Pro can save you money because you stop paying seller fees on your orders.

Stan Store is another popular link-in-bio platform. Unlike Beacons, Stan Store has no free plan. It offers a fourteen-day free trial, and then you must pick a paid plan. Stan takes no cut of your sales, though your payment processor still charges standard processing fees.

Gumroad works differently. It has no monthly fee, but it takes a cut and card processing on direct sales, and a much bigger cut on its marketplace. Gumroad is also a merchant of record, so it handles sales tax for you. Buyers on Gumroad do not need an account to buy.

Beacons sits in the middle. It gives you a free way to start with your own bio link, which Stan lacks. But unlike Gumroad, Beacons is not a merchant of record, so you handle tax rules yourself.

Sometimes a full link-in-bio page is more than you need. If you just want to sell an ebook, template, or guide from a post or video, setting up an entire store page can feel like extra work.

In that case, you can use MKKT, a Whop app where sellers upload a file, set a price or make it free, and get a direct store link that buyers can use without a Whop account. It keeps things quick and simple for your audience.

Choose Beacons if you want a complete personal hub with social links, emails, and store items in one spot. Choose a standalone file link if your only goal is getting one download to your buyers with minimal clicks.