Is Stan Store free?
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The short answer
No, Stan Store is not free. It does not have a free plan. You can use a 14-day free trial without entering a credit card, but you must pick a paid monthly or yearly plan after that. Stan does not take a cut of your sales, but your payment processor charges normal processing fees.
How the Stan Store free trial works
Stan Store lets you try the service for 14 days before you pay. You do not need to enter a credit card to start the trial. This gives you time to set up your store, add digital products, and see if you like the layout.
Once the 14 days end, your store pauses until you choose a subscription. If you do not want to continue, you do not have to cancel anything because they never took your card details.
What you pay after the trial
Stan Store has two paid tiers: the Creator plan and the Creator Pro plan. You can pay every month or once a year. For current numbers, check their pricing page. The Creator plan includes digital downloads, courses, calendar bookings, and an AutoDM feature.
The Pro plan adds advanced tools like sales funnels, email marketing, an affiliate program, and pixel tracking. Stan does not take a cut of your sales on either plan. However, you connect your own Stripe or PayPal account, which charges regular processing fees on every order.
Free alternatives to Stan Store
If you do not want a monthly bill, other platforms offer free options. Beacons has a free plan that stays free forever. It gives you a link-in-bio page, a basic media kit, and tools to sell files or one course. Beacons takes a fee on sales under the free plan.
Payhip also offers a free plan with all features included, such as downloads, memberships, and courses. Payhip takes a fee on each sale, plus Stripe or PayPal processing fees. Gumroad has no monthly fee either, taking a fee per direct sale while acting as the merchant of record.
A simple way to sell files without a monthly fee
If you only want to sell downloadable files, paying a monthly fee can be expensive when you are just starting. You can use MKKT, a Whop app made for simple file sales. Whop does not charge a monthly subscription fee.
With this app, you upload a file, set a price or make it free, and get a direct store link. Buyers can purchase your file without creating a Whop account. You only pay processing fees when you make a sale.