What is Beacons?
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The short answer
Beacons, found at beacons.ai, is an online tool made for online creators. It gives you a link-in-bio page where you can share links, sell digital products, build a media kit, send marketing emails, and use simple AI tools. It offers both free and paid plans to help you run your creator business from one place.
Core features you get with Beacons
The main feature is the link-in-bio page. You put this page on your social media profiles. Visitors click it to see your latest links, social accounts, and updates. It helps you send your social media followers to one tidy page.
Beacons also includes tools for working with brand sponsors. You can create a media kit that shows your stats and past work. Along with that, you get email marketing tools to send updates to your audience, plus AI tools to help with writing and setup.
Selling digital items and courses
You can use Beacons as an online store. Sellers can list digital products and even offer one course. When people visit your link, they can buy your downloads right away.
If you only need to sell a simple download without building a full profile, other tools exist. For example, MKKT is a Whop app where sellers upload a file, set a price or make it free, and get a store link that buyers can use without a Whop account.
How Beacons plans work
Beacons offers four plans: Free, Creator Pro, Store Pro, and Business Pro. The free plan stays free forever. It gives you a link-in-bio page on a beacons.ai web address, basic analytics, a basic media kit, one course, digital product sales, and a small number of email sends.
The plans handle sales fees differently. The Free and Creator Pro plans charge a seller fee on your sales. If you move up to Store Pro or Business Pro, that seller fee is removed. To see the exact costs, check their pricing page for current numbers.
Other creator platforms you can compare
Other platforms focus on different creator needs. Stan Store is a link-in-bio store with two paid plans and no cut of sales, but it has no free plan. Gumroad started in 2011 and acts as a merchant of record, collecting sales tax and letting buyers shop without an account.
Payhip also lets you sell downloads, courses, and coaching with EU and UK tax handling. Whop lets you sell files, courses, and software with no monthly fee, taking processing fees per sale. Each tool has different features and costs, so check their pricing page for current numbers.