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.

FAQ

Questions, answered straight.

Is Beacons free to use?
Yes, Beacons has a free plan that lasts forever. It includes a link-in-bio page, a basic media kit, digital sales, one course, and basic email sends. Free sales carry a seller fee, so check their pricing page for current numbers.
Does Beacons take a cut of your sales?
Yes, on the Free and Creator Pro plans. Those plans include a seller fee on your sales. Higher plans like Store Pro and Business Pro remove this fee. You can check their pricing page for current numbers.
What can you sell on Beacons?
You can sell digital products such as download files. You can also host and sell one course on the free plan. Higher plans expand your options for running an online store.
What is a Beacons media kit?
A Beacons media kit is a webpage that shows your social media stats and audience info. Creators send it to brands and potential sponsors to help land paid partnerships.

Sell it inside your Whop.

MKKT adds a store to your community. Upload the file, set a price, share one link.