Payhip

Payhip is an e-commerce platform for creators selling downloads, courses, coaching, memberships, or physical products directly to customers. It suits sellers who want storefront, payment, delivery, and teaching tools together. Its unlimited product and revenue allowances are unusual strengths, but the transaction fees and 5.0 GB file ceiling matter when choosing a plan or selling larger files.

Overview

Payhip brings a customizable store and several ways to sell under one roof. Its drag-and-drop builder covers storefronts and landing pages, with custom CSS and custom domains for sellers who want more control over presentation. Digital products are delivered through a dedicated download page and email links, reducing the need to handle each order manually.

The breadth is useful for a creator whose business spans downloads, courses, coaching, memberships, and physical goods. Sellers with a straightforward catalog of physical products may have less use for the course and membership features.

Key features

Selling and teaching

Payhip supports one-time purchases, subscriptions, payment plans, pay-what-you-want pricing, and free trials for memberships. Course tools include video, quizzes, certificates, drip content, and progress tracking, giving teachers more structure than a basic download shop. Coaches can use Zoom and Calendly for scheduling; Zapier, email marketing platforms, webhooks, and a public API support automation and integrations, including coupons and license keys.

Payments, tax, and protection

Supported payment gateways include Stripe, PayPal, Mollie, Square, Paystack, Mercado Pago, PayU, Razorpay, PayTabs, FlutterWave, Xendit, Iyzico, and Midtrans. Payhip says it calculates, collects, and remits VAT and sales tax in the USA, Canada, UK, and EU, a useful reduction in tax administration for sellers operating in those markets.

PDF stamping, download limits, expiring links, customer and regional blocking, and account two-factor authentication address common risks around digital sales. The 5.0 GB maximum file size is a practical ceiling for products with large source files or media.

Pricing

All three plans include all features, unlimited products, unlimited customers, unlimited revenue, bandwidth, and storage. That generous allowance removes catalog and storage quotas as a reason to upgrade, but the fee structure makes sales volume central to the choice.

• Free Forever: free, with a 5% transaction fee. It is the lowest-commitment option for a new or low-volume seller; the larger fee takes a bigger share of each sale.
• Plus: $29 a month, with a 2% transaction fee. It suits sellers whose sales justify a monthly bill in exchange for a lower transaction fee.
• Pro: $99 a month, with no transaction fee. This is the clearest fit for higher-volume sellers who would otherwise pay enough in transaction fees to outweigh the monthly price.

There are no published seat quotas or trial terms to factor into the plan choice. Every tier retains the same stated product, customer, revenue, bandwidth, and storage allowances.

Platforms

Payhip supports web and API access. Its custom domain option helps sellers use their own storefront address, while API access is relevant to those building or automating integrations.

Who it's for

Payhip is aimed at independent creators including authors, designers, YouTubers, bloggers, musicians, podcasters, consultants, and teachers. It is especially well matched to businesses combining digital delivery with courses, memberships, or coaching. The company says it was founded in 2011, is based in London, and is bootstrapped and profitable. Payhip says its support team provides help from real people and offers email support at [email protected].

Pros and cons

• Pro: Unlimited products, customers, revenue, bandwidth, and storage across all plans make growth less likely to trigger a quota-based upgrade.
• Pro: Courses, coaching integrations, memberships, and several payment models let creators serve different customer needs from one platform.
• Pro: Multiple gateways and automated VAT and sales tax handling in the USA, Canada, UK, and EU broaden payment and tax options.
• Con: The free plan takes a 5% transaction fee, and even Plus retains a 2% fee; sellers must weigh those charges against monthly plan costs.
• Con: A 5.0 GB maximum file size can rule out especially large digital products.

Alternatives

For a different mix of store formats and pricing, compare Big Cartel, Selldone, Instamojo, Tiendanube, Mozello, WooCommerce, ExpandCart, and Dukaan. WooCommerce is a free, self-hosted option with unlimited products, orders, and APIs; it is worth considering if self-hosting suits your setup. The others are alternatives to compare when their store plans or platforms better fit your needs.

Explore No-Code E-Commerce Platforms, Digital Product Selling Platforms, and Ecommerce platforms for more options.

Verdict

Payhip is a strong fit for creators who want to sell several kinds of products and need courses, memberships, or coaching alongside a storefront. Its all-plan allowances and range of selling tools are compelling; sellers with high transaction volume should compare the monthly cost of Pro with the fees on cheaper tiers, while those with files over 5.0 GB should look elsewhere.