Is Cardel an alternative to Gumroad or Stan Store?

Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Gumroad or Stan Store when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Gumroad and Stan Store are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Gumroad or Stan Store?

Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Gumroad or Stan Store for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.

How much does Cardel cost compared with Gumroad and Stan Store?

You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Gumroad and Stan Store set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.

How do I switch from Gumroad or Stan Store to Cardel?

Start with Build Your Site, set up your home, and bring your work over at your own pace. You do not have to move everything on day one.

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GumroadvsStan Store

Gumroad sells digital products, memberships, and files with no setup and no monthly fee. Stan Store is a link-in-bio store for courses, downloads, calls, and memberships.

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How Gumroad and Stan Store compare

Gumroad is selling without ceremony. Upload a file, set a price, share a link, and Gumroad handles checkout, delivery, VAT, memberships, pay-what-you-want, discount codes, and customer emails, taking a cut only when you sell. For creators who want to sell today and not think about infrastructure, it remains the easy answer.

Stan Store makes selling from your bio link almost effortless. Digital downloads, courses, coaching calls with booking, memberships, and lead magnets sit on one mobile-first page with checkout, plus email marketing and funnels on the higher plan. For a creator selling to social followers on their phone, it removes nearly every step.

Where they are different

Gumroad

Gumroad is a storefront with a profile.
Gumroad emails customers about products.
Gumroad has no inbox or bookings.

Stan Store

Stan is a page at stan.store/you.
Stan emails from its platform.
Stan books calls with payment.

Choose Gumroad when you sell downloads or memberships and want zero setup and no monthly fee.

Choose Stan Store when you sell downloads, courses, and calls to a social audience and want one link that does it all.

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What's on Gumroad and Stan Store

A check means that capability is available. Gumroad and Stan Store are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.

Site and brand

Workspace site
Gumroad: Included
Stan Store: Not included
Custom domain
Gumroad: Included
Stan Store: Not included
Theme and fonts
Gumroad: Included
Stan Store: Included

Public content

Shop pages
Gumroad: Included
Stan Store: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Gumroad: Included
Stan Store: Included
Marketing emails
Gumroad: Included
Stan Store: Included
Campaign workflows
Gumroad: Included
Stan Store: Included

Commerce

Shop payments
Gumroad: Included
Stan Store: Included
Orders and fulfillment
Gumroad: Included
Stan Store: Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
Gumroad: Not included
Stan Store: Included

Team

AI Assistant
Gumroad: Included
Stan Store: Included

Feature comparison for Gumroad and Stan Store
Feature	Gumroad	Stan Store
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Not included
Custom domain	Included	Not included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Shop pages	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Not included	Included
Team
AI Assistant	Included	Included

* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Gumroad or Stan Store, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Gumroad or Stan Store may add or remove features that are not shown here.