Is Cardel an alternative to Gumroad or Tertulia?

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 Tertulia when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Gumroad and Tertulia are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Gumroad or Tertulia?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Gumroad and Tertulia?

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

How do I switch from Gumroad or Tertulia 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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GumroadvsTertulia

Gumroad sells digital products, memberships, and files with no setup and no monthly fee. Tertulia builds an author website from an ISBN, with a list, events, and direct book sales.

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How Gumroad and Tertulia 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.

Tertulia for Authors is a website built around the books. Enter an ISBN or ASIN and it imports the covers, descriptions, reviews, and buy links, then adds a blog, an events calendar, and a mailing list. Pro adds direct sales and newsletters. That is real strength. If the site should come from the catalog instead of a blank page, Tertulia is built for exactly that.

Where they are different

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

Choose Tertulia when the center of the work is the book catalog: imported pages, retailer links, events, a reader magnet, and direct ebook, audiobook, print, and merchandise sales with no Tertulia commission.

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What's on Gumroad and Tertulia

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Gumroad: Included
Tertulia: Included
Custom domain
Gumroad: Included
Tertulia: Included
Theme and fonts
Gumroad: Included
Tertulia: Included

Public content

Blog
Gumroad: Not included
Tertulia: Included
Reader engagement
Gumroad: Not included
Tertulia: Included
Shop pages
Gumroad: Included
Tertulia: Included

Audience and email

Audience
Gumroad: Included
Tertulia: Included
Marketing emails
Gumroad: Included
Tertulia: Included
Campaign workflows
Gumroad: Included
Tertulia: Not included

Commerce

Shop payments
Gumroad: Included
Tertulia: Included
Orders and fulfillment
Gumroad: Included
Tertulia: Included

Team

Admin users
Gumroad: Included
Tertulia: Not included

Feature comparison for Gumroad and Tertulia
Feature	Gumroad	Tertulia
Site and brand
Workspace site	Included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Reader engagement	Not included	Included
Shop pages	Included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	Included
Marketing emails	Included	Included
Campaign workflows	Included	Not included
Commerce
Shop payments	Included	Included
Orders and fulfillment	Included	Included
Team
Admin users	Included	Not included

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