Is Cardel an alternative to Gumroad or Zenpage?

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

Can I use Cardel with Gumroad or Zenpage?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Gumroad and Zenpage?

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

How do I switch from Gumroad or Zenpage 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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GumroadvsZenpage

Gumroad sells digital products, memberships, and files with no setup and no monthly fee. Zenpage gives authors a free site that sells ebooks and signed copies with no commission.

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How Gumroad and Zenpage 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.

Zenpage turns one Amazon link or ISBN into a finished author site. It finds the rest of your books with their covers and buy links, picks a template that suits your genre, and sets up search data, share previews, and a sitemap before you touch a setting. Ebooks, audiobooks, and signed print copies sell straight from the book page through your own Stripe account, files reach the buyer by email within seconds, and Zenpage takes no commission. Every reader confirms by email, a free first chapter can go out on signup, and the whole thing is free, built by one person who answers every message personally.

Where they are different

Gumroad

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

Zenpage

Zenpage collects readers and hands them to Mailchimp, Kit, Beehiiv, Brevo, MailerLite, or Substack, and it does not send newsletters itself.
Zenpage sells files and print copies with no Zenpage fee and delivers downloads automatically.
Zenpage's contact page shows your email address and its blog has no comments.
Zenpage templates have fixed layouts and font pairings, with no custom pages.

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

Choose Zenpage when you want a free site that sells your ebooks and signed copies directly, and you already have an email service you like.

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What's on Gumroad and Zenpage

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

Blog
Gumroad: Not included
Zenpage: Included
Shop pages
Gumroad: Included
Zenpage: Included

Audience and email

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

Commerce

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

Team

AI Assistant
Gumroad: Included
Zenpage: Not included

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

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