Is Cardel an alternative to Stan Store or ThriveCart?

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

Can I use Cardel with Stan Store or ThriveCart?

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

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

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

How do I switch from Stan Store or ThriveCart 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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Stan StorevsThriveCart

Stan Store is a link-in-bio store for courses, downloads, calls, and memberships. ThriveCart is a lifetime-priced checkout with bumps, upsells, affiliates, and courses.

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How Stan Store and ThriveCart compare

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.

ThriveCart is a cart that pays for itself once. A one-time price buys high-converting checkout pages, order bumps, one-click upsells, subscriptions, coupons, affiliate management, and a course platform through ThriveCart Learn. Digital sellers who hate monthly fees and love conversion rates have made it a cult favorite.

Where they are different

Stan Store

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

ThriveCart

ThriveCart is the cart, not the site.
ThriveCart hands buyers to your email tool.
ThriveCart has no inbox or bookings.

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

Choose ThriveCart when checkout conversion, bumps, and affiliates matter and you want to pay once.

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What's on Stan Store and ThriveCart

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

Site and brand

Custom domain
Stan Store: Not included
ThriveCart: Included
Theme and fonts
Stan Store: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Public content

Shop pages
Stan Store: Included
ThriveCart: Not included

Audience and email

Audience
Stan Store: Included
ThriveCart: Included
Marketing emails
Stan Store: Included
ThriveCart: Not included
Campaign workflows
Stan Store: Included
ThriveCart: Not included

Commerce

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

Team

AI Assistant
Stan Store: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Feature comparison for Stan Store and ThriveCart
Feature	Stan Store	ThriveCart
Site and brand
Custom domain	Not included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Shop pages	Included	Not 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
Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.	Included	Not included
Team
AI Assistant	Included	Included

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