Is Cardel an alternative to Tertulia 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 Tertulia or ThriveCart when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Tertulia and ThriveCart are marked.

Can I use Cardel with Tertulia or ThriveCart?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with Tertulia and ThriveCart?

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

How do I switch from Tertulia 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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TertuliavsThriveCart

Tertulia builds an author website from an ISBN, with a list, events, and direct book sales. ThriveCart is a lifetime-priced checkout with bumps, upsells, affiliates, and courses.

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How Tertulia and ThriveCart compare

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.

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

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.

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

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What's on Tertulia and ThriveCart

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

Site and brand

Workspace site
Tertulia: Included
ThriveCart: Not included
Custom domain
Tertulia: Included
ThriveCart: Included
Theme and fonts
Tertulia: Included
ThriveCart: Included

Public content

Blog
Tertulia: Included
ThriveCart: Not included
Shop pages
Tertulia: Included
ThriveCart: Not included

Audience and email

Audience
Tertulia: Included
ThriveCart: Included
Marketing emails
Tertulia: Included
ThriveCart: Not included

Commerce

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

Team

Admin users
Tertulia: Not included
ThriveCart: Included

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

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