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

Can I use Cardel with ThriveCart or Zenpage?

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

How much does Cardel cost compared with ThriveCart and Zenpage?

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

How do I switch from ThriveCart 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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ThriveCartvsZenpage

ThriveCart is a lifetime-priced checkout with bumps, upsells, affiliates, and courses. Zenpage gives authors a free site that sells ebooks and signed copies with no commission.

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How ThriveCart and Zenpage compare

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.

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

ThriveCart

ThriveCart is the cart, not the site.
ThriveCart hands buyers to your email tool.
ThriveCart 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 ThriveCart when checkout conversion, bumps, and affiliates matter and you want to pay once.

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 ThriveCart and Zenpage

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

Site and brand

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

Public content

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

Audience and email

Audience
ThriveCart: Included
Zenpage: Included

Commerce

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

Team

AI Assistant
ThriveCart: Included
Zenpage: Not included

Feature comparison for ThriveCart and Zenpage
Feature	ThriveCart	Zenpage
Site and brand
Workspace site	Not included	Included
Custom domain	Included	Included
Theme and fonts	Included	Included
Public content
Blog	Not included	Included
Shop pages	Not included	Included
Audience and email
Audience	Included	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 ThriveCart or Zenpage, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but ThriveCart or Zenpage may add or remove features that are not shown here.