Payhip review

How much does Payhip cost?

Payhip costs $0, $29, or $99 a month, with transaction fees of 5%, 2%, or 0% to match. Every plan includes every feature, so the only thing you buy with a paid plan is a lower fee. Stripe or PayPal processing comes on top at their standard rates.

On a $20 ebook bought with a US card through Stripe, the free plan costs $1 to Payhip and $0.88 to Stripe. You keep $18.12. The same sale on Gumroad leaves you $16.62.

There is no product or revenue cap on any plan. Payhip's pricing page lists unlimited products and unlimited revenue on Free, Plus, and Pro alike.

Upgrade when the math says so. Plus beats the free plan once you sell about $967 a month, because 3% of that covers the $29 fee. Pro beats Plus above $3,500 a month. The fee table runs this for every platform.

Does Payhip handle sales tax and VAT?

Payhip collects and remits tax in four regions: digital EU VAT, UK VAT, US sales tax, and Canadian GST, HST, and PST. EU and UK VAT handling is on by default. Since July 1, 2026, Payhip has acted as a marketplace facilitator for US sales tax, and its help center says it charges nothing for this. If you already file VAT yourself, you can switch the EU and UK handling off in your tax settings.

Canada has two gaps. Payhip has handled GST, HST, and PST since July 1, 2026, but Quebec QST stays with you if you are required to collect it. If you are already registered for GST, you complete form GST506 with Payhip to confirm the responsibility has moved to Payhip.

Outside those regions, the job is yours. Payhip's pricing page says you can set up other taxes in your settings. Its help pages do not call Payhip a merchant of record, which is how Gumroad and Lemon Squeezy describe themselves.

There is some setup. You set a tax category on each product, and Payhip's US article notes you may still need to file a zero-dollar return in any state where you have a physical presence.

What can you sell on Payhip?

Payhip sells almost anything a creator makes, from one store, on every plan. Its features page lists these product types:

• Digital downloads in any file format, including ebooks, templates, software, video, and music
• Online courses with quizzes, certificates, drip content, and progress tracking
• Coaching sessions booked through Zoom and Calendly integrations
• Memberships and subscriptions with tiers
• Physical products with stock and shipping tracking
• Software license keys, uploaded or generated automatically
• Bundles within or across product types

What else does Payhip include?

Payhip includes coupons, cross-sell order bumps, an affiliate program you run yourself, a built-in marketplace, and a custom domain on every plan, including Free. You can export your customers and your course students or members. For email, Payhip has its own updates tool and connects to services like Mailchimp, MailerLite, and ConvertKit.

Payments land in your own account. Payhip connects to Stripe and PayPal, plus regional gateways like Mollie, Square, Mercado Pago, Paystack, and Razorpay. Its pricing page says sales are deposited to you immediately after a transaction completes, and your processor's own payout schedule takes it from there.

Who should skip Payhip?

Skip Payhip if you sell almost entirely from a social media bio and want booking, courses, and downloads laid out for phones. Stan is built for that, at $29 a month with no transaction fee.

Also skip it if a large share of your buyers live outside the EU, UK, US, and Canada and you do not want to handle their taxes. Gumroad and Lemon Squeezy act as merchant of record everywhere they sell, though both cost more per sale on a US card than Payhip's paid plans.