The Kupkaike Blog

Exact profit margins on $10, $25, $50, and $100 products across Etsy, Gumroad, and Payhip. At $25 per sale: Gumroad nets $22.50, Etsy $20.85, Payhip $23.75.

A 15-point checklist for Gumroad product pages that actually convert. Covers title formula, preview strategy, pricing psychology, and social proof patterns.

Gumroad, Sellfy and Shopify compared on the only thing that is actually knowable in advance: the fee structure, and the volume at which each one stops making sense.

I sold on KDP and Etsy for 12 months. One platform paid 3x more, and it was not the one with lower fees.

Fees, traffic, control, payout speed: I sold the same digital product on Etsy, Gumroad, and Payhip. Here's which one actually made the most money and why.

Gumroad: 10% flat. Etsy: 6.5% plus $0.20/listing plus processing. Net profit on $10, $25, and $100 products compared. Which drives more organic buyers?

I ran both for 6 months. The fee math, the price ceilings buyers accept on each platform, and why the same file is worth more in one place than the other.

How to build a Notion template store on Gumroad: price tiers that hold, listing descriptions that convert, and Pinterest as the traffic source. No paid ads.

I made 6 Etsy products that went nowhere. Then I changed one thing about how I pick a niche. Here are the five product types that take the least to build.

47 niches tested. 44 failed. The 3 that generate consistent sales share one trait: hyper-specific audiences, under-100 competitors, and prices above $14.