The Kupkaike Blog

Exact profit margins calculated on $10, $25, $50, and $100 products across Etsy, Gumroad, and Payhip. At $25/sale: Gumroad nets $22.50, Etsy ~$20.85, Payhip $23.75. The gap widens significantly at scale.

Your Gumroad product page is your sales team. This is a 15-point checklist based on pages that actually convert — title formula, preview strategy, pricing psychology, and the social proof patterns that move buyers.

I tracked 100 Gumroad vs Sellfy vs Shopify sellers. At 100 sales/month, one platform costs $200 more. Nobody talks about why.

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.

Exact fee breakdown: Gumroad 10% flat, Etsy 6.5% + $0.20/listing + payment processing. We calculated net profit on $10, $25, and $100 products on both platforms — and which drives more organic discovery in 2026.

I tried both Notion templates and Etsy printables for 6 months. One earned 2x more with the same time investment. The reason surprised me.

The exact pricing, listing descriptions, and traffic strategy behind a $3K/month Notion template store on Gumroad — 15 templates, zero paid ads, and one platform most sellers ignore.

I made 6 Etsy products that got zero sales. Then I changed one thing about how I pick niches. Now I sell 3-4 per week.

47 niches tested. 44 failed. The 3 that generate consistent weekly sales all share one pattern: hyper-specific audiences, under-100-competitor niches, and products priced above $14. Real numbers, no fluff.