Gumroad Fees Categorized

Why sell on Gumroad?

Gumroad’s Payment Processing Fees

Lifetime Revenue Earnings	Rate	Per-Transaction Fee
$0+	9%	$0.30
$1,000+	7%	$0.30
$10,000+	5%	$0.30
$100,000+	3%	$0.30
$1,000,000+	2.9%	$0.30

"Lifetime earnings" is calculated from the day you started selling on Gumroad and is equal to Product sales + Sales as an affiliate (if any) - Gumroad's Fee - Any refunds/disputes - Affiliate's share (if any).

PayPal Fees on Gumroad

The fee structure described above applies to sales that go through a credit/debit card or Apple/Google Pay. For sales using Paypal, the fee structure is slightly different.

The fees starts at 7% + PayPal's fee (which varies for every country), then drops to 5% + PayPal's fee after you earn $1,000, 3% after $10,000, 1% after $100,000 and goes to 0.9% + PayPal's fee after $1,000,000.

Gumroad Discover

Gumroad Discover recommends your products to prospective customers that browse Gumroad at discover.gumroad.com, as well as in the receipts and download pages of related products.

Products purchased via Gumroad Discover will be subject to an additional 10% fee over our usual fee. This applies even if the customer has purchased from you before. If they buy a product from you through the Gumroad Discover search, or through a receipt link, or via the Gumroad Library, or through any kind of referral aspect of the Discover feature, their purchase will use the Discover fees.

Gumroad Affiliates

There are no additional fees for affiliates. The only fee taken out of your sale is the commission you designate for your affiliate.