I Think I Underestimated Gumroad

Mark Thompson
4 min readApr 1, 2024

Is The Grass Always Greener?

Around a year ago, I moved all my marketing away from Gumroad. I had originally opened an account in late November 2021. so I had been using it for part of my marketing for 18 months or so.

They had just announced that they were increasing their fees for everyone to 10% + payment fees.

I was paying 3% + fees at the time, and the jump was just too much, so I decided to move all my marketing away from Gumroad.

I archived all my courses apart from a few that I didn’t intend to sell any longer and didn’t check back until today.

I am now having 2nd thoughts!

Reason One - Symmetry

Now, there is no reason whatsoever for this to factor into my calculations, but my slightly OCD brain loves it!

This was what I saw for a free report that I’d left active on Gumroad

If that isn’t a sign, nothing is!

Reason Two - Worldwide Audience

Gumroad seems to have a wide audience around the world.

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Mark Thompson

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