Payhip vs Sellfy

What Payhip is

Payhip sells digital products, courses and memberships with the storefront, checkout and EU VAT handling included. It handles the part most creators get wrong on their own: EU VAT is calculated and remitted rather than left as a problem for later. It is a storefront rather than a marketing platform, so audience building still happens somewhere else.

What Sellfy is

Sellfy provides a simple storefront for creators selling digital products, subscriptions or print on demand. The pitch is speed: a storefront that works in an afternoon, with digital goods, subscriptions and print on demand in one place. Deeper commerce needs — complex catalogues, custom checkout logic — are where it hands over to a full platform.

What Payhip is built to do

Digital product delivery

Hosts files and delivers them securely after payment.

EU VAT handling

Calculates and applies VAT rules on digital sales automatically.

Courses and memberships

Sells recurring access alongside one-off downloads.

What Sellfy is built to do

Hosted storefront

Provides a ready store page with no site build required.

Digital and subscription products

Sells downloads and recurring access from the same catalogue.

Print on demand

Adds physical merchandise fulfilled by a partner.

Choose Payhip if

• Creators selling digital products who do not want a monthly bill.

Choose Sellfy if

• Creators who want a straightforward store without complexity.

Payhip: pros & cons

• Handles EU VAT for you
• No monthly fee on the free plan
• Covers downloads, courses and memberships
• Transaction fee on the free plan
• Storefront customisation is limited
• Smaller ecosystem than dedicated platforms

Sellfy: pros & cons

• Quick to set up
• Digital, subscription and print on demand together
• Flat monthly fee, no transaction cut
• Storefront customisation is limited
• Marketing features are basic
• Smaller ecosystem