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Payhip vs Sellfy
Payhip (usage-based/mo, vibe code 6/10) vs Sellfy ($29/mo/mo, vibe code 6/10). Sellfy is the easier one to rebuild yourself — here is what you lose either way.
Platforms
usage-based/mo
- MVP
- multi-day
- Full replacement
- single-creator storefront
Platforms
$29/mo/mo
- MVP
- multi-day
- Full replacement
- single-creator storefront
easier to rebuild
get the build prompt →price gap / year
$348/mo
running both / year
$348/mo
our call
Start with Sellfy — highest vibe code, weakest moat.
Payhip
The core loop is buildable, but a dependable replacement becomes a real weekend or multi-day project. For Payhip, sell downloads and simple courses through Stripe or PayPal. The hard boundary is payment integration, eu and uk vat handling, affiliates, courses, and hosted delivery, plus payments, tax, distribution, and operations.
you can rebuild
- Sell a small catalog of downloads and simple courses through Stripe or PayPal, deliver purchased files or lessons, and manage customers from a user-owned storefront.
what you lose
- payment integration, EU and UK VAT handling, affiliates, courses, and hosted delivery
- marketplace discovery
- tax remittance
- fraud operations
- advanced course and community tooling
real moats
- compliance-regulatory
- brand-trust
open source escape hatches
- CourseLit open source
Sellfy
The core loop is buildable, but a dependable replacement becomes a real weekend or multi-day project. For Sellfy, sell digital files and simple subscriptions from a user-owned storefront. The hard boundary is payments, hosted delivery, email, print-on-demand, upsells, and support, plus payments, tax, distribution, and operations.
you can rebuild
- Sell a small catalog of digital files and simple subscriptions from a user-owned storefront, deliver purchased files, and manage customers.
what you lose
- payments, hosted delivery, email, print-on-demand, upsells, and support
- marketplace discovery
- tax remittance
- fraud operations
- advanced course and community tooling
real moats
- compliance-regulatory
- scale-infra
Questions people ask
Which is easier to rebuild with AI, Payhip or Sellfy?
Sellfy. It scores 6/10 on vibe code with a moat of 7/10, so an AI-assisted MVP takes about multi-day and a full replacement about single-creator storefront.
Which one costs less, Payhip or Sellfy?
Payhip at usage-based/mo for a typical mid-market store. The gap between the two is about $348/mo a year.
What do I lose if I replace Payhip?
payment integration, EU and UK VAT handling, affiliates, courses, and hosted delivery marketplace discovery tax remittance
What do I lose if I replace Sellfy?
payments, hosted delivery, email, print-on-demand, upsells, and support marketplace discovery tax remittance
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