Stan Store pricing in 2026: plans and fees
Stan takes 0% of your sales and still costs $29 a month before you sell a thing. Here's every plan, every fee on top, and what the money doesn't buy.
Stan Store’s homepage promises “0% Transaction Fees, Always.” Stan doesn’t take a cut of your sales, but it charges $29 a month before you’ve sold anything, and card fees still come out of every sale.
Here’s every cost as it stands in October 2026, from Stan’s own pricing page and help center, and what a real month leaves you with. Everything is in US dollars.
The short answer
| Cost | What it costs | When you pay it |
|---|---|---|
| Creator plan | $29 a month, or $300 a year | Every month after a 14-day free trial |
| Creator Pro plan | $99 a month, or $948 a year | Instead of Creator, for discounts, payment plans and email |
| Stan’s cut of your sales | 0% | Never |
| Stripe card fee | 2.9% + $0.30 in the US | Every card payment |
| Buyer in another country | 1.5% more | Card payments from abroad |
| Stripe payout fee | 0.25% + $0.25 | Each time you cash out to your bank |
| PayPal | 3.49% plus a fixed fee | Payments made with PayPal |
Sell $1,370 in a month on the Creator plan, paid with US cards, and you keep about $1,273.75. The rest goes to Stan’s $29 and about $67 in Stripe fees. The worked example below shows each line.
How does Stan Store work?
Stan is a link-in-bio store. Your store lives at one address, stan.store/yourname, and you put that link in your Instagram or TikTok bio. Here’s how it runs:
- Start a trial. You get 14 days free on either plan, then pay $29 or $99 a month. There’s no free plan.
- Set up your page. Add a photo, a short bio and your social links, then pick a theme and your colors. There’s no About page and no custom code.
- Add products. Downloads, courses, coaching calls, webinars, memberships, a community, email sign-ups and links. Each paid product gets its own checkout page.
- Connect payments. Stan has you open a new Stripe account that Stan manages. You can’t connect a Stripe account you already have. You can add a PayPal Business account too.
- Sell. Buyers pay on Stan’s checkout and get what they bought by email.
- Cash out. Card sales land in your Stan Income tab. In the US, each sale takes 2 to 7 business days to clear. Then you press Cash Out to send your whole balance to your bank, as long as it’s at least $10. Nothing pays out on its own.
Creator vs Creator Pro
Stan has two plans. Both take 0% of sales. Here’s what each costs, and what the extra $70 a month buys.
| Creator | Creator Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Billed monthly | $29 a month | $99 a month |
| Billed yearly | $300 ($25 a month) | $948 ($79 a month) |
| Store, courses, coaching, memberships and a community | Yes | Yes |
| Discount codes and limited quantities | No | Yes |
| Payment plans, Afterpay and Klarna | No | Yes |
| Upsells, order bumps and funnels | No | Yes |
| Email broadcasts and email flows | No | Yes |
| Affiliates who resell your products | No | Yes |
| Meta, Google, TikTok and Pinterest pixels | No | Yes |
| Your own domain | No | No |
| An app with your name on it | No | No |
Most of what Pro adds is marketing. Stan says email flows sit on Pro “because Stan pays a fee for every email sent.” Neither plan gets you your own domain or your own app.
Paying yearly saves $48 on Creator and $240 on Pro. You can only buy a yearly plan in a browser, not in Stan’s iPhone app.
The fees on top of your plan
Stan takes nothing from a sale. The payment companies do. These are Stripe’s rates for a US creator, as Stan lists them:
| Stripe fee | Cost |
|---|---|
| Card payment | 2.9% + $0.30 |
| Buyer in another country | 1.5% more |
| Currency conversion | 1% more |
| Recurring payments | 0.5% more, which Stan says “may occur” |
| Afterpay, on Creator Pro | 6% + $0.30 |
| Klarna, on Creator Pro | 5.99% + $0.30 |
| Payout to your bank | 0.25% + $0.25 each time you cash out |
Outside the US the card rate changes: 1.5% + £0.20 in the UK, 2.9% + $0.30 in Canada, 1.75% + A$0.30 in Australia and 2.7% + NZ$0.30 in New Zealand.
PayPal payments cost 3.49% plus a fixed fee that depends on the currency. That money goes straight to your PayPal account, not your Stan balance.
Two more things to know. When you refund a buyer, the full price comes out of your balance and Stripe keeps its fee, as it does on any Stripe checkout. And Stan can’t do partial refunds.
What a real month costs
Say you sell a $29 guide 30 times a month and have 50 members paying $10 a month. That’s $1,370 in sales, all paid with US cards.
On Stan’s Creator plan. The plan is $29. Stripe takes $34.23 on the guides (2.9% of $29 plus $0.30, 30 times) and $29.50 on the memberships (2.9% of $10 plus $0.30, 50 times). One payout to your bank costs $3.52. You keep $1,273.75, or 93%.
On Creator Pro. The plan is $99 instead, so you keep $1,203.75.
Stan’s fee page also lists 0.5% more on recurring payments. If Stripe charges it on the memberships here, take off another $2.50.
The same month on Drate. The guide sells as a download in your shop, and Drate takes nothing on shop sales. Drate Regular is $9 a month and takes 5% of the $500 in memberships, which is $25 here. Pro is $12 a month instead, for your own app. Card fees apply on Drate too, so here’s the platform cost alone, side by side:
| Plan | Monthly price | Cut of $1,370 | Platform cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Creator | $29 | $0 | $29 |
| Stan Creator Pro | $99 | $0 | $99 |
| Drate Regular | $9 | $25 | $34 |
| Drate Pro | $12 | $25 | $37 |
At this size, Stan’s Creator plan has the lowest platform cost. Drate Regular costs $5 more, and Drate Pro $8 more for your own app. Both cost less than Creator Pro. And on Drate you get a website on your own domain, which no Stan plan has.
What no Stan plan gives you
- Your own domain. Stan says you “cannot create or embed a custom domain.” Your store stays at stan.store/yourname. A domain you own can only forward people there.
- Pages of your own. There’s no About page and no custom code, and each landing page holds just one product. You pick one of Stan’s themes and set your colors.
- Your own app. Members use Stan’s shared Stan Community app, which Stan says is only on iOS.
- Your own Stripe. The Stripe account Stan opens has no Stripe login, so you see your money only inside Stan.
- Automatic payouts. Stan says you “cannot set up automatic payments or cash outs.” You cash out your whole balance by hand, from $10. Instant payouts are US only, after 30 days and $2,000 cashed out.
What you pay at every size
Stan’s price stays the same however much you sell, so what you pay comes down to your sales. Drate’s 5% is on memberships, so here’s what each plan costs you a month at four sizes of membership sales. Downloads and booked calls add nothing on Drate. Card fees apply on both, so they’re left out:
| Memberships a month | Stan Creator | Stan Creator Pro | Drate Regular ($9 + 5%) | Drate Pro ($12 + 5%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $200 | $29 | $99 | $19 | $22 |
| $500 | $29 | $99 | $34 | $37 |
| $1,000 | $29 | $99 | $59 | $62 |
| $2,000 | $29 | $99 | $109 | $112 |
Drate Regular costs less than Stan’s Creator plan below about $400 a month in membership sales, and Drate Pro below about $340. Above that, Stan’s flat $29 costs less. Against Creator Pro, those points are about $1,800 for Drate Regular and $1,740 for Drate Pro. Stan’s fee page also lists up to 0.5% more on recurring payments, which would move each point up a little.
What Stan’s $29 never buys, at any size: your own domain, an About page, a Stripe account you can log in to, or an app with your name on it.
What Drate does instead
Drate gives you a home, not a link in your bio: a website made around you, on your own domain and in your look, and your own iOS and Android app on Pro. Memberships, members-only posts and video, courses and a community live together on one site, with Discord roles for each membership. Members pay into your own Stripe account, and Stripe pays out to your bank.
Drate Regular is $9 a month, or $60 a year, and takes 5% of membership sales, and nothing on downloads or booked calls. Pro adds your own app for $12 a month, or $99 a year. Your site is ready in minutes.
See Drate as a Stan Store alternative for the two side by side and how switching works. Using a plain link page instead? See Drate as a Linktree alternative.
Questions
How much does Stan Store cost in 2026?
Stan has two plans: Creator at $29 a month and Creator Pro at $99 a month, or $300 and $948 billed yearly. There's no free plan, only a 14-day free trial. Stan takes 0% of sales, but Stripe or PayPal fees come out of every payment.
Does Stan Store take a percentage of sales?
No. Stan says it earns 0% from transactions. You still pay Stripe's fee, 2.9% + $0.30 for a standard US card payment, or PayPal's 3.49% plus a fixed fee, and a Stripe fee of 0.25% + $0.25 each time you cash out.
Is there a free Stan Store plan?
No. Stan says it doesn't offer a free plan. You get a 14-day free trial of either plan, then pay $29 or $99 a month whether you sell anything or not.
How does Stan Store work?
You get a store at stan.store/yourname, add products like downloads, courses, coaching calls and memberships, and put the link in your social bios. Buyers pay through a Stripe account that Stan manages, or your PayPal, and you cash out your Stan balance by hand once it reaches $10.
Can I use my own domain with Stan Store?
No. Stan says you can't create or embed a custom domain, so your store stays at stan.store/yourusername. You can set a domain you own to forward visitors there, but they still land on Stan's address.
Can I connect my own Stripe account to Stan?
No. Stan has you create a new Stripe Custom account that Stan manages, and you can't connect one you already have. It has no Stripe dashboard login, so you check your money and cash out inside Stan.
When does Stan Store cost more than Drate?
When you sell less than about $400 a month in memberships. Stan costs $29 a month before your first sale. Drate Regular is $9 a month plus 5% of membership sales and nothing on downloads or booked calls, so it costs less below that point and more above it. Card fees apply on both. No Stan plan gives you your own domain or an app with your name on it.
Sources
Checked on October 18, 2026. Prices and terms change, so check the latest before you decide.
- Stan: Homepagestan.store
- Stan: Stan Store Pricing: Plans, Costs, and What You Getstan.store
- Stan: Creator vs. Creator Prohelp.stan.store
- Stan: Creator Pro Featureshelp.stan.store
- Stan: Why Are Email Flows Only Available on the Creator Pro Plan?help.stan.store
- Stan: Stan, Stripe, and PayPal Transaction Feeshelp.stan.store
- Stan: How to Subscribe on the Stan Mobile Apphelp.stan.store
- Stan: How to Build & Launch Your Stan Store in 30 Minuteshelp.stan.store
- Stan: How Customers Access Your Digital Product After Purchasehelp.stan.store
- Stan: Can I Create a Custom Domain for My Stan Store?help.stan.store
- Stan: Can I Add an 'About Me' Page?help.stan.store
- Stan: How to Customize Your Store Colorshelp.stan.store
- Stan: How to Connect Stan with Stripehelp.stan.store
- Stan: How to Access Your Stripe Custom Accounthelp.stan.store
- Stan: How to Connect Stan with PayPalhelp.stan.store
- Stan: How to Cash Out Inside Stanhelp.stan.store
- Stan: Can I Set Up Automatic Payments or Cash Outs?help.stan.store
- Stan: How to Set Up Stripe Instant Payoutshelp.stan.store
- Stan: How to Refund Your Customershelp.stan.store
- Stan: How to Use the Community Apphelp.stan.store
