Best place to sell sewing patterns online: the short list
The best place to sell sewing patterns online, when sizes and print formats are separate files, is a Payhip store: one product can hold several files of up to 5GB each, and variants split the options. Its Free Forever plan is $0 a month plus a 5% Payhip transaction fee, which is the part of each sale Payhip keeps, as read on 6 October 2026.
Etsy suits a designer who prefers an Etsy listing and can fit a pattern in five 20MB files. Stan Store suits one who wants a 0% transaction fee at $29 a month.
| Where to sell | File limit | Cost to sell |
|---|---|---|
| Payhip | Several files per product, each up to 5GB | Free Forever $0 a month plus 5%; Plus $29 plus 2% |
| Etsy | Up to five files of 20MB each | $0.20 a listing plus 6.5% of the order |
| Sellfy | Up to 50 files per product, 10GB each on Starter | Starter $29 a month; no transaction fee up to $10k yearly |
| Stan Store (per its help center) | Files up to 5GB | Creator $29 a month; 0% transaction fee |
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Start free on Payhip →Big files and many sizes: what each platform takes
A multi-size sewing pattern can ship as several files: the sizes plus print-at-home, copy-shop and projector versions. Payhip lets one product hold several files and says each can be up to 5GB. Etsy's digital listings take five files at 20MB each. Sellfy allows 50 files in one product, with 10GB per file on Starter. Stan Store supports files up to 5GB.
One Payhip limit to plan around is PDF stamping, which prints the buyer's email and purchase date at the top left of each page. Payhip's help says it works only for portrait PDFs, and its setting covers files below 250MB, so a landscape or larger pattern file is outside what it covers. See Payhip upload limit for the file rules.
Sizes, print formats and each purchase option
Payhip calls an option a variant: a version of one product with its own name, price, description and assigned files. The designer makes one product, adds a variant for each file set and ticks which files belong to it. A List layout cannot show variant descriptions, and a seller can fix a wrong variant on an order with the Edit button.
Warning: deleting a variant keeps its files for past buyers, but deleting a file itself removes it from their download pages. Etsy's help says you can't offer variations for digital items. Sellfy's help describes a Variants section and names no plan for it. Payhip vs Etsy compares the two for pattern sellers.
Sending a corrected pattern to past buyers
On Payhip, once you replace a file, earlier buyers reach the updated version through their original download link, with no second purchase. Telling them is a separate step: an email update goes to all customers or to the buyers of one product.
Payhip's email update help says an EU or UK customer who does not tick the update checkbox at checkout is not on the update list. Sellfy lets you change the product file and email buyers who opted in. Etsy's help does not say whether a replaced file reaches earlier buyers.
Fees on each pattern sale
Payhip takes 5% on Free Forever and 2% on Plus, Pro at $99 a month has no Payhip fee, and PayPal or Stripe charge their own rates on every plan. Etsy adds payment processing of 3% plus $0.25 with a US bank account, and its help names a one-time, non-refundable set-up fee with no amount given on its help pages.
A sewing pattern with several sizes can go up on Payhip's Free Forever plan, which asks for no card and takes 5% when it sells. For more platforms, see where to sell digital patterns.
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Open a free Payhip store →Sources used for this page
The facts above come from the pages below, read on 6 October 2026. We have not used these products hands-on. Prices and terms change, so confirm them on the vendor's site before you buy.
- Pricing | Payhip — Vendor pricing page · payhip.com · read 6 October 2026
- Billing and upgrading | Payhip Help Center — Vendor documentation · help.payhip.com · read 6 October 2026
- Adding a digital product | Payhip Help Center — Vendor documentation · help.payhip.com · read 6 October 2026
- Variants for digital products | Payhip Help Center — Vendor documentation · help.payhip.com · read 6 October 2026
- Update a digital product file | Payhip Help Center — Vendor documentation · help.payhip.com · read 6 October 2026
- Email updates | Payhip Help Center — Vendor documentation · help.payhip.com · read 6 October 2026
- Protecting your products | Payhip Help Center — Vendor documentation · help.payhip.com · read 6 October 2026
- Etsy Fee Basics | Etsy Help — Vendor documentation · help.etsy.com · read 6 October 2026
- What are the Fees and Taxes for Selling on Etsy | Etsy Help — Vendor documentation · help.etsy.com · read 6 October 2026
- What are Payment Processing Fees for Selling on Etsy | Etsy Help — Vendor documentation · help.etsy.com · read 6 October 2026
- How to Manage Your Digital Listings | Etsy Help — Vendor documentation · help.etsy.com · read 6 October 2026
- Sellfy pricing — Vendor pricing page · sellfy.com · read 6 October 2026
- Selling digital products | Sellfy Help Center — Vendor documentation · docs.sellfy.com · read 6 October 2026
- Variants | Sellfy Help Center — Vendor documentation · docs.sellfy.com · read 6 October 2026
- Creator vs Creator Pro | Stan Help Center — Vendor documentation · help.stan.store · read 6 October 2026
- Stan and Stripe transaction fees | Stan Help Center — Vendor documentation · help.stan.store · read 6 October 2026
- Sell a digital download product | Stan Help Center — Vendor documentation · help.stan.store · read 6 October 2026