✓ Independent pattern designers
✓ Existing catalogues with confusing file choices
✓ Readers comparing direct stores and marketplaces
— Guaranteed passive income
— Pattern drafting or technical certification
— Generic course launches
— A marketplace traffic guarantee
Start with the same package
Use one representative product for both candidates: the instruction document, any format alternatives and the buyer-facing readme. A platform that accepts a file is not necessarily a platform that makes the choices understandable. List which parts every buyer receives and which require a different purchase option.
Different cost starting points
Payhip offers a no-monthly-fee seller plan with a transaction charge. Sellfy advertises paid plans and no platform transaction fee; the displayed starting price may depend on billing period. Compare current plan allowances and processor costs rather than treating a headline annual-equivalent price as a cancellable monthly quote. We do not supply a fabricated all-in cost.
Updates need special attention
Sellfy documents hosted delivery and product-update email options, with consent affecting who receives an update. Payhip also documents an update-email audience limit. Neither statement proves that every historic customer will read a correction. Your own revision record and visible support route remain important whichever store you choose.
Our practical recommendation
For a small uncertain catalogue, Payhip merits the first evaluation because fixed seller costs can start at zero. Prefer Sellfy only when its actual package, storefront or operating features solve a need worth its cost. Keeping the present store is a valid third outcome. This is documentation-led comparison, not a speed or conversion benchmark.
An original working example
Make the comparison tangible with a three-row scorecard in your own notes: file choices, update route and monthly commitment. In each cell write the specific current evidence, not a tick. “Product-update email is documented, reach depends on consent” is more useful than “email: yes”. Add a fourth row for the reason not to move from the current store. If neither candidate removes a real obstacle, the comparison can end with no change. This prevents a long feature list from hiding the single responsibility that matters most to your catalogue and keeps seller subscription costs separate from affiliate commission incentives.
What this comparison can—and cannot—settle
This guide draws on Payhip pricing, Sellfy pricing, Sellfy digital products. Merchant-controlled records describe the provider’s own capabilities, terms or standards; they do not independently validate those claims. These records do not establish independent confirmation of the product claims.
Verify any current price, plan limit, label direction, compatibility rule, or commercial term that would materially change the decision. The dated source ledger shows the underlying records so this conclusion can be checked and updated.
Sources used for this page
These records support the facts and comparisons above. Merchant-controlled records are labelled so you can separate product claims from independent evidence.
- Payhip pricing — Merchant documentation · payhip.com · Merchant-controlled · checked 2026-09-27
- Sellfy pricing — Merchant documentation · sellfy.com · Merchant-controlled · checked 2026-09-27
- Sellfy digital products — Merchant documentation · docs.sellfy.com · Merchant-controlled · checked 2026-09-27