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Payhip
Payhip · London, United Kingdom · founded 2011
What it is
Payhip is an e-commerce platform for selling digital products, courses, coaching, memberships and physical products directly to customers. Its drag-and-drop builder supports storefronts, landing pages and custom CSS, while products can be delivered through a download page and email links. Course tools include videos, quizzes, certificates, drip content and progress tracking. Sellers can set one-time prices, subscriptions, payment plans, pay-what-you-want pricing and free trials for memberships. Free Forever costs nothing and has a 5% transaction fee; Plus is $29 a month with a 2% fee, and Pro is $99 a month with no transaction fee. All plans include unlimited products, customers, revenue, bandwidth and storage. Payhip lists numerous payment gateways and says it handles VAT and sales tax in the USA, Canada, UK and EU. Protection options include PDF stamping, download limits, expiring links, customer and regional blocking, and account two-factor authentication. Zoom, Calendly, Zapier, email marketing platforms, webhooks and a public API are also listed. Payhip was created in 2011 and is headquartered in London.
For and against
For
- All plans include unlimited products and revenue.
- Supports courses with quizzes and progress tracking.
- Offers subscriptions, payment plans and pay-what-you-want pricing.
- Lists multiple payment gateways and a public API.
- Includes download protections and account two-factor authentication.
Against
- Free Forever has a 5% transaction fee.
- Plus costs $29 a month.
- Pro costs $99 a month.
The verdict
Payhip covers storefront creation, product delivery, courses and several payment models in one platform. Compare the plan fees and transaction charges with the payment and tax tools you need.
Who it suits
Payhip suits creators such as authors, designers, musicians, teachers and consultants who want to sell products, courses or services directly. Its range of payment models also suits sellers offering memberships or subscriptions.
Plans and prices
Plus
All features · Unlimited products · Unlimited revenue
Read 14 Oct 2026 · payhip.com
Pro
All features · Unlimited products · Unlimited revenue
Read 14 Oct 2026 · payhip.com
Free Forever
All features · Unlimited products · Unlimited revenue
Read 14 Oct 2026 · payhip.com
On the record
- Audience
- Payhip describes its intended audience as creators such as authors, designers, YouTubers, bloggers, musicians, podcasters, consultants, and teachers.payhip.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Coaching
- Sellers can offer one-to-one coaching with scheduling connections to Zoom and Calendly.payhip.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Companies House incorporation
- UK Companies House records Payhip Ltd as incorporated on 4 February 2013 and active as a private limited company.find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · read 14 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- Payhip lists 167-169 Great Portland Street, fifth floor, London W1W 5PF, United Kingdom as its contact address.payhip.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Company history
- Payhip says it was created in 2011, is bootstrapped and profitable, and has a team distributed across several countries.payhip.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Company legal identity
- The legal entity is Payhip Limited, company number 08386910, registered in England and Wales.payhip.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Digital downloads
- The platform supports selling downloadable ebooks, templates, printables, software, music, audio, video and documents.payhip.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The developer help category lists webhooks, software license keys, legacy license keys and the public API, while the API reference supplies endpoint examples and parameters.help.payhip.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Email integrations
- Direct mailing-list integrations include AWeber, Campaign Monitor, ConvertKit, Drip, Elastic Email, EmailOctopus, GetResponse, Mad Mimi, Mailchimp and SendFox; other providers can connect through Zapier.payhip.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Payhip names Zoom and Calendly for coaching scheduling, Zapier and email marketing platforms for automation, and provides webhooks and a public API for coupons and license keys.payhip.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Licence
- Payhip terms grant limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive site access and prohibit licensing, hosting, modification, reverse engineering and commercial exploitation of the service, indicating proprietary software rather than an open-source licence.payhip.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- License-key API
- License-key endpoints can verify, enable, disable, increase usage and decrease usage; refunded transactions automatically disable keys.payhip.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: audio playback
- A Trustpilot reviewer reports that selling audio files is inconvenient because Payhip lacks an integrated audio player.trustpilot.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: customisation and support delays
- Trustpilot summaries mention configuration difficulties with custom domains and occasional slow support responses.trustpilot.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: mobile app functionality
- Apple reviewers complain that the app mainly tracks sales and notifications, lacks product editing and other management functions, and can have sign-in or notification glitches.apps.apple.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: outages and access reports
- An outage-reporting site lists user reports involving login to another user's page, payment processing stuck, excessive-download lockouts and account-access problems.outagedown.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: team permissions
- A G2 reviewer says Payhip lacks multiple user accounts with different permission levels for assistants or team members.g2.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Memberships
- Membership and subscription products can use recurring billing, flexible billing intervals and free trials.payhip.com · read 14 Oct 2026
