Comparison · Last updated August 30, 2026

A Payhip alternative where the checkout is your own

Payhip sits in the middle of your sale: its checkout, its fee structure, its tax handling. Wixzel Store steps out of the money flow entirely — buyers pay through your own gateway, Wixzel takes no commission, and your product gets an indexed page in a browsable catalog.

What Payhip is

A storefront for digital products, courses, coaching and memberships, known for its free plan and for handling EU VAT in its checkout.

Rates and terms change, so check Payhip's current pricing before you decide. The differences below are structural, not a snapshot of today's numbers.

Side by side

	Payhip	Wixzel Store
Who processes the payment	The marketplace. Buyers pay them; they pay you out on their schedule.	You do. Buyers pay through your own Stripe, Dodo, PayPal, Razorpay, or Lemon Squeezy account.
Commission on each sale	A percentage of every sale, deducted before you're paid.	None. Wixzel never touches the money, so there is nothing to deduct.
Who owns the buyer relationship	The marketplace. Buyer details are theirs, not yours.	You. The sale runs through your gateway, so the customer record is yours.
Taxes at checkout	The platform checkout can calculate and remit EU VAT on your behalf.	Your own gateway processes the sale, so tax handling follows whatever your gateway and accountant already do.
What Wixzel charges	-	A one-time fee per product when a listing goes live. No subscription, no per-sale cut.

Stay on Payhip if…

You want a free storefront to start on, with fees only when you sell.
You sell courses, coaching, or memberships and want those formats built in.
You want the platform's checkout to calculate and remit EU VAT for you.

List on Wixzel Store if…

You'd rather the sale settle directly in your own Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, Dodo, or Lemon Squeezy account.
You want marketplace discovery — category pages and indexed product pages — instead of only a storefront.
You want license keys, PDF invoices, and a license-verification API issued with every sale.

You don't have to choose

Wixzel Store doesn't ask for exclusivity. List here alongside wherever you sell today and see which one earns you more.