Payhip and Constants Both Take a Cut of Your Sales, But Not the Same Way

Payhip and Constants both let you start selling digital products without committing to a monthly plan on day one. Neither charges you anything to sign up. But once you actually make a sale, the two platforms take very different cuts, and which one wins depends almost entirely on how much you're selling.

What Payhip Actually Costs

Payhip's free plan has no monthly fee, but takes 5% of every sale. The Plus plan, at $29 a month, drops that to 2%. The Pro plan, at $99 a month, drops it to 0%. On top of whichever of those you're on, Stripe or PayPal processing (roughly 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction) applies separately, on every plan. So a free-plan Payhip seller is really giving up somewhere north of 8% per sale once processing is counted, not just the advertised 5%.

What Constants Actually Costs

Constants' free Starter plan also has no monthly fee, and takes a flat 6% of every sale, on every plan, with no separate processing charge stacked on top — see the full pricing page for the rest of what's included. That flat 6% already beats Payhip's free-plan effective rate of 8%-plus. It also means a seller never has to do the math on which of three tiers makes sense; there's just the one number.

Where Payhip Pulls Ahead

Payhip's advantage shows up at volume. Once you're paying $99 a month for the Pro plan and its 0% fee, you're saving money compared to Constants' 6% cut as soon as you're doing more than about $1,650 a month in sales. Below that line, Constants' free 6% is cheaper. Above it, Payhip Pro is cheaper. Neither platform is the right answer at every stage, and it's worth doing that math honestly before picking one.

What You Actually Get

Payhip's plans all include the same feature set regardless of tier: unlimited products, digital downloads, memberships, courses, and coaching, so the only real decision is the fee tier. Constants folds selling into the same page as your links, your posts, and your community, so a customer can find a product, a booking, or a membership without leaving the page they already landed on. Where Payhip is a dedicated storefront you link to from your bio, Constants is the bio page that can also act as a storefront.

The Practical Difference

Pick Payhip if you're already doing serious volume and want to pay a flat monthly fee for a 0% cut. Pick Constants if you want a single page that's simultaneously your link in bio, your content, and your shop, without paying anything until you actually sell something.