Stan Store does not offer a permanent free selling plan. If you want to sell a digital download without a monthly platform subscription, PayRequest Free is one option: it includes digital products and charges 2% on standard successful payments, capped at €25 per transaction. Payment-provider charges are additional. A free plan removes the recurring subscription, not every cost of a sale.
This guide is for someone selling an ebook, template or file bundle who wants to avoid paying for a large creator toolkit before making regular sales. PayRequest publishes this comparison and is one of the options. Prices were reviewed on 10 November 2026; we have not performed competitor checkout tests or measured conversion differences.
Does Stan Store have a free plan?
Stan's official plan comparison lists Creator at $29/month and Creator Pro at $99/month. Annual billing costs $300 and $948 respectively. Its pricing article describes a 14-day trial, rather than an ongoing free store.
That distinction matters if you are still testing whether anyone will buy. A trial helps you inspect a tool; it does not remove the subscription cost after the trial ends. Annual prices also require a different commitment from paying month by month.
Stan says it charges no platform transaction percentage; Stripe or PayPal processing remains separate. See its transaction-fee explanation. Do not interpret 0% platform fees as receiving the full customer payment after every cost.
Compare subscription cost and selling cost separately
Use three lines in your budget: the recurring platform subscription, the platform fee on each sale, and the payment provider's charges. Add taxes, refunds, disputes and currency conversion where they apply. We leave those additional items out of the arithmetic below so you can reproduce the platform comparison.
| Option | Recurring platform price | Standard platform payment fee | Main decision |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Creator | $29/month | 0% | Do you need the included creator toolkit? |
| Stan Creator Pro | $99/month | 0% | Do its extra marketing functions justify the subscription? |
| PayRequest Free | €0/month | 2%, capped at €25 per transaction | Can you start with a focused paid download? |
| PayRequest Premium | €5/month | 0% while active | Would removing standard platform fees justify the subscription? |
| PayRequest Business | €20/month | 0% while active | Do you need Business features such as the online shop? |
Currencies have deliberately not been converted. A $29 bill and a €5 bill are different currency obligations, not an exact €24 saving. Check the exchange rate and any tax on your own subscription before making a budget.
For PayRequest, digital products are included on Free. A Business online shop is a different feature from selling an individual digital product. Provider fees apply on every plan. Custom-work commission payments have separate fee rules, including a 2% charge capped at €25 per payment, even on paid plans; individually agreed account rates take precedence. See current PayRequest pricing.
Worked examples: €100, €500 and €2,000 in monthly sales
Assume every order is a €20 standard digital-product payment, all orders succeed, no refunds occur and no additional tax is added. Each Free platform fee is €20 × 2% = €0.40. These are hypothetical calculations, not customer sales results.
| Monthly orders at €20 | Monthly sales | Free platform fees | Premium subscription plus standard platform fees | Business subscription plus standard platform fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | €0 | €0 | €5 | €20 |
| 5 | €100 | €2 | €5 | €20 |
| 25 | €500 | €10 | €5 | €20 |
| 100 | €2,000 | €40 | €5 | €20 |
Every amount excludes provider charges, taxes and the separate commission-payment rules. Paid-plan amounts assume the plan is active for the month. You cannot use a lower standard fee to infer that the plan includes every feature your business needs.
For transactions below the cap, 2% of €250 is €5. At that monthly standard payment volume, Free's platform fee equals Premium's subscription. At €100 in this example, Free costs €3 less; at €500, Premium costs €5 less. This compares PayRequest plans, not euros against Stan's dollar subscription.
The cap applies per payment. Two €2,000 payments incur €25 each on Free, or €50 in total. Two hundred €20 payments with the same €4,000 gross volume incur €80. Calculate each transaction's fee as the smaller of 2% of its value and €25; then add the results. Gross monthly volume alone is insufficient once the cap matters.
A cheaper subscription is useful only if the workflow fits
Stan Creator includes courses, booking tools, recurring subscriptions, lead magnets and AutoDM according to its plan documentation. Creator Pro adds functions including email marketing, funnels, upsells and order bumps. If you use those functions, replacing them with separate software or manual work can erase a subscription saving.
For a single downloadable product, write down a smaller acceptance checklist:
- Can an eligible payment provider serve your business and buyers?
- Can you show the actual contents, price, currency and permitted use before payment?
- Can you deliver the right file after payment confirmation?
- Do the allowed file formats and upload limits fit your release?
- Can you explain download expiry and support clearly?
- If you already have buyers, how will you preserve their historical access?
PayRequest's digital-product workflow supports a hosted purchase route and uploaded-file delivery. Confirm supported files, size and settings in your product editor. This is not a claim that a product page replaces Stan's course builder, AutoDM or marketing suite.
Start with one product before moving a whole store
Create an account, connect a supported provider eligible for your business, and prepare one representative digital product. Add the actual file, description, price and delivery settings. Review the public product page and follow your approved payment-testing process before advertising it. A preview alone does not establish that paid delivery works.
If migrating, retain your original store until existing purchases, subscriptions and access obligations are accounted for. Exporting contacts does not transfer recurring payment authorization, course progress or download rights. Never send an existing buyer through a new checkout just to recover something they already bought.
Use our product-description examples to prepare the offer. For a wider feature comparison, see PayRequest vs Stan Store. This article addresses the narrower decision about subscription and transaction costs.
Which option should you choose?
Choose a no-monthly-fee route when you are validating a simple file offer and want the platform cost to follow actual sales. Review a paid plan once its features or standard-fee saving justify the commitment. Keep Stan on your shortlist if its creator tools are central to your operation.
Your next step is to publish one clearly scoped download, rather than buy every tool you may someday need. PayRequest Free lets you start that process without preselecting a paid plan. Registration alone never activates paid access; a paid subscription requires its checkout and activation.
Editorial note: AI assisted the text and cover. The transaction examples and acceptance checklist are original editorial planning aids. No live competitor purchase, migration or customer saving is claimed.
