Lanternbee vs Sellfy

Lanternbee as a Sellfy alternative

A store for creators selling downloads, subscriptions and merchandise. Its prices and features sit next to Lanternbee’s below, including where Sellfy does better.

Not open yet. We’re letting authors in from the waitlist, a few at a time.

What Sellfy is

Sellfy sells digital products, subscriptions and physical goods, and prints merchandise such as t-shirts and mugs on demand.

Who it suits

Authors who sell digital files and want branded merchandise from the same store.

What Sellfy costs

US prices, checked against the sources at the bottom of this page.

Plan	Price	Fee on sales
Starter	US$29 a month, or US$22 a month paid yearly. Up to US$10,000 in sales a year	None
Business	US$79 a month, or US$59 a month paid yearly. Up to US$50,000 in sales a year	None

Sellfy and Lanternbee side by side

Sellfy and Lanternbee, feature by feature
What you need	Sellfy	Lanternbee
One book in several formats	YesVersions of one product, each with its own price.	Yes. Ebook, audiobook, paperback and hardback live on one book page.
Series with a reading order	PartlyVolumes or categories group books, with no reading order.	Yes, with the reading order you set.
Bundles and box sets	PartlySeveral files sold as one product.	Yes. Readers who own book one pay less for the rest.
Ebook and audiobook delivery	YesDigital products of all types.	Yes. Download links by email, and a reader library.
Send to Kindle	Not listed	Yes, from the reader library.
Print on demand for books	NoMerchandise such as t-shirts and mugs, not books.	Partly. Printed formats are set up for BookVault or Lulu; sending orders to the printer is being built.
Your reader list	YesEmail marketing is built in.	Yes. Every buyer lands on your reader list, with tags.
Your own domain	Yes	Yes. yourname.lanternbee.shop or shop.yourname.com.
Monthly cost	Starter: US$29 a month, or US$22 a month paid yearly. Up to US$10,000 in sales a yearBusiness: US$79 a month, or US$59 a month paid yearly. Up to US$50,000 in sales a year	Free: nothing a month. Author: US$39 a month, or US$29 paid yearly.
Fee on sales	Starter: NoneBusiness: None	None, on every plan.

Sellfy prices in US dollars. “Not listed” means we could not find it on Sellfy’s own pages or in the sources below, so check with them. Rows we could not check at all are left out. Card fees apply everywhere; on Lanternbee they are Stripe’s, with nothing added.

What Sellfy does better

Fair reasons to stay where you are.

Print-on-demand merchandise: t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, posters and tote bags for your readers.
Upsells and PDF stamping built in.
No fee on sales on any plan.

Moving from Sellfy

There’s no importer for Sellfy. Moving by hand takes these steps.

Add your books on Lanternbee, with every format on one page.
Keep Sellfy for merchandise if you sell it, and link the two stores to each other.
Download your Sellfy customers if you need them and keep them in your email tool. Lanternbee cannot import that list yet.

Questions about Sellfy and Lanternbee

Does Sellfy print books?

Not that we could find. Sellfy’s print on demand covers merchandise like t-shirts, hoodies, mugs and posters. Lanternbee sends paperback and hardback orders to BookVault or Lulu.

Is there a limit on sales?

On Sellfy, Starter covers up to US$10,000 in sales a year and Business up to US$50,000.

Which costs less?

Sellfy Starter is US$29 a month, or US$22 paid yearly, with no fee. Lanternbee Author is US$39 a month, or US$29 paid yearly, with no fee and no limit on books; Free has no monthly bill and no fee, for up to 3 books.