Lanternbee vs Sellfy

Looking for a Sellfy alternative for your books?

A store for creators selling downloads, subscriptions and merchandise. Here is what it costs, where it does better than Lanternbee, and what moving would take.

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	$29 a month, or $22 a month paid yearly. Up to $10,000 in sales a year	None
Business	$79 a month, or $59 a month paid yearly. Up to $50,000 in sales a year	None

Sellfy and Lanternbee side by side

The jobs a bookstore has to do, and how each one handles them.

Sellfy and Lanternbee, feature by feature
What you need	Sellfy	Lanternbee
One book with several editions	Not listed	Yes. Ebook, audiobook, paperback and hardcover live on one book page.
Series with a reading order	Not listed	Yes, with the reading order you set.
Bundles and box sets	Not listed	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.	Yes, through BookVault or Lulu.
Your reader list	YesEmail marketing is built in.	Yes. Every buyer lands on your list, with tags.
Your own domain	Yes	Yes. yourname.lanternbee.shop or shop.yourname.com.
Monthly cost	Starter: $29 a month, or $22 a month paid yearly. Up to $10,000 in sales a yearBusiness: $79 a month, or $59 a month paid yearly. Up to $50,000 in sales a year	Free: nothing a month. Author: $45 a month, or $35 paid yearly.
Fee on sales	Starter: NoneBusiness: None	Free: 5%, only when you sell. Author: none.

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

What Sellfy does better

No store is right for every author. These are fair reasons to stay.

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 is no importer for Sellfy. Here is what you would do by hand.

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 hardcover orders to BookVault or Lulu.

Is there a limit on sales?

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

Which costs less?

Sellfy Starter is $29 a month, or $22 paid yearly, with no fee. Lanternbee Author is $45 a month, or $35 paid yearly, with no fee; Free has no monthly bill and takes 5% when you sell.