Starter and up
Write, schedule and send
Every issue with its status, recipients and send date, from drafts to scheduled to sent.
See newsletters
// for writers
Sell your ebooks and a paid newsletter from one list.
Publish ebooks and guides as instant downloads, write and schedule your newsletter in the same account, and put your best posts behind a paywall on Growth. Readers who opt in at checkout join your list.
// what you can sell
What writers sell on Pocketsflow.
Every one of these is a product or a plan in the same dashboard, on the same checkout and payout. Names and prices are examples.
Ebooks
PDF and EPUB files, delivered the second they pay.
The Quiet Freelancer$19
Paid newsletter
Paid posts on a monthly or yearly plan, on Growth.
Studio notes, paid edition$6 / month
Guides
Short, practical downloads that lead to your bigger work.
The pitching guide$12
Pre-orders
Sell the next book now; it unlocks on release day.
Next book, pre-order$24
Writing courses
Lessons and exercises in the built-in course player.
Essay writing course$99
Manuscript reviews
A service, sold like any other product.
Chapter review$120
// built for writers
The tools that matter most.
Five of the features writers use most, each shown in the real dashboard. The rest are on the features page.
Growth and upPut your best posts behind a paywall
Readers subscribe monthly or yearly. Free readers see the start of a paid post and a button to subscribe.
See the paid newsletter
Free on every planEbooks that deliver themselves
Readers get the file from the thank-you page the second the payment clears, and it stays in their purchases.
See digital products
Free on every planOne list, sorted by what they bought
Readers and buyers together, with a segment for each product.
See audience
Starter and upSee what every issue did
Sent, opened, clicked and unsubscribed for each post, with a chart over time.
See email marketing
// worked example
What you keep from a typical month.
An example, not a promise: a $6 a month paid newsletter with 300 subscribers, 30% abroad. Run through the same published fees as our fee calculator, checked October 17, 2026.
The example
- Price per month
- $6
- Paying subscribers
- 300
- Buyers outside the US
- 30%
- Revenue this month
- $1,800
On Pocketsflow
You keep $1,625.40 of $1,800.00.
4.7% + $0.30 per sale, card processing and tax handling included. No monthly fee. Sales tax and VAT are handled for you.
vs Gumroad and Lemon Squeezy
That is $297.60 more than on Gumroad and $82.50 more than on Lemon Squeezy.
PlatformFees / moYou keepEffective
PocketsflowDigital products$174.60$1,625.409.7%
GumroadDirect sales$472.20$1,327.8026.23%
Lemon SqueezyStandard$257.10$1,542.9014.28%
Comparing with a flat monthly plan like Stan or Kajabi? See the full breakdown.
Published fees for a seller in the US, with card processing added where a platform charges it separately. Gumroad and Lemon Squeezy are trademarks of their owners, named only to compare published prices.
// moving over
Selling on Gumroad or Payhip today?
See how Pocketsflow compares, and how your products, customers and email list come with you.
// faq
Questions writers ask.
Can I run a free and a paid newsletter together?
Yes. With the paid newsletter on Growth and up, you choose post by post whether everyone, free subscribers only or paid subscribers only can read it, and a paywall block sets where the free preview ends.
Can readers pre-order my next book?
Yes. Set the product to Pre-order: buyers pay now at the normal price, and the book unlocks on the release date you set. Or start with a waitlist that collects emails.
Can I stop my ebook being shared?
PDF stamping, on Starter and up, prints the buyer's email, order number and date on every downloaded PDF, so a shared copy says whose it is. Download limits on Growth cap how many times it can be downloaded.
I sell on Gumroad or Payhip today. Can I move?
Yes. Bring your subscribers over as a CSV on any plan, and list your ebooks in minutes. On Volume, the import also brings customers and purchase history from Gumroad after a dry run you review.
Do I need a paid plan for email?
Selling never needs a plan. Email campaigns, automations, reusable templates and open and click analytics are part of the email plans, from $15 a month for 3,000 subscribers and 10,000 emails. Each plan includes three to four emails per subscriber a month, and addresses that bounced or reported spam are skipped automatically. The free plan keeps up to 1,000 subscribers. See the pricing page for every tier.
What does it cost?
No monthly fee to sell. Each sale carries one transaction cost, 4.7% + $0.30 estimated (about $0.58 on a $6 sale), covering the platform, card processing, sales tax and VAT handling and dispute prevention, itemized on every order. In the worked example on this page, you keep $297.60 more a month than on Gumroad and $82.50 more a month than on Lemon Squeezy. Selling $50,000 or more a month? The Volume plans lower the platform fee to 1% or 0.5%.
// more use cases
Selling something else?
- 01CoachesSessions, packages and group programs, paid up front.
- 02Course creatorsCourses with a sales page, a player and launch tools.
- 03DesignersTemplates, presets, fonts and asset packs, delivered instantly.
- 04Musicians and producersBeats, sample packs, presets and stems, sold worldwide.
- 05Software makersApps, plugins and SaaS with license keys, trials and an API.
- 06Every featureAll 40, grouped by the job they do.
Start selling to your readers today.
No monthly fee to sell, tax handled, and the AI you already use can set it up with you.
