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# Pricing and fees

Lid's fee is a flat 3% per sale and $0 a month to sell. A $10 sale worked out, why 3% against Gumroad, Patreon and OnlyFans, and what you never pay.

You set the price. Lid takes a flat 3% on every sale, shown up front. There is no monthly fee to sell.

## What does Lid charge?

A flat 3% of every sale. No monthly fee to sell, no listing fee, no minimum. Three numbers decide what everyone gets:

* **Your price.** You choose it, and you can change it later. A new price applies to the next sales.
* **Lid's fee.** A flat 3% of every sale.
* **The commission you share.** From 1% to 50%, assigned to whoever brings you a sale. You choose it per product.

## How does a $10 sale split?

With a 10% commission and a sale that came through someone's shared link: you get $8.70, the sharer gets $1.00, Lid gets $0.30.

![How a $10 sale splits on Lid with a 10% commission: $8.70 to the seller, paid in seconds; $1.00 to the sharer, assigned to them to claim; $0.30 to Lid, the flat 3% fee.](https://1004546140-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FQKVT6WDKWT4P06WmWa57%2Fuploads%2Fj7aoUEVuXcd3J0tN1S5N%2Fmoney-split-10-dollar-sale.png?alt=media)

| Who        | Gets  |
| ---------- | ----- |
| You        | $8.70 |
| The sharer | $1.00 |
| Lid        | $0.30 |

If you bring the sale yourself, you keep $9.70 and Lid gets $0.30.

## Why is Lid 3% when others charge 10% to 20%?

Because 3% covers the whole suite and the money moves in one transaction, so there is no processing layer and no payout layer to pay for, and selling costs $0 a month. Gumroad takes 10% plus $0.50, and 2.9% plus $0.30 on top for processing: 13.7% on a $100 sale. Patreon takes 10%. OnlyFans takes 20%. Add the software underneath and a typical stack costs 8% to 20% of every sale, plus $1,900 to $7,600 a year in subscriptions. On Lid the 3% covers your page, checkout, delivery, courses, memberships, paying you in seconds and assigning each sharer's commission in the same transaction. It stays 3% as you grow. The full table, with a source per row, is on [Compare](/resources/compare.md).

## What do I pay?

Two rules cover what you pay:

* If you sell: 3% of every sale and $0 a month to sell, always.
* If you pay for results, with a challenge or a campaign: the flat 3% applies to the budget you fund, when you fund it.

## What do I never pay?

* Monthly fees to sell
* Listing fees
* Minimums of any kind
* Withdrawal fees from Lid. Cashing out to a bank account is being built; when it lands, that step costs what it costs Lid, and Lid does not earn on it.

## What about taxes?

Lid does not withhold taxes. You handle your local taxes on what you earn. Your dashboard keeps your full sales history for accounting.

Set your price at [lid.pro](https://lid.pro). That is the link if you want to sell.


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