The free Stan Store alternative for creators

Why creators look for a Stan Store alternative

Stan Store (stan.store) turns your link in bio into a storefront for courses, digital products and coaching. Creators like how quickly it gets them selling. The usual reasons to look for a Stan Store alternative are about cost and payments:

• No free plan. At the time of writing (September 2026), Stan has a 14-day free trial, then the Creator plan costs $29/month and Creator Pro costs $99/month. Check Stan's pricing page for current prices.
• You are not selling much yet. Paying $29 every month before your first sale is hard to justify when you are starting out.
• Your buyers are in India. Stan's checkout runs on Stripe and PayPal. Many Indian buyers would rather pay by UPI.

Biolinko gives you the link in bio page free, and adds selling on Pro for $5/month. It is a different kind of tool: a link in bio page first, with a shop inside it, rather than a shop first. For many creators who sell a handful of digital products, that is all they need, and it costs a fraction of the price.

Biolinko vs Stan Store at a glance

Competitor details as of September 2026. Check Stan Store's pricing page for current plans.

Stan Store vs Biolinko: what a year costs

Both tools charge no platform fee on sales. At the time of writing, Stan takes a 0% Stan fee beyond payment processing, and Biolinko takes a 0% platform fee beyond Razorpay's processing fee. So the real difference is the subscription:

• Stan Creator: $29/month, which is $348 over twelve months at the monthly price.
• Stan Creator Pro: $99/month, or $1,188 over twelve months.
• Biolinko Pro: $5/month, $48/year ($4/month) or $89 once for lifetime access.
• Biolinko Pro in India: ₹299/month, ₹2,988/year or ₹4,999 lifetime.
• Biolinko Free: nothing, forever, for a page with up to 30 blocks.

Biolinko does not offer a free trial. Instead, your first Pro payment has a full refund within 14 days, and if you cancel Pro your page stays live on the Free plan. See the pricing page for details.

Is there a free Stan Store alternative?

Yes, with one clear line. The Biolinko Free plan is a full link in bio page, free forever, with no card:

• 1 page, up to 30 blocks, all 8 themes.
• Email and phone collectors and a contact form, so you can build a waitlist before you sell anything.
• A UPI pay button that opens GPay, PhonePe or Paytm with a fixed or open amount, paid straight to you.
• 30 days of click analytics.

The Product block with automatic file delivery, the Tip jar, the Booking block and the Lead magnet are Pro features. So the free plan is the free Stan Store alternative for building an audience and taking simple UPI payments. When you are ready to sell downloads, Pro is $5 a month.

The Stan Store alternative in India: UPI and Razorpay

For creators in India, Biolinko is built around how your buyers already pay:

• Checkout in your own Razorpay account. Buyers pay by UPI, cards, netbanking or wallets, and the money goes to you, not to a middle account.
• Price in rupees or dollars. Sell a ₹199 guide to Indian followers or a $9 template to everyone else.
• Automatic delivery. Files are delivered on an order page and by email receipt. Every order shows in your Sales dashboard, and paid orders that were not confirmed in the browser are recovered automatically.
• WhatsApp for questions. Add a WhatsApp chat button so buyers can ask before they pay. Our WhatsApp link generator makes the link for you.

The honest flip side: Razorpay onboards businesses in India, so Biolinko's built-in selling is for Indian creators. If you live elsewhere, Stan's Stripe and PayPal checkout is the more direct option, or you can use Biolinko for free and link to Gumroad, Shopify or a Stripe payment link.

What you can sell from a Biolinko page

• Digital downloads: ebooks, presets, templates, wallpapers, notes and planners with the Product block.
• Services: a paid consultation, a portfolio review or a custom order.
• Tips: a Tip jar block for fans who want to support you.
• Coaching calls: the Booking block embeds your Calendly or Cal.com page.
• Free lead magnets: email in, file out, to grow your list.

Setting up your first product

1. Connect your Razorpay account in the dashboard.
2. Add a Product block, upload the file (or describe the service) and set a price in INR or USD.
3. Move it to the top of your page and publish. Buyers pay, get the file on the order page and by email, and the sale appears in your Sales dashboard.

The Course seller template puts these blocks in a ready-made layout you can edit in minutes. Add a Review block with a few testimonials and a Coupon block for launch week, and your bio page works like a small store.

When Stan Store is the better choice

Stan Store is the better pick if:

• You sell a full video course. Stan hosts courses. Biolinko does not host courses; you would link to wherever your course lives.
• Your buyers are worldwide and you are outside India. Stan's Stripe and PayPal checkout works for global creators. Biolinko's checkout needs an Indian Razorpay account.
• Selling is your whole business. If you make steady income from courses and coaching, Stan's store-first setup can be worth $29 or more a month.

If you are early, sell smaller digital products, or mostly sell to buyers in India, Biolinko costs far less and takes UPI.

Linktree vs Stan Store vs Biolinko

People comparing Linktree and Stan Store are usually deciding between “a page of links” and “a store”. Linktree is the best-known link in bio tool with a free plan, and at the time of writing it charges a percentage seller fee on digital sales on lower plans. Stan is a paid storefront with no Stan fee on sales. Biolinko gives you both halves: a free link in bio page, and fee-free selling on a $5 Pro plan. Read the full Linktree comparison.

Moving over is quick. Sign up free, paste the links from your current page, add your products, then replace the link in your bios with biolinko.me/yourname. Your old page keeps working until you swap it.

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