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Payhook/SendOwl alternative
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SendOwl alternative with no monthly fee and no revenue cap

SendOwl charges a flat monthly fee — and then caps how much you can earn before forcing you onto a more expensive plan. Two fees for the price of one. Payhook charges $0/month, has no revenue cap, no order cap, and a full write API.

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The fee math — and the cap trap

SendOwl's pricing looks simple until you hit a cap. Each plan limits annual sales volume — exceed it and you're automatically upgraded. Here's what it actually costs at different revenue levels:

Monthly revenueSendOwl feePayhook feeDifference
$500/mo$39/mo (Launch — nearing cap)$14.50 (Stripe only)$24.50/mo
$1,000/mo$87/mo (forced onto Grow¹)$29.00 (Stripe only)$58/mo
$3,000/mo$87/mo (Grow)$87.00 (Stripe only)$0
$5,000/mo$159/mo (forced onto Scale²)$145.00 (Stripe only)-$14/mo

¹ $1k/month = $12k/year — exceeds Launch plan's $10k/year sales cap. Auto-upgraded to Grow ($87/mo).
² $5k/month = $60k/year — exceeds Grow plan's $36k/year sales cap. Auto-upgraded to Scale ($159/mo).

Where SendOwl falls short for growing sellers

  • Monthly fee + revenue cap — you pay to exist AND get penalised for growing
  • Auto-upgrade on cap breach — your costs jump without warning mid-month
  • Launch plan ($39/mo) only handles $10k/year in sales — that's $833/month before you're forced to Grow
  • API is query-focused — no programmatic product creation, no agent-to-agent payment flow
  • Order cap on top of revenue cap — 5k orders/year on Launch limits high-volume, low-ticket products
  • Not designed for automated or AI-operated storefronts

What Payhook gives you instead

$0/month, no caps
No monthly fee. No revenue cap. No order cap. You scale without a plan ceiling forcing a price jump on you.
Full write API
Create products, generate checkout URLs, register webhooks, and query revenue — all programmable. No dashboard required to operate.
Marketplace discovery
Every product gets an indexed page on the Payhook marketplace. Buyers can find you through search, not just your own links.
Founding seller offer
First 50 sellers lock in 0% platform fee permanently. Currently open.

Quick example

POST /api/v1/products
Authorization: Bearer sk_live_...

{
  "name": "Email Templates Bundle",
  "price_cents": 1900,
  "currency": "usd",
  "category": "templates"
}

→ {
  "id": "prod_xyz789",
  "checkout_url": "https://getpayhook.com/checkout/prod_xyz789"
}

Common questions

Does Payhook have a revenue cap like SendOwl?
No. Payhook has no revenue cap and no order cap. Sell $500/year or $500k/year — the platform fee is always 0%. You pay Stripe's standard processing rate (2.9% + $0.30) regardless of volume.
Can I migrate my SendOwl products to Payhook?
Yes. Recreate products via POST /products or the dashboard. Upload your delivery files to R2 storage. Your old checkout URLs won't carry over, but the buyer experience is the same — purchase, instant download link by email.
Does Payhook handle file delivery like SendOwl?
Yes. Upload your file once at product creation. On every successful Stripe payment, Payhook generates a signed time-limited download URL and sends it to the buyer automatically via email.
What happens if my business grows past my expectations?
Nothing changes on Payhook. No plan upgrade, no cap breach notification, no auto-billing adjustment. Your Stripe processing fees scale with volume (as they always do), but there's no platform layer on top.
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Stop paying a monthly fee to hit a revenue ceiling

$0/month. No caps. A real write API. Founding seller spots are still open — first 50 lock in 0% platform fee permanently.

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