SitesPlaced vs Stan Store — which is better in 2026?
Stan Store: A link-in-bio store built for creators selling coaching and courses — no cut of your sales, but $29 a month minimum. Here is a plain, row-by-row comparison with SitesPlaced — price, free plan, commission, payments, shipping and the integrations that matter to an Instagram or WhatsApp seller — and how to switch in one paste.
By Manan Agrawal, Founder · Updated August 28, 2026
Short answer: SitesPlaced is the better value for most sellers. Stan Store is excellent at the thing it chose to be: a phone-shaped link-in-bio shop for coaches and course sellers. It is a poor fit if you want a website, or if you sell objects. We are free to start, $14.99 when you want a domain and AI, and give you a full site with a blog — but if your income is coaching calls, their booking tools beat ours today. For anything that is not purely coaching calls, SitesPlaced is the better value: 0% commission against their monthly fee, no cut of your sales, and a full website with a blog and your own domain rather than one link-in-bio page.
At a glance
| SitesPlaced | Stan Store | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest way to publish a store | $0 — free plan, unlimited products | No free plan — Free trial offered |
| Cheapest paid plan | $14.99/month — no cut of your sales | $29/month Creator, $99/month Creator Pro |
| Cut of each sale | 0% | 0% |
| Category | Website + store builder for creators | Link-in-bio store |
Prices and limits are as listed on their own pricing pages in late August 2026. Creator platforms change plans often — confirm before you buy.
SitesPlaced vs Stan Store: feature by feature
The table lists what each platform includes and on which plan. SitesPlaced facts mirror the pricing page; Stan Store facts are taken from the comparisons already published on this site, with “not listed” where we could not find a clear answer.
| Feature | SitesPlaced | Stan Store |
|---|---|---|
| Cut of each sale | 0% — we never take a cut of a sale | 0% |
| Annual sales limit | None. Sell as much as you like on any plan | None |
| Sell downloads | Yes — files, with per-buyer download limits and expiring links | Yes, alongside courses, coaching and bookings |
| How files are protected | Private storage, no public URL; emailed link that expires and can be revoked | Hosted files and course access |
| Sell physical products | Yes — variants, stock, categories, discounts | Not really — it is built for digital and services |
| Stripe | Your own Stripe account — cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay | Your own Stripe account |
| PayPal | Your own PayPal account | Limited |
| Shipping labels | Shippo — USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL, Royal Mail from ~5¢ a label | No |
| Real website + blog | Yes — a full multi-page site with a blog, not just a checkout page | A link-in-bio page, deliberately — not a website |
| Custom domain | $14.99/month plan (one-click DNS) | Supported |
| AI writes your store | $14.99/month plan — writes and designs the store from a description | No |
| Themes | 17 store themes, all free and fully editable | One opinionated mobile layout |
Prices and limits are as listed on their own pricing pages in late August 2026. Creator platforms change plans often — confirm before you buy.
What Stan Store does well — and where it stops
Stan Store is a real product and these are the things it genuinely does. None of them, on their own, outweighs paying commission on every sale or losing a free plan that publishes a real store:
- ✓Purpose-built for the Instagram and TikTok creator selling coaching, courses and calls.
- ✓Bookings, courses, email and upsells in one place, which suits a service creator well.
- ✓The mobile layout is genuinely good — it is designed for a phone-first audience.
Which one should you choose?
For almost every seller reading this, the answer is SitesPlaced: a free plan that publishes a real store, 0% commission on every sale on every plan, and 21 integrations included rather than sold as add-ons. The right-hand column is the short list of exceptions, and it is short on purpose.
Choose SitesPlaced if you…
- • You want a proper website and blog rather than a single scrolling link page.
- • $29 a month is steep for what you currently sell — we start free and our paid plan is half that.
- • You sell physical things too. Stan is not built for stock, variants or shipping.
- • You want your store to look like your brand rather than like every other Stan Store.
The only cases for Stan Store
- • You mainly sell 1-to-1 calls, coaching or cohort courses — their booking and course tooling is better than ours.
- • Your whole business runs from an Instagram bio link and you want nothing more.
How to move from Stan Store to SitesPlaced
Moving is mostly a paste. The importer is free, there is no product cap on the free plan, and nothing goes live until you hit publish — so you can build the new store alongside the old one and switch your Instagram bio link when it looks right.
Import your catalogue
Paste your Instagram handle, your current store's website URL or a PDF catalogue at /import. Products, prices, images and categories are rebuilt as a SitesPlaced store. Variants come across from Shopify, dm2buy and Shopexer stores; add them in the Products tab for other sources.
Pick one of 17 store themes
Every theme is free, and every heading, hero image, footer column and menu is editable. You can also edit the store by chatting with ChatGPT or Claude through the SitesPlaced MCP server.
Connect payments and shipping
Connect your own Razorpay account (UPI, cards, net banking, wallets), switch on cash on delivery and WhatsApp checkout, and connect Shiprocket or Shipmozo. All free, 0% commission.
Publish free, upgrade when you want a domain
Your store goes live on a sitesplaced.com URL with a small badge. The Starter plan (₹199/month) adds your custom domain, branding removal, AI copy, analytics and Meta Pixel + Conversions API; the Growth plan — ₹499/month early-bird (₹999 after the first 50 stores) — adds WhatsApp Business API alerts, the sales boosters and 1-click checkout on top.
What the paid plans add
Everything needed to sell is free. The Starter plan (₹199/month) is for the things that make the store look and track like a brand — the first five below; the Growth plan — ₹499/month early-bird (₹999 after the first 50 stores) — adds the sixth, plus the sales boosters, product reviews and 1-click checkout:
- ✓Your own custom domain with one-click DNS for most Indian registrars
- ✓SitesPlaced branding removed
- ✓AI copy for product descriptions and sections
- ✓Store analytics and custom head code (GA4, Clarity, any tag)
- ✓Meta Pixel + Conversions API — server-side Purchase events from the order record, deduplicated, your own credentials
- ✓WhatsApp Business API order alerts — owner alert + customer confirmation from your own number via Meta Cloud API, your own credentials
Razorpay, Shiprocket, Shipmozo and Meta are integrated; their own fees apply where they charge them. Full detail on the pricing page.
Razorpay, Shiprocket, Shipmozo, WhatsApp API, Meta CAPI: all built in.
Razorpay, cash on delivery, WhatsApp checkout, Shiprocket and Shipmozo are on the free plan. From ₹199/month (Starter): Meta Pixel + Conversions API, your own domain, branding removal, AI and analytics. The ₹499/month Growth plan adds WhatsApp Business API alerts and the 1-click checkouts, bring your own credentials. No app store, no per-integration fees.
Payments
- Free
UPI, cards, net banking and wallets at checkout. SitesPlaced takes 0% commission; Razorpay's standard gateway fee applies.
razorpay.com - Free
StripeNew
Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay from customers worldwide. Connect your own Stripe account with a restricted key — payments land in your Stripe balance and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission.
stripe.com - Free
PayPalNew
Customers pay with their PayPal balance or a card. Connect your own PayPal app — the money lands in your PayPal balance and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission.
paypal.com - Free
PhonePeNew
UPI, cards, net banking and wallets at checkout on your own PhonePe Business account. Money settles straight to you and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission; PhonePe's standard gateway fee applies.
phonepe.com - Free
CashfreeNew
UPI, cards, net banking, wallets and pay-later at checkout on your own Cashfree account. Money settles straight to you and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission; Cashfree's standard gateway fee applies.
cashfree.com - Free
COD at checkout with an optional COD charge you set.
- Free
- ₹499
Sell with ShiprocketNew
1-click checkout by Shiprocket — saved addresses, UPI/cards/COD and RTO scoring, without your own payment gateway. Shiprocket collects and settles to you; SitesPlaced takes 0%, Shiprocket charges 2% per order.
shiprocket.in - ₹499
Razorpay Magic CheckoutNew
1-click checkout on your own Razorpay account — saved addresses, UPI/cards/COD in one step, with COD intelligence and RTO protection. Money settles straight to your Razorpay. Can run alongside Shiprocket checkout.
razorpay.com
Shipping
- Free
Push orders to Shiprocket, get AWB numbers back, and show live tracking on your Track Order page.
shiprocket.in - Free
ShippoNew
USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL and Royal Mail labels for US, UK and international orders — around 5¢ a label with no monthly fee, billed to your own Shippo account.
goshippo.com - Free
ShipmozoNew
Courier selection, pickup scheduling and tracking status synced back to each order.
shipmozo.com - Free
Rehbar PostNew
Compare courier rates, book the shipment, print the label and track it back — on your own Rehbar Post account.
rehbarpost.com
Fulfilment
- Free
Qikink
Print-on-demand for India — t-shirts, hoodies and mugs printed and shipped domestically from your own Qikink account.
qikink.com - Free
PrintifyNew
Print-on-demand t-shirts, hoodies, mugs and posters. Link a product to your own Printify catalogue and paid orders are sent for printing automatically — Printify bills your account, we take nothing.
printify.com
Messaging
- ₹499
Every new order sends you an alert and the customer a confirmation, from your own WhatsApp Business number via Meta's Cloud API. Bring your own credentials.
business.whatsapp.com
Marketing
- ₹199+
Meta Pixel + Conversions APINew
Your own Pixel on the storefront plus server-side Purchase events from the order record, deduplicated, so Instagram and Facebook ads report real sales. Bring your own credentials.
facebook.com - ₹499
Import the product reviews you already collected in Judge.me on Shopify or WooCommerce onto your product pages, matched by product name. Bring your own API token; SitesPlaced also collects and moderates its own product reviews on every plan.
judge.me - ₹199+
Custom head code
Paste Google Analytics, Clarity or any tag into your live site.
Growth
- ₹199+
yourbrand.com with one-click DNS setup for most Indian registrars.
- Free
Create and edit your store by chatting with your AI assistant.
modelcontextprotocol.io - Free
Bring a catalogue in from Instagram, your existing website, a PDF, dm2buy or Shopexer.
Frequently asked questions
Which is better — Stan Store or SitesPlaced?
SitesPlaced, for most sellers. SitesPlaced publishes a real store on a free plan, takes 0% commission on every sale on every plan, and includes 21 integrations — five payment gateways, four shipping and courier services, print-on-demand, WhatsApp and Meta — rather than selling them as add-ons or taking a cut of your revenue. Stan Store is worth choosing only if your income is almost entirely coaching calls booked through their tools — and outside that case SitesPlaced costs less to run and leaves more of each sale with you.
Is SitesPlaced a link-in-bio tool?
It can be one — but it builds a full website with product pages, a blog and your own domain. Stan is deliberately a single page; we are deliberately not.
Can I sell coaching calls on SitesPlaced?
You can sell them as products, but we do not have Stan's calendar and booking flow. If bookings are most of your revenue, Stan is the better tool today.
How does the price compare?
Stan starts at $29/month with no free plan. SitesPlaced is free to publish and $14.99/month for a custom domain, AI and the extras. Neither takes a cut of your sales.
Leave Stan Store behind in one paste
Build and publish a real store for free — unlimited products, 0% commission, Razorpay, COD, WhatsApp checkout, Shiprocket and invoices included. Pay from ₹199/month (Starter) when you want your own domain, AI copy and Meta CAPI, or ₹499/month (Growth) for WhatsApp API alerts and the sales boosters.
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