Beacons alternative

Beacons Alternative:
no 9% penalty, full storefront, AI buyer discovery.

Beacons charges 9% on the free plan and gives you a link-in-bio, not a real product storefront. Weblify charges 4% + $0.50, gives you a full branded page, and includes Intelligence: the AI that monitors Reddit, YouTube, and TikTok 24/7 to find buyers already looking for what you sell.

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$0

monthly fee

4%

vs Beacons' 9%

2 min

to go live

Stripe

payments

The Beacons problem

Why creators look for a Beacons alternative

9% is the highest free-plan fee in this space

Beacons takes 9% of every sale on the free plan. At $500/mo in revenue, that is $45 gone before Stripe even charges you. On a $25 product you hand over $2.25 per sale, just to Beacons.

Link-in-bio is not a storefront

Beacons is designed as a link-in-bio page with product widgets added on. It is not a product-first storefront with a proper checkout flow, branded product pages, and instant file delivery built for selling digital goods.

No buyer discovery

Beacons collects 9% and helps you display products. Finding buyers, running outreach, and growing your audience is entirely on you. There is no AI, no discovery engine, no help.

Side by side

Beacons vs. Weblify.me

BeaconsWeblify.me
Monthly fee$0 (free) / $10 (Creator)$0 always
Transaction fee9% (free) / 0% ($10/mo)4% + $0.50
Product storefrontLink-in-bio style Full storefront
Instant file delivery
AI buyer discovery (Intelligence)Included
Setup time~10 min2 min

Intelligence

Beacons takes 9% and does nothing to find buyers. Weblify does both.

Intelligence monitors Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Quora, Indie Hackers, and Product Hunt 24/7. When someone posts asking for a product like yours, it drafts a contextual reply pointing them to your storefront and sends it to you for approval. You review, approve, it goes out. No other platform in this category does this.

Find my buyers

FAQ

Questions about switching from Beacons

It depends on volume. Beacons Creator at $10/mo eliminates the 9% platform fee (you still pay Stripe ~3%). Weblify charges 4% + $0.50 per sale with no monthly fee. At an average product price of $25, Weblify becomes more expensive than Beacons Creator once you pass roughly 12-13 sales per month (about $325/mo in revenue). Below that, Weblify is cheaper and you skip the subscription entirely.

A link-in-bio page is designed for social media profiles: a list of links and embedded product widgets. A storefront is built around the buying experience: dedicated product pages, a clean checkout, instant file delivery, and a branded page that loads fast and looks professional to buyers arriving from any source. Weblify is built as a storefront from the ground up.

Yes. eBooks, PDFs, templates, audio, ZIP bundles, and any digital file. Upload directly or use a private Google Drive or Dropbox link that unlocks after payment.

Intelligence is an AI agent that monitors Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Quora, Indie Hackers, and Product Hunt 24/7. When someone asks for a product like yours, it drafts a reply and sends it to you for approval. You review, approve, it goes out. Beacons has no equivalent tool.

Yes. No credit card, no monthly fee, no product limit. You pay 4% + $0.50 only when you make a sale. No 9% penalty.

Yes. You can keep your Beacons link-in-bio for social profiles and use Weblify as your primary product storefront. Many creators do this during the transition period.

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No credit card. No setup fees. 4% + $0.50 only when you sell.