Buylib vs Payhip

An honest, feature-by-feature comparison — including where Payhip is still ahead.
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Side by side
Buylib Payhip
Multi-vendor marketplace exposure
Digital, physical & service products
Visual store builder Limited
Email automations (multi-step, conditional) Basic
Upsells, cross-sells & bundles
Affiliate program
Tax calculation (Stripe Tax / EU-UK VAT) Vendor registers via Stripe No setup for EU/UK VAT
Built-in blog
Structured online courses (lessons, progress)
Customer memberships / subscriptions
On tax: Payhip automatically collects and remits EU/UK VAT without any setup, using its own platform-level tax registration — for every other country (US, Australia, Canada, etc.), sellers on Payhip are just as responsible for their own tax compliance as on Buylib. Buylib's tax calculation works everywhere Stripe Tax is supported, but requires the seller to register with Stripe Tax first.

Comparison based on publicly available information and may change as both platforms evolve.
What Buylib offers

A marketplace, not just a store

Your products can also surface in the shared Buylib marketplace, in addition to your own storefront.

Multi-step email automations

Build sequences with conditions like "only if the last email was opened" — not just a single automated email.

Bundles & cross-sells

Package products together at a discount, or offer an upsell right after checkout.

Switching from Payhip?
You'll set up your products, checkout, and store design directly in Buylib. There's no automatic import tool yet — plan to re-upload your product files and re-create your store page when you switch.

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