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Selz vs Spike

Selz is a compact shop: products, checkout, a storefront you can embed or share. Spike is not a second Selz. It is the folder you send when the buyer already chose the pack and you need a preview gate, not another store theme.

Ane Solberg

Hamar3 min read

Selz vs Spike is another storefront-versus-door note. Selz sat in the same drawer as Payhip and early Gumroad: a small store you could stand up without becoming a developer. Useful. If the leftover job is still "I need a shop," pick a shop. If the leftover job is "they already said yes, stop making them browse," pick a folder.

This page exists because people still search Selz when they mean a lightweight till for files. Spike will not embed a mini-cart on your Squarespace. It will hold the pack, treat the unpaid view, and take payment on that link.

A mini-cart can sell a file. A folder page can show the file without handing it over, then charge.

What a Selz-shaped shop is for

  • A compact catalogue, digital or physical.
  • Embeds and share links that still feel like a store.
  • Sellers who wanted Shopify-lite, not a plugin jungle.
  • A public page for a product with a cover and a price.

When the catalogue is the wrong room

A client brand kit is not a catalogue item. A private drop is not a cover image. Sell exclusive digital content is that latch. Payhip vs Spike is the closer storefront twin if you are choosing among shops, not leaving shops.

What you getSelzSpike
Small storeYesOptional storefront
Physical goodsIn the productNo
Named client packA listingA private URL
Treated previewCoverBlur, watermark, samples
Spike feeTheir pricing5% / 1% / 0% plus Stripe

Spike takes 5% on Free, 1% on Pro, 0% on Business, from the payout. Stripe's card fee still applies. Free-plan files follow 30-day retention. A store you intend to keep should not be replaced by a Free share that dies on Thursday. Pro and Business are the standing doors.

A small store is still a store. A folder is still a folder. Pick the furniture that matches the job.

  1. List the packs you still sell

    Ignore the theme. Write the filenames. Those are the products.

  2. Put each named job in a folder

    Client kits get a password. Public templates can stay on a shop if you still have one.

  3. Point new buyers at the new URL

    Do not hunt an embed password from 2019. The library is the inventory now.

Shopify vs Spike if the shop got heavy. Gumroad alternatives if you are mapping the whole drawer.

People search Selz years after they last logged in because the domain still ranks and the files still need a home. Do not rebuild a dead storefront out of nostalgia. Upload the packs you still sell. Price the ones that should charge. Password the ones that were never public. Leave the rest in the library without a share. That is a cleaner inventory than an embed you cannot find the password for.

Questions

Good to know

Yes for a digital pack to someone you already know. No if you need a small store that also sells objects, or a storefront embed on a site you are not ready to leave. Keep Selz for the shop. Use Spike for the named file job.

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