🆚 Bol vs. Gumroad

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Online marketplace
E-commerce platform

About

Bol is a Dutch online marketplace operating primarily in the Netherlands and Belgium, offering a broad multi-category e-commerce platform for first-party and third-party sales.

It lists over 50 million products across categories such as electronics, books, fashion, and home goods, and provides seller tooling including localized storefronts, fulfillment services, next-day delivery options, advertising, performance analytics, and category-based commissions.

Gumroad is an e-commerce platform serving as a merchant of record that enables creators and digital entrepreneurs to sell digital products, memberships, and other goods directly to their audience.

It supports digital downloads, online courses, subscriptions or memberships, license keys for software, and global payments while handling payment processing and VAT/tax collection.

Headquarters

Utrecht, Netherlands
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

For buyers
Free version ✔️
Select€14.99/year
For sellers
Commission rates per sale
(vary by product category)
Fixed fee€0-€2.99
Commission2.5%-20%
Direct transaction fee10% + $0.50
Marketplace transaction fee30%

Categories

Marketplaces › Rank #24
Marketplaces › Rank #15
E-Commerce › Rank #33
Subscriptions › Rank #9
Payments › Rank #27

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Gumroad e-commerce platform is 1.5 times more popular than Bol.
Total websites

Market share

Marketplaces

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Gumroad is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Bol is more popular in the Netherlands, Belgium, and China.
Netherlands
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Belgium
Vietnam
Canada
France
India
Italy

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Gumroad is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, business, and Internet services, while Bol is more commonly used on marketing and merchandising, entertainment, and online shopping sites.
Blogs/Wiki
Marketing/Merchandising
Business
Entertainment
Online Shopping
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Technical/Business Forums
Games
Art/Culture/Heritage

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#347
#11,981
#18,803
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Name
Rank
#12,160
#12,923
#13,862
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See also

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