🆚 Bol vs. Gumroad

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
Commission 2.5%-20%
Direct transaction fee 10% + $0.50
Marketplace transaction fee 30%

Categories

Marketplaces › Rank #26
Marketplaces › Rank #15
E-Commerce › Rank #37
Subscriptions › Rank #10
Online Payments › Rank #29

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Gumroad e-commerce platform is 1.6 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 Singapore.
Netherlands
United States
United Kingdom
Belgium
Germany
Vietnam
Canada
India
France
Japan

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, online shopping, and recreation and hobbies sites.
Blogs/Wiki
Marketing/Merchandising
Business
Entertainment
Internet Services
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Recreation/Hobbies
Technical/Business Forums
Travel

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#347
#3,206
#6,187
#11,981
#17,658
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Name
Rank
#12,923
#13,862
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See also

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