Gumroad Reviews 

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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Looking at 68 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Consumers frequently reported highly frustrating issues with frozen user accounts, locked payouts, and completely unhelpful customer service responses that left them without answers. Regular shoppers also mentioned unexpected transaction fees, buggy refund features, and extreme difficulties when trying to download their digital purchases very smoothly. Some reviewers were happy with the platform, noting that positive experiences are possible when platform terms are respected. A few other people also felt that despite communication hurdles and strict rules, earnings and payouts were eventually processed quite successfully after facing some initial temporary delays.

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Reviewers express strong dissatisfaction and frustration regarding product delivery issues, stating that... See more

Payment

People report negative experiences with payment, noting that creators cannot get their money and accounts get... See more

Website

Consumers find website to be a complete disaster and a frustrating experience due to server-side technical... See more

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Refund

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The worst shopping experience I’ve ever had. I tried 4 different cards from different banks – either the bank declines the transaction because it considers Gumroad suspicious, or the website itself s... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I would give zero stars if I could. I had a customer dispute their purchase of my product, which I clearly state on my checkout page that I don't give refunds. Gumroad responded and said I lost the di... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They geve me my $800 but kept the remaining $200 with them like a year back, only after me askin my payout, if it was wrong why did u give the $800, and the rest $200 was not received by my clients... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They close your account at any given moment without any explanation. You can't build your business with them at all. So shady. Their support team don't even bother to study your case and just suspen... See more


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  1. Software Company

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Gumroad is a platform that enables creators to sell products directly to consumers.


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  • Valencia Street 225, 94103, San Francisco, United States

  • gumroad.com

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I ordered from this company

I ordered from this company. I never received an invoice or an email concerning my order. There's no contact information and when I emailed Gumroad support, I never received a reply. Scam of a business!! If I could give less than 1 star, I would!

November 12, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Once a creator on gumroad, never again

Im a creator on gumroad, they havent paid me in more than 2 months now.. no one answers their email, scam company.

If another creator have this issue, spam their Twitter account and let others know what a scam company this is.

December 8, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I reached out to support to request a…

I reached out to support to request a second chance to reactivate my Gumroad account. Unfortunately, their response was not as courteous as I had hoped. They indicated that they would not be providing another opportunity, stating, "We cannot grant a second chance as it appears you will no longer be using your account."

December 2, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scam Company

Scam company. It bills your credit card more than what stated. Also it keeps sending you promotional emails even though you have supposedly unsubscribed from them. Do not trust any company who does this.

November 20, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never ever heard of them until they…

Never ever heard of them until they tried to defraud my credit card, but lucky for me my bank notified me and did not process the transaction.
Needless to say, I had to cancel my card as scammers like them will continue to try and push through their fraudulent request.

November 15, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I am a seller on gumroad

I am a seller on gumroad. My payouts have been paused. Their support responses are made by AI pretending to be an Employe in their support team named "Eva". I am totally done with this kind of scam.

November 12, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Totally scam!!

Totally scam!!! I bought dumps for an exam. The questions had nothing to do with the exam, and more than that, the answers were wrong anyway. Couldn’t even get a refund from Paypal for this scam.

June 1, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible website for consumer

Horrible website for consumer. Tried to switch levels of a monthly subscription and I just got billed at the original rate (more). No customer support.

October 22, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

SCAM WEBSITE, AVOID AT ALL COSTS !!!

This company is a complete Scam. Do not use them to buy anything. I brought a product on their site that turned out to be a fake made up posting for something the seller didn’t actually have.

I brought the product paid the money and the seller never sent me anything. I contacted Gumroad many times for assistance and they completely ignored all my emails and did absolutely nothing. I ended up having to contact my bank to get the transaction reversed through them. The company is a complete scam. All the reviews below mine say the same thing. AVOID THIS SITE AT ALL COSTS, IT’S A SCAM. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR MONEY!!!

October 15, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Gumroad support facility not responding to me

I have an issue with a seller on Gumroad and asked for a refund from the seller. Gumroad informed me that this is the procedure and should the seller not respond within 30 days I should then let them know and they would make sure I receive the refund. I have followed this procedure and informed Gumroad a week ago and again 3 days ago. They are now not responding. Will never purchase off their platform again. Its disgracefu!!
28/10/2024 Update. Despite further emails sent to this company I am yet to receive a response from them. I have just sent another.
05/11/2024 Update. Further emails sent. No response or acknowledgement received. Customer care non-existent.
13/11/2024 Update. Despite almost daily emails to them I have still received no response/acknowledgment from them. It seems they are in a hurry to take money but ignorant and selfish when it comes to refunds. I wonder how much correspondence I would be receiving if I owed them money?!! Scammers!!
21/11/2024 Update. Same as my previous update/s. Avoid this company, especially if you need customer care support!
26/11/2024 Update. Still no response despite sending further emails. If you think you may need there customer support then avoid at all costs. They are active because they did originally respond to me but now that I have followed whatever procedure they required and owe me a refund there is no response.
03/12/2024 Update. Still no response from these people. Absolutely no business ethics from what is supposed to be their "support" facility. Avoid at all costs if there is a chance you may need their assistance. Eventually people won't purchase from the sellers that use their platform.....

October 6, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They’re stealing all the money

They’re stealing all the money. All your hard earned work is gone due to one measly email they send you stating you’re “temporarily suspended” when in fact they’re taking everything and permanently preventing you from withdrawing. Do not recommend. Bail now.

October 9, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I don't have issues with the people The use of captcha is bullshitwho…

I don't have issues with the people who use Gumroad to distribute the files.
I have an issue with Gumroad's use of the captcha. I can not get past it. I have better luck with the multiple choice but with the other, I just keep getting try again until it tells me to completely try again latter to complete the charge

MMF is much better and not a pain in the ass to get your purchases..

September 23, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

SCAMMERS! STAY AWAY

This platform is bunch of scammers. It appears they are calling themselves as a small company, but they are living off scamming sellers. Had sales for thousands of dollars only to end up in an account temporarily suspension and upon inquiring what went wrong - the support was like well, we don't want you in our platform so we will no longer respond to any of your concerns. My thousands of dollars balance worth of money was also stolen, no response from them. Turns out account is permanently suspended. I have spoken to my lawyers and will be filling legal lawsuit against them. Save your time and do not use this platform. Once you start making money - they will take it all.

September 22, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This company is scamming people

This company is scamming people, never paid me for all my hard earned money, sent multiple emails never got a response, been waiting for 20 days now and never got a single payout.

I will report them to commercial instructions in the UK for this criminal behaviors.

September 21, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Racist mod wouldn’t open me an account

Racist mod wouldn’t open me an account. Excessive fees per transaction even stripe seems better rn. Do not sell your products on this website it will be easier to just buy hosting make it on Wordpress and sell with stripe.

August 18, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Love using Gumroad to sell digital products.

I've been using Gumroad for 6 years. Setting up my online store was easy and I've had a great experience selling digital products in that time. Wouldn't think of switching to a different online store.

Some great features of Gumroad:

-Incredible customer support

-I can e-mail all my customers time from within Gumroad which makes updates easy

-Great accounting and analytic tools for doing taxes

-No annual fee to use the site

-Refund a sale in one click

-My products appear in Gumroad searches

-Generate discount codes for customers

-Over pay and tipping option at check out

-Owner of the company responds to my e-mails

-Add anyone as an affiliate and give them a cut of your sales

August 17, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

HORRIBLE SITE

HORRIBLE SITE. Every step of the process sucks now. Cannot view any reviews for a product, except the fake glowing positive ones they force on the product page. Library screen is AWFUL and wastes so much space making it difficult to browse.
All round AWFUL site for BUYING ANYTHING.

August 13, 2024
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