Digital Marketplace Handbook

For Creators & Authors

Your complete guide to listing, selling, and promoting your digital books on the IndieCrowdfund Marketplace

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Welcome to the Digital Marketplace

Turn your completed works into ongoing revenue with direct digital sales.

Sell Your Way

Keep 97% of every sale with our industry-low 3% platform fee. Your books, your pricing, your audience.

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What is the Digital Marketplace?

The Digital Marketplace is IndieCrowdfund's storefront for selling completed digital content directly to readers. Unlike crowdfunding where you're raising funds for a future project, the marketplace lets you sell finished works immediately with instant delivery to buyers.

Perfect for completed books, sequels, one-shots, art collections, and any digital content that's ready for purchase.

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Why Sell on the Marketplace?

The marketplace provides an additional revenue stream alongside crowdfunding. You can sell backlist titles, release new works between campaigns, or offer digital versions of crowdfunded projects. Your existing IndieCrowdfund audience already trusts the platform.

A creator might crowdfund Vol. 1, then sell it on the marketplace while running a campaign for Vol. 2.

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What Can You Sell?

Currently, the marketplace supports digital books in PDF format. This includes graphic novels, comics, art books, illustrated novels, guidebooks, and more. All content must be original work that you have the rights to sell.

High-quality PDFs work best. Ensure your files are optimized for both screen viewing and potential printing by readers.

4

How Payments Work

When a customer purchases your book, they pay immediately through Stripe. After the platform fee is deducted, your earnings are available in your creator dashboard. Payouts are processed according to your payout schedule settings.

Customer pays $9.99 → Stripe takes 2.9% + $0.30 ($0.59) → Platform takes 3% ($0.30) → You receive $9.10

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about selling on the Digital Marketplace.

Ready to Start Selling?

Your digital books are waiting for an audience.