13 Companies That Use Gumroad [2024]

Updated: May 21st, 2022

An online platform that enables creators to sell products directly to consumers.

We put together a list of the biggest companies that use Gumroad, along with some Gumroad testimonials and Gumroad case studies.

Here's the list:

1. Hagan Ski

Hagan Ski is a ski touring gear started by Michael Hagen in 2010. Hagan Ski uses Gumroad for their business.

Revenue
$90K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Breckenridge, CO, USA

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How I Started An Online Store Selling Backcountry Skis

Hagan is a ski mountaineering gear company that has 50% annual growth and focuses solely on backcountry ski touring, resulting in the world’s widest selection of mountaineering skis.

Read by 6,971 founders

2. Counterweight Creative

Counterweight Creative is a podcast started by Jeremy Enns in 2016. Counterweight Creative uses Gumroad for their business.

Revenue
$16K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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How I Started A Successful Podcast Production Company

A successful podcast production company that grew from one client making $15/hour to a team of 10 contractors producing over 30 shows per week with revenue of over $10k/mo, primarily through referrals and with a focus on providing high personal touch and being picky about working only with clients who are a good fit.

Read by 19,195 founders

3. Growth Ecole

Growth Ecole is an online course started by Lucas Chevillard in 2016. Growth Ecole uses Gumroad for their business.

Revenue
$350 / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
Berlin, Germany

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On Creating An Online Marketing Course While Consulting

Lucas Chevillard turned his email marketing consulting for startups into an actionable course that over 1050 people have taken, which he has accomplished through word of mouth, blog posts, and reviews rather than paid acquisition.

Read by 6,064 founders

4. PM-by-PM

PM-by-PM is an online course started by Praveen Malik in 2016. PM-by-PM uses Gumroad for their business.

Revenue
$17K / month
Team
1 founders / 2 employees
Location
Delhi, Delhi, India

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How I Started A $17K/Month Business Selling Project Management Ebooks And Courses

Praveen Malik shares how he started a $17k per month project management blog business in 2016 with negligible revenue, and grew his gross profit margin to about 80% by selling his own eBooks and marketing third-party training programs through his blog.

Read by 11,389 founders

5. Better Sheets

Better Sheets is a skills training business started by Andrew Kamphey in 2020. Better Sheets uses Gumroad for their business.

Revenue
$8.33K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees

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On Creating And Monetising Google Sheets Tutorials

Better Sheets is a Google Sheets tutorial providing screencasts to small businesses, earning $2,291 from 134 sales in May, with sales being mainly driven by AppSumo.

Read by 8,823 founders

6. Mrs Daaku Studio

Mrs Daaku Studio is a youtube channel started by Chhavi Agarwal in 2018. Mrs Daaku Studio uses Gumroad for their business.

Revenue
$5K / month
Team
2 founders / 3 employees

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How This Couple Makes $5K/Month Generating Content About Ways To Make Money Online

Learn how this entrepreneurial couple made $5-7k a month by helping others find legitimate work from home jobs and creative ways to make money online through their blog and YouTube channel, as well as offering two flagship products designed to help beginner freelancers and new bloggers accelerate growth.

Read by 14,508 founders

7. Pete Codes

Pete Codes is an educational blog started by Pete Codes in 2019. Pete Codes uses Gumroad for their business.

Revenue
$1.2K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees

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How I Started A $1K/Month Blog And Newsletter Sharing Stories From Self-Taught Developers

No CS Degree founder monetizes website interviewing self-taught web developers earning an average monthly revenue of $1,100, with email marketing and sponsored articles from coding boot camps, and plans to grow the site through job board and online course resources.

Read by 11,142 founders

8. Outline Planner

Outline Planner is an etsy digital products business started by Ralu Petrea in 2018. Outline Planner uses Gumroad for their business.

Revenue
$3K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees

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How I Created A $4K/Month Digital Planner

How a founder turned a €499 investment into €80K+ in sales in just two years by creating and selling all-in-one monthly, weekly, and daily digital planners for iPad through Etsy, with 15-20% of orders from returning customers and profit margins around 70%.

Read by 19,219 founders

9. How to Start a Successful Creative Agency

How to Start a Successful Creative Agency is an author started by Andy Strote in 2019. How to Start a Successful Creative Agency uses Gumroad for their business.

Revenue
$500 / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees

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How I Self-Published A Book And Earned $500 So Far

Andy Strote's book, How to Start a Successful Creative Agency, offers proven business tips for freelancers, employees, students, and side hustlers in the creative industry who want to take their business to the next level, with over 23 chapters covering client relationships, billing, and working with employees, with around $500 in sales since its launch.

Read by 4,145 founders

10. GanttProject

GanttProject is a team collaboration app started by Dmitry Barashev in 2012. GanttProject uses Gumroad for their business.

Revenue
$3K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees

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I Grew My Open-Source Software Side Project To $3K/Month [$0 Spent On Ads]

GanttProject, a popular free open-source project scheduling application, generated $3000-5000 monthly through the pay-what-you-want model, despite not spending a single dollar on paid traffic, and has now grown to over 2-3k monthly active users.

Read by 4,688 founders

11. KickFlips

KickFlips is a sneaker reseller business started by Casey Woodard in 2021. KickFlips uses Gumroad for their business.

Revenue
$4K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees

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I Started A $48K/Year Newsletter For Sneaker Heads

Founder Casey Woodard started KickFlips, a sneaker and streetwear flipping resource, which currently brings in around $4,000 per month in revenue with roughly $150 in expenses, boasting a little over 1,500 users almost exclusively through word of mouth and referrals.

Read by 13,895 founders

12. Blurweb App

Blurweb App is a chrome extension started by Sanskar Tiwari in 2020. Blurweb App uses Gumroad for their business.

Revenue
$1.5K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees

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I Built A Tool That Helps Blur Sensitive Information [With Just $5]

21-year-old software developer from India creates profitable browser extension, blurweb.app, saving content creators hours of post-video-editing time, with 2000+ customers and $1000+ in monthly revenue and plans to launch on Safari and other extension marketplaces.

Read by 4,298 founders

13. Kopf Consulting

Kopf Consulting is a tech support business started by LaKenya Kopf in 2007. Kopf Consulting uses Gumroad for their business.

Revenue
$3K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees

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How I Created A Six-Figure Virtual Tech Support Company

Kopf Consulting is a six-figure virtual tech-support company that has provided affordable and professional virtual technical support to all levels of entrepreneurship for over 14 years and has expanded to providing training, consulting, and hiring services without a particular niche or location, serving clients worldwide.

Read by 4,228 founders

meet the author
Pat Walls

I'm Pat Walls and I created Starter Story - a website dedicated to helping people start businesses. We interview entrepreneurs from around the world about how they started and grew their businesses.