posyPosy vs Stan
Stan sells things. Posy shows people where you are.
Stan is built for creators who sell. Posy is built for people who share. If you came looking for a Stan alternative, the honest answer starts with what you sell.
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What Stan is for
Stan is a storefront for creators. It is designed around selling digital products, courses, memberships and bookings from a single page, with checkout built in.
If your bio link needs to take payments, Stan does that and Posy does not. Posy has no checkout, no products and no booking calendar.
Side by side
| Posy | Stan | |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Share your links on a beautiful page | Sell products, courses and bookings |
| Checkout | None. Link to wherever you sell | Built in |
| Price to start | Free. Pro is $5 a month or $48 a year | Paid subscription. Check their site for plans |
| Looks | Six hand-made looks, four palettes each | A storefront layout |
| Open source | Yes, MIT | No |
| Self-hosting | Yes | No |
Stan details are from its public site and change often. Their plans and features change, so check their site for the current picture.
When Posy is the better fit
You do not sell on the page
If your links go to your channel, your music, your writing or your portfolio, a storefront is more than you need and more than you want to pay for.
You sell elsewhere already
If your shop is on Gumroad, Shopify, Etsy or Bandcamp, put a link to it on a Posy page and keep your checkout where it is.
You want to look like yourself
Looks, palettes and fonts give the page a personality a store template does not.
Which should you pick?
Pick Stan
You sell courses or bookingsThe checkout and delivery are built in. Posy cannot do that.
Pick Posy
You share, you do not sellFree, and it looks better for the same links.
Use both
You sell and you want a nice bio pagePut your Stan store as the first tile on a Posy page. People get a page with personality and a clear way to buy.
Questions
Can Posy sell my course?
No. Posy has no checkout. Link to your course on the platform you sell it from.
Can I link my Stan store from Posy?
Yes. Add it as a link tile. Many people put it first, as a large tile.
Is Posy cheaper than Stan?
They do different jobs, so it is not a like-for-like price. Posy is free to start, and Pro is $5 a month or $48 a year.