Sell from your YouTube channel
Sell on YouTube
without YouTube Shopping
How to monetize your YouTube audience step-by-step
1. Add your products to Sellfy
Start by uploading what your channel teaches. Courses, beat packs, sheet music, PDF guides, LUTs, film overlays, sample packs. All from one dashboard. No code, no developer needed.
2. Link to your store from every video
Add your store URL to your YouTube channel’s About section and include it in every video description. Use end screens and cards to drive clicks at peak viewer attention.
3. Get paid instantly.
When someone makes a purchase, the funds are deposited into your Stripe or PayPal account. Your digital products are delivered automatically. Physical and POD orders ship from our print partners.
YouTube gets you the subscribers. Sellfy makes you money.
You're in good company
Creator story
How David Killingsworth built a store, their channel keeps feeding
David Killingworth makes film overlays, cinematic video effects for creators and filmmakers. He had a YouTube channel with nearly 29,000 subscribers and a product that his audience genuinely needed. He just needed somewhere to sell it without the friction.
When he tried Sellfy, the difference was immediate. The checkout was smooth. His products were delivered automatically. His subscribers could buy without leaving a familiar, trustworthy flow. He was making sales before his free trial ended.
"So, I signed up for the free trial, got everything set up, and it worked… It was just so much more easy for people to go through the checkout process. So, I was hooked in that free trial.
David Killingsworth, film overlay creator
"When selling digital products like Lightroom presets, two things matter most: making sure your product works and choosing a platform that makes selling easy. That's why I chose Sellfy."
Tobias Friedrich, Photographer
Should you use YouTube Shopping or Sellfy?
YouTube Shopping makes sense if you’re a large channel selling physical merchandise in a supported market and have an existing Google Merchant Center setup. For every other creator who's selling digital products, presets, courses, sample packs, or sheet music, Sellfy is the right tool.
FAQs
Yes. YouTube Shopping doesn’t support digital products in most markets: no courses, no beat packs, no sheet music, no PDF guides. Add your Sellfy store link to your YouTube channel’s About section and every video description. When a subscriber clicks and buys, the product downloads automatically. No Google Merchant Center account needed.
Go to YouTube Studio, click Customization, then Basic Info. Add your Sellfy store URL in the Links section. It appears on your channel’s About page. Paste the link in every video description. Add end screen link cards to the final 20 seconds of each video. Cards can point to your full store or a specific product page.
End screens appear in the final 20 seconds of a video. Cards can pop up at any point. Both can link to your Sellfy store or a specific product page. The moment a viewer finishes watching your best content is when trust is highest. Add an end screen to every video. That’s when to give them somewhere to buy.
Yes. Sellfy supports beat packs, sample packs, stems, MIDI files, loops, and audio files of any format. Upload a ZIP, set a price, add the link to your description. When someone buys, the files download automatically. Austin Farwell (1.8 million Spotify listeners, 6% YouTube-to-store click rate) sells sheet music and composition guides through Sellfy. Instant delivery, no manual work.
Yes. YouTube tutorials naturally lead to courses. Sellfy supports video files, downloadable PDFs, and subscription-based access. Build trust with free tutorials on YouTube. Sell the full course on Sellfy. Your channel is the top of the funnel. Your store is where it converts.
Gumroad charges up to 10% per sale on the free plan. Sellfy charges 0% on all subscription plans. At $50K/yr, that’s $5,000 you keep instead of paying Gumroad. Sellfy also supports print-on-demand merch. For YouTube creators selling beat packs, courses, or sheet music alongside branded merchandise, Sellfy handles both from one store.
Yes. YouTube AdSense requires a $100 minimum payout and pays monthly. Sellfy connects directly to your Stripe or PayPal account. When a subscriber buys, the money goes to your account that day. No threshold. No month-end wait.
Yes. Video descriptions don’t expire. A tutorial from three years ago that still ranks in YouTube search has your store link in the description. Every viewer watching it today can buy from you today. Most platforms only surface recent content. YouTube’s search index turns your back catalog into a permanent traffic source for your store.
Yes. AdSense requires 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours before you earn anything from it. Sellfy has no subscriber requirement. Add your store link to your channel description and start selling from day one. Creators who aren’t eligible for AdSense use Sellfy as their primary revenue channel while they grow.
Sellfy doesn’t require Google Merchant Center. Add your store link to your channel description and video descriptions. No catalog submission, no product approval, no connected Google account.
Nothing. Your Sellfy store is an independent storefront on your own domain. It doesn’t need YouTube to run. Drive traffic from Google search, email, Instagram, TikTok, or any other source. A YouTube suspension doesn’t affect your store, your products, or your buyer list.
Yes. Every Sellfy checkout captures the buyer’s email automatically. YouTube doesn’t share viewer contact data. With Sellfy, every buyer’s email lands in your dashboard at checkout. The built-in email marketing tool lets you announce new products and course launches directly to people who already paid you. No algorithm between you and them.
Yes. Business and Premium plans include a built-in affiliate program. A music producer selling beats and a mixing engineer selling courses can cross-promote each other’s products. Each gets a trackable link and earns on conversions. YouTube video descriptions rank in Google. Affiliate links placed there generate sales years after the video goes up.
Launch your store before your next video goes up!
