Stan and Portage
What costs money on Stan, and what’s free on Portage.
Stan is a store you pay for from the start, with a 14-day free trial: Creator, or Creator Pro, which takes its branding off and adds email broadcasts. Stan takes no cut of sales. On Portage, every page feature is free.
Checked on , on Stan’s own pages.
Side by side
What Stan charges for, and what Portage charges for the same thing. Every page feature on Portage is free.
| What | On Stan | On Portage |
|---|---|---|
| Having a page at all | Creator or Creator Pro. There’s no free plan[1] | Free |
| Taking the Stan branding off | Creator Pro[3] | Free, with a small “Made with Portage” credit. Unmarked takes it off a business’s page: $99 a year |
| Your own domain | Not offered. You can forward a domain to your store[4] | Free at portage.camp/@yourname. A domain you own: $19 a year |
| Collecting email addresses | Creator and up[1] | Free |
| Email broadcasts and automated emails | Creator Pro[1] | Portage doesn’t send email. Sign-ups go to your own newsletter service, free |
| Colours and fonts | Both plans[6] | Free |
| Fee on what you sell | 0% from Stan. Card processing is 2.9% + $0.30 per sale[5] | No fee, because Portage doesn’t take payments: your page links to the shop or checkout you already use |
| Other people helping run your store | Not offered[7] | Free. Looking after more than five clients’ pages: $199 a year for each ten more |
Stan’s prices are in dollars, as its help centre shows them. The plan pages don’t say which dollars. On Portage, prices are in Canadian dollars. Any sales tax is added at checkout. A bank transfer is in your own currency (US dollars, pounds, euros, Australian dollars or New Zealand dollars), at a fixed price in each with no tax added, and the page for each extra shows the price where you live. Checked on on Stan’s own pages. Prices change, so open the sources before you decide.
Sources
- Stan help, Creator and Creator Pro: help.stan.store/article/31-creator-vs-creator-pro
- Stan help, subscribing and the free trial: help.stan.store/article/406-how-to-subscribe-on-the-stan-mobile-app
- Stan help, removing the Stan branding: help.stan.store/article/171-can-i-remove-the-stan-branding-from-my-stan-store
- Stan help, custom domains: help.stan.store/article/151-can-i-create-a-custom-domain-for-my-stan-store
- Stan help, transaction fees: help.stan.store/article/83-stan-stripes-transaction-fees
- Stan help, fonts and colours: help.stan.store/article/180-how-to-customize-your-store-fonts-and-colors
- Stan help, access for a team member: help.stan.store/article/169-can-i-grant-administrative-access-to-a-team-member
Everything Portage charges for
Stats, scheduling, email sign-ups and export, players, every theme and full colour control are free for everyone. These are the only paid things, and none of them is a page feature.
Identity verified
$39 a year
A check of your government ID, for people who get impersonated. It adds no feature.
Business verified
$199 a year
A check of your business’s website or registration. It doesn’t add a feature either.
Unmarked
$99 a year
Takes the small Made with Portage credit off a business’s page, and adds nothing else.
Your own domain
$19 a year
Connects a domain you already own to one page.
Agency
$199 a year for each ten client pages
Room past the free five clients’ pages, with the agency tools. Your own page stays free.
Enterprise
$999 a year
For up to 10 pages. Each 10 more is $699 a year, and $499 past 200.
Moving from Stan
Paste its address and we’ll read it for you. The guide has the steps on a phone and on a computer, and says what comes over.
What people ask
How much does Stan cost?
Stan has no free plan. Creator is $29 a month or $300 a year, and Creator Pro is $99 a month or $948 a year, each with a 14-day free trial, as its help centre shows them. Stan takes 0% of sales; card processing is charged on top. That’s from Stan’s own pages on 21 October 2026, and prices change, so check there before you decide.
Is Portage really free?
Yes. Every page feature is free for everyone. You only pay if you want an identity or business check, Unmarked to take the Portage credit off a business page, your page on a domain you already own, custom work from the studio, or, if you look after more than 5 clients’ pages, the Agency plan. One organisation running 10 or more pages of its own can choose Enterprise. There’s no trial, and you never need a card to make or keep your page.
Can I keep selling on Stan with a Portage page?
Yes. Your products can sit on your Portage page with their prices, and each one opens its checkout on Stan, so people keep buying there. Portage doesn’t take payments, so nothing changes about how you’re paid.
Can I bring my Stan page to Portage?
Yes. The guide at portage.camp/from/stan has the steps on a phone and on a computer. You see your page rebuilt on Portage before you sign up, and nothing goes public until you publish.
Do the people who follow me need to do anything?
No. Once your Portage page is published, you swap the link in your bio for your portage.camp address, and everyone who taps it lands on your new page. Your old page can stay up for as long as you like.
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Make your page now, free
Pick a handle and see your page built. Nothing goes public until you publish.