No asterisk
Everything included. No hidden fees. No credit card. No premium tier.
Typical builder: Wix Light or Squarespace Basic with a domain, billed yearly, at September 2026 prices. See the full cost breakdown
The obvious question
An author website is mostly text, images and links. It costs very little to host, a few cents per site each month. Charging $20 a month for that would feel wrong.
Zenpage is built by one person, a reader, next to a full-time job. There are no investors to pay back, no ads and no plan to upgrade to. Every feature is free for every author.
When a reader buys your book, the payment goes through your own Stripe account. We never touch your money and take no commission, no platform fee and no revenue share. Stripe keeps its standard processing fee, which depends on your country (2.9% + 30c for a US card).
One day there may be optional paid extras. Anything that is free today stays free. If you want to chip in, there is a coffee button in your dashboard. It never unlocks anything.
Yes. Anything that is free today stays free, and that includes the website, the reader list and selling your books. One day there may be optional paid extras, but nothing that exists now will go behind a paywall.
There is no catch. Author sites cost very little to host, and Zenpage is a side project by one person with no investors. There are no ads on your site and no plan to upgrade to.
No. We take nothing from ebook, audiobook or print sales. Stripe keeps its standard processing fee, which depends on your country (2.9% + 30c for a US card). The rest goes to your own Stripe account.
Yes, a free one. We set it up with you from the Sales page. To keep stolen cards out, selling opens 7 days after you sign up. Everything else works from day one.
At first, your earnings collect in your Stripe balance. It is your money the whole time. Daily payouts to your bank start when your account is 90 days old and has 3 settled sales. If you need it sooner, message us from your dashboard.
No. You sign up with your email, build your site and publish. The only thing you might pay for is your own domain name, about $10 a year at a registrar. Connecting it to Zenpage is free.
One website per account. Books, blog posts, events and readers on your list are unlimited. Ebook files can be up to 50MB and audiobook files up to 500MB.
If you want to, yes. There is a coffee button at the bottom of your dashboard sidebar. Coffees help cover the server and email bills, and they never unlock anything.
Give them somewhere to land. No credit card, no trial, no strings.