Hotmart
Hotmart is a web and mobile platform for selling digital products, including online courses, ebooks, documents, audiobooks, music, screencasts, software, ima…
What Hotmart is
Hotmart is a web and mobile platform for selling digital products, including online courses, ebooks, documents, audiobooks, music, screencasts, software, images, podcasts, and downloadable files. Its free plan has no monthly or annual fee, and a transaction fee is charged when a sale is made. The plan includes online courses, a members area, payments, analytics, and marketing tools. Payment options are integrated, and email marketing is available. Hotmart supports custom domains and provides a native mobile app, with web, iOS, and Android platforms listed. The maker, Hotmart, was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in the Netherlands. The listed transaction fee is 9.9. For people choosing a platform to distribute digital material, its range of supported product formats and included sales and marketing tools are central considerations; the stated plan does not add a monthly or annual charge, but sales incur the transaction fee.
Good
- Supports a wide range of digital product formats.
- Includes integrated payment options.
- Email marketing is available.
- Supports custom domains.
- Native apps are listed for iOS and Android.
Watch out
- A transaction fee applies when a sale is made.
- No transaction-fee currency or term is listed.
Who it suits
Hotmart suits creators and sellers offering digital products such as courses, ebooks, audio, or downloadable files. It may work for those who want integrated payments, email marketing, and a members area on a plan without monthly or annual fees.
Verdict
Hotmart brings digital product formats together with course, payment, analytics, and marketing tools. Its free plan avoids monthly and annual fees, but sellers should account for the listed 9.9 transaction fee.
Plans and prices
From Hotmart's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | No monthly or annual fees · Transaction fee charged when a sale is made · Online courses, members area, payments, analytics, and marketing tools |
The facts
Each one read from Hotmart's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Course formats
- video classes,ebooks,documents,audiobooks,music,screencasts,software,images,podcasts,downloadable fileschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Custom domain
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Email marketing
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Payment options
- integratedchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Transaction fee
- 9.9checked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2011checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- The Netherlandschecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile app
- nativechecked 20 Sep 2026
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