specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Fourthwall
providerId: fourthwall
created: '2026-07-01'
modified: '2026-07-01'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Creator Commerce
- Ecommerce
- Merch
- Memberships
- Donations
- Plans
description: >-
  Fourthwall is free to start - there are no monthly platform fees, no upfront
  costs, and no contracts on the Free plan, and the developer APIs (Storefront
  API and Platform / Open API) are included at no additional charge. Fourthwall
  makes money on the underlying commerce, not on API access. For physical
  products fulfilled from Fourthwall's catalog you pay only the publicly listed
  flat base cost per item at order time and keep 100% of the margin you set on
  top; self-sourced physical products carry no product fee. Digital products
  and memberships carry a percentage fee (waived or reduced on the paid Pro
  plan), plus standard payment processing. An optional Fourthwall Pro plan adds
  premium features and waives some fees for a flat monthly price.
notes: >-
  Fees and the Pro plan price change; verify current numbers on the Fourthwall
  pricing/FAQ pages during reconciliation. Percentages/fees below are
  representative of publicly documented values and are not guaranteed current.
sources:
- https://fourthwall.com/faq
- https://fourthwall.com/
- https://docs.fourthwall.com
plans:
- id: fourthwall-free
  name: Free
  type: free
  description: >-
    Run a full shop, storefront, memberships, and donations with no monthly
    fee, no upfront cost, and no contract. Includes full access to the
    Storefront API and Platform (Open) API. Revenue is earned on commerce:
    physical products from the catalog are billed at their flat base cost only
    when an order is placed, and the creator keeps 100% of the margin set on
    top.
  entries:
  - label: Monthly Platform Fee
    name: platform_fee
    type: flat
    metric: subscription
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Catalog Physical Product Base Cost
    name: catalog_base_cost
    type: usage
    metric: orders
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: publicly listed flat base cost per item, deducted from your selling price; no extra percentage
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Self-Sourced Physical Product Fee
    name: self_sourced_fee
    type: usage
    metric: orders
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 0% product fee
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Digital Product Fee
    name: digital_product_fee
    type: usage
    metric: sales
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: ~5% of sale (Free plan)
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Memberships Fee
    name: memberships_fee
    type: usage
    metric: sales
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: ~5% of membership revenue
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Payment Processing
    name: payment_processing
    type: usage
    metric: transactions
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: ~2.9% + $0.30 per transaction (standard processor rates)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Storefront API
  - name: Platform / Open API
  - name: Webhooks
  - name: Merch & Product Catalog
  - name: Memberships
  - name: Donations & Gifting
- id: fourthwall-pro
  name: Fourthwall Pro
  type: paid
  description: >-
    Optional paid plan that adds premium features and waives or reduces some
    fees (for example, the digital product fee) for a flat monthly or annual
    price. Includes the same API access as the Free plan.
  entries:
  - label: Pro Subscription
    name: pro_subscription
    type: flat
    metric: subscription
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: ~$19/month (or discounted annual)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Premium Features
  - name: Reduced / Waived Digital Product Fee
  - name: Storefront API
  - name: Platform / Open API
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com