The author website you’d pay $200/year for. Except you won’t.

The website builder is free, and it stays that way. Selling ebooks is also free on our end. Stripe charges their standard processing fee (~2.9% + 30c) on sales, but we take zero commission. Down the line, we may introduce optional paid add-ons. Those would be new additions on top of what you already have, never paywalls on existing features.

No. Every template was designed from scratch after studying real professional author websites. Your readers won't know (or care) how it was built. They'll just see a clean, fast site with your books and your writing.

Social media is rented space. The algorithm decides who sees your posts, and the platform can change the rules whenever it wants. A website is the one place online that's entirely yours. It shows up when readers Google your name, it holds your full backlist, and it doesn't vanish overnight.

Yes. There's a step-by-step guide that walks you through connecting a domain you already own, or buying one if you don't have one yet (usually $10-15/year from registrars like Namecheap or Cloudflare). Free SSL is included either way. And your site works immediately at yourname.zenpage.io while you figure it out.

Your content is yours. You can export your data anytime. If you outgrow Zenpage, we'd rather you leave happy than stay frustrated.

You write in markdown and publish when you're ready. Each post gets a clean URL on your site. There's a draft mode so you can work on things before they go live. Your blog also generates an RSS feed automatically, so readers can subscribe in their favorite reader app.

No limits. Add as many books as you want. Each one gets its own page with a cover image, description, and purchase links. You can also feature one book on your homepage if you want to highlight a new release or a bestseller. Or just type in one ISBN and we'll pull the rest from Google Books.

Yes. There's an events page where you can post signings, readings, virtual appearances, whatever. Add the date, location, and a ticket link. Upcoming stuff shows at the top, and old events move to a "past" section on their own.

Yes. Upload a PDF or EPUB, set your price, and readers can buy directly from your book page. Stripe handles the checkout and we send the ebook by email automatically. You keep the revenue. We take nothing.

After purchase, the buyer gets an email with a secure download link. The link expires after 72 hours and allows up to 5 downloads. No manual work on your end.

Mailchimp, Kit (ConvertKit), Substack, Beehiiv, Brevo, and MailerLite. It's a real API integration, not just an embed. Subscribers go straight into your list.

That's the whole point. There's no code, no drag-and-drop builder, no theme settings to fiddle with. You fill in a form with your info, pick a template and colors, and hit publish. If you can write an email, you can make a Zenpage site.