Comparison
Q&A With Me vs Stan Store
These two get compared because both let a creator charge an audience. But they sit at different layers. Stan Store is a storefront: one mobile link-in-bio where you sell digital products, courses, memberships, coaching calls, and webinar seats, all from your Instagram or TikTok profile. Q&A With Me is a live room: you set a ticket price, go live, and answer the audience questions on screen as the show.
The honest framing is "storefront vs live room," not better-vs-worse. Stan is the catalog and the checkout for everything you sell. When Stan sells a webinar seat, it handles the registration, the payment, and the reminder emails, then hands the attendee to Zoom or Google Meet - it does not run the live video. Q&A With Me is the part Stan hands off: the actual paid session, with questions as the format, viewers you can bring on stage, and a payout after.
So most people do not pick one. They keep Stan for the storefront and run the live paid Q&A here. Below is where each one wins, a side-by-side, and the questions people actually ask.
When to use which
Reach for Q&A With Me when
- The live session is the product and you want it to actually run here, not hand off to Zoom.
- The audience questions are the show: viewers submit text or video questions and you put them on screen live.
- You want native tickets and a payout - the platform earns only when you sell a seat, with no monthly fee to host paid events.
- You want to go live from your phone in ten minutes, bring a viewer on stage, and get a vertical clip of every answer.
Reach for Stan Store when
- You sell a catalog: digital downloads, courses, memberships, coaching-call bookings, and lead magnets all from one link-in-bio.
- You want a single mobile checkout that fits the social-media buying moment, with Apple Pay and Google Pay one-tap.
- You lean on Instagram and TikTok automation - keyword-triggered AutoDM and link-in-bio selling are core to how you sell.
- You want to keep 100% of each sale minus only the payment processor fee.
Where Stan Store genuinely wins
- Being the whole storefront: selling courses, memberships, downloads, and coaching bookings from one link-in-bio is the entire point of Stan and we do not do that.
- Fast, mobile-first checkout tuned for the Instagram and TikTok buying moment, with one-tap Apple Pay and Google Pay.
- Instagram AutoDM and other link-in-bio automation that turn a comment into a sale.
- Keeping the full sale price: Stan charges no platform percentage on a sale, only the payment-processor fee.
Q&A With Me vs Stan Store, side by side
| Capability | Q&A With Me | Stan Store |
|---|---|---|
| Run the live session itself | Native live room - go live and answer on screen | Hands off to Zoom or Google Meet - no built-in streaming |
| Audience questions as the format | Text + video questions appear on screen live | No live Q&A format - registration + reminder layer only |
| Sell a full product catalog | Built around the live paid session, not a storefront | Core strength - courses, memberships, downloads, bookings |
| Link-in-bio + social checkout | Single event page per session | Mobile-first link-in-bio with one-tap Apple/Google Pay |
| Platform cut on a sale | Flat 10% + $0.50 buyer fee per ticket, no monthly fee | No platform percentage; flat monthly plan instead |
| Bring a viewer on stage | Tap any viewer to invite them up live | Not applicable - live video runs in Zoom |
| Auto clips for short-form | Each answered question becomes a vertical clip | No native recording or clips - depends on Zoom |
| Pricing | Free to host paid events - no monthly fee. Platform earns a flat 10% + $0.50 buyer service fee per ticket; payout ~7 days after the session ends. Free workshops have an optional subscription for higher attendee caps. | Flat monthly plans: Creator $29/mo ($25/mo annual) and Creator Pro $99/mo ($79/mo annual), 14-day free trial, no free tier. No platform fee on sales beyond Stripe/PayPal processing. |
Pricing and features accurate as of June 2026.
Stan Store comparison FAQ
Does Stan Store run the live webinar, or just sell the seat?
Stan sells the seat and handles it well - registration, payment, confirmation, and reminder emails. It does not stream the live video. Its webinar product hands the attendee to Zoom or Google Meet for the actual session. Q&A With Me is built to run that live part: you go live here, the audience questions appear on screen, and you can bring a viewer up.
Should I use Stan Store or Q&A With Me?
For most creators it is both, not one. Keep Stan for the storefront - courses, memberships, downloads, coaching bookings, link-in-bio. Use Q&A With Me when the live session is the product and you want questions as the format with a payout after. They sit at different layers, so running both is the common setup, not a conflict.
Can I run both - link my live session from my Stan storefront?
Yes, and that is the cleanest setup. Sell and host your evergreen products on Stan, then link your paid live Q&A from the same link-in-bio. Stan stays your catalog and checkout for everything else; the live room runs here. Nothing about Q&A With Me asks you to leave Stan.
What does each one cost right now?
Stan Store is a flat monthly subscription: Creator at $29/mo ($25/mo billed annually) and Creator Pro at $99/mo ($79/mo billed annually), with a 14-day free trial and no free tier. Stan takes no platform percentage on sales beyond standard Stripe/PayPal processing. Q&A With Me is free to host paid events - no monthly fee - and earns a flat 10% plus a $0.50 buyer service fee per ticket, paying your share out about a week after the session ends. Free workshops have an optional subscription if you need higher attendee caps.
Does Stan take a cut of my sales?
No - Stan charges a flat monthly plan and takes no platform percentage on a sale, so you keep the full price minus only the payment-processor fee. That is genuinely a strength if your volume is high. Q&A With Me works the other way for tickets: no monthly fee to host paid events, and the platform earns a flat 10% plus $0.50 per ticket only when you sell a seat. Which math wins depends on how much you sell - run the numbers for your volume.
Can I sell a course or membership on Q&A With Me like I do on Stan?
No, and we would point you to Stan for that. Stan is the storefront for courses, memberships, downloads, and coaching bookings, and it is good at it. Q&A With Me is focused on the live paid Q&A session - the ticket, the live questions, the stage, the replay, and the clips. Keep the catalog on Stan and run the live event here.
What happens to the recording of my live session?
Every session records automatically and becomes a replay you control, with access you set from 24 hours to 30 days. Viewers who could not attend can still submit questions, and if you answer one they catch it in the replay. Each answered question is also cut into a standalone vertical clip for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts - which Stan does not produce, since the live video runs in Zoom.
Start hosting paid Q&As
Free to host paid events. We earn when you earn - a flat 10% plus a $0.50 buyer fee per ticket, paid out about a week after your session ends.
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