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Zipsell

Open-source, self-hosted platform for selling digital downloads.

Open sourceE-commerce12 startups challenge

Shut downSource [2]Source [0]Last verified Oct 2, 2026

About Zipsell

Zipsell let creators sell ebooks and other digital downloads from their own Heroku server instead of WordPress plugins or commission-taking marketplaces. The code was published on GitHub.Source [1]

What happened

Zipsell was the first product in Jon Yongfook's 12 startups in 12 months challenge, launched on September 29, 2018 as a free, open-source Ruby on Rails app. The zipsell.com domain is now listed for sale.Source [1]Source [2]

Timeline

  1. 2018-09-29Launched as startup #1 of the 12 startups challenge.Source [1]

People on Founded, and where they went next

1 person on record, connected to 8 other companies.

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Jon YongfookFounder2018Bannerbear2020 to nowActiveTalkshow2019Shut downTropic2019Shut downHyperjump2019Shut downTech Jobs Asia2018Shut downMontage2018 to 2019AcquiredPromomatic2018 to 2019AcquiredBeatrix2013Status unknown

Sources

  1. Startup #1 - Zipsell, blog.yongfook.com, 2018-09-29. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
  2. Zipsell.com domain sale page, zipsell.com. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.

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