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A Beacons alternative for a creator site and store
Beacons is a creator platform around a link in bio: a media kit, digital products, courses, memberships, affiliate links, email sends and Instagram auto replies, with AI credits. OneCraft Sites builds a link page or a full website on your own address, with a store paid through your own Stripe account.
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Nuwan Madhusanka · Co-founder
2 min read · Published
The short verdict
Beacons suits a creator who earns from brand deals, affiliate links, courses and memberships and wants a media kit, email sends and Instagram automation in one app. OneCraft suits a creator or small business that wants its link page to be the front of a real website, with a store and enquiries, on its own address.
| Feature | Beacons | OneCraft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Plans and prices are published on Beacons's pricing page and are not restated here checked 2026-10-13 | Per account: Free $0, Starter $8, Pro $25 and Pro+ $125 a month |
| Link page | Customizable link in bio checked 2026-10-13 | Three link layouts: stacked buttons, thumbnails or photo tiles |
| Media kit | Daily-updating media kit checked 2026-10-13 | Not offered |
| Digital products | Sell unlimited digital products checked 2026-10-13 | Download products up to 500 MB, 5 downloads over 7 days, through Stripe Checkout |
| Courses and memberships | Sell unlimited courses with video hosting checked 2026-10-13 | No courses, memberships or video hosting |
| Affiliate links | Create affiliate links checked 2026-10-13 | Not offered |
| 50 email sends per month checked 2026-10-13 | Newsletter sign-ups collected and exported to CSV; no sending | |
| Instagram automation | Smart Reply IG auto-DM checked 2026-10-13 | Not offered |
| Analytics | Real-time analytics checked 2026-10-13 | Cookie free visits, visitors, top pages and referrers, plus optional GA4 |
| Custom domain | Free custom domain checked 2026-10-13 | Bring your own domain on paid plans: Starter 1, Pro 5 |
Where Beacons is better
Creator monetisation in one place
Beacons combines digital products, courses with video hosting, memberships and affiliate links. OneCraft sells products and tickets through a store but has no courses, memberships or affiliates.
A media kit for brand deals
Beacons keeps a daily updating media kit for pitching sponsors. OneCraft has nothing equivalent; you would build a page by hand.
Audience tools
Beacons sends emails and replies to Instagram messages for you. OneCraft collects sign-ups but sends nothing and has no social automation.
Where OneCraft is different
A website, not only a profile
Start with a link page and add pages, an about section, services and an FAQ on the same site, with page level search settings and a menu.
Checkout on your own Stripe account
Store payments go through Stripe Checkout on your connected account as destination charges, with a platform fee of 2, 1 or 0.5 percent by plan and stock held during checkout.
Messages you can work through
Contact, quote and newsletter forms post to an inbox with filters, a handled switch, CSV export and email and push alerts.
Two kinds of creator business
Some creators earn from audiences: sponsors, affiliate commissions, memberships. Others earn from customers: coaching clients, products, classes. Beacons is built for the first. OneCraft fits the second better, where a clear website, a store and an enquiry inbox matter more than a media kit.
What moving involves
Rebuild your link page from a link template, add a page for each offer, and recreate digital products in the store with their files. Courses and memberships need another home, since OneCraft has no members area. Then update the link in each social profile.
Fees to compare
Beacons lists its seller fees by plan on its pricing page. OneCraft charges a platform fee per store payment of 2 percent on Starter, 1 percent on Pro and 0.5 percent on Pro+, plus Stripe fees, alongside the monthly plan. Work out both with your own monthly sales.
Who should stay with Beacons
Stay with Beacons if brand deals, affiliate links, courses or memberships pay your bills, or you rely on its email sends and Instagram automation. Move if you want your own website and store on your own address, with fewer creator specific tools.
Questions people ask
Can I sell an ebook on OneCraft like on Beacons?
Yes on a paid plan. Add a Download product, upload the file, and buyers pay through Stripe Checkout and get download buttons on screen and by email, with 5 downloads over 7 days. There is no course player, so video lessons need another platform.
Does OneCraft have a media kit?
No. You can build a page with your audience numbers, past partners as a logo strip and rates in a pricing section, and update it by hand. Beacons generates a media kit that refreshes itself, which is more convenient for frequent sponsor pitches.
Can I send emails to my followers from OneCraft?
No. Newsletter sign-ups collect in the site inbox and export as a CSV for your email tool. Beacons includes email sends on its plans. If email is your main channel, keep a dedicated email service alongside OneCraft and import the CSV into it each week so new subscribers hear from you quickly.
Is my OneCraft page on my own domain?
It starts on your onecraft.live address. On a paid plan you connect a domain you own by adding a TXT and a CNAME record, and a managed certificate is issued automatically. The domain itself is bought from a registrar of your choice.
Which is better for a coach?
A coach who sells sessions, programmes and downloads and takes enquiries often fits a website better: a services page, a pricing section, an enquiry form and a store. A coach whose income is courses and memberships may prefer an all in one creator platform.
Try the website side of OneCraft
The button opens the generator with a starting prompt already filled in. Change the wording to match your own work before you run it.
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What the module actually does, feature by feature: the websites maker page.
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