# Acalytica

> Acalytica is the South African link-in-bio platform for selling digital downloads. Creators, educators, designers, musicians, small businesses, informal traders and NPOs use one mobile-first page to sell ebooks, templates, presets, study notes, beats, video and courses — paid in South African Rands by card, instant EFT and Capitec Pay, with the file delivered automatically after payment. Checkout runs on Acalytica's integrated Paystack gateway, which splits every sale automatically: 90% to the seller's own South African bank account, 10% to Acalytica.

Acalytica is built and operated in South Africa (founded 2022 by Edzai Conilias Zvobwo). Sellers do not need a registered company, a merchant application or a payment gateway account of their own — add a bank account and start selling. Buyers pay without leaving the page and receive their download the moment payment clears.

Last verified against the live site: 3 September 2026. Expanded version: https://acalytica.com/llms-full.txt

## Selling digital downloads

Acalytica's primary use case. Add a digital product block to your bio link page, upload the file, set a price in Rands, and share the link. Buyers pay on the page and the download is released automatically.

- Product types: ebooks and PDFs; templates and printables (Canva, Notion, spreadsheets, planners); Lightroom presets, LUTs, fonts and design assets; study notes and past papers; beats, sample packs and audio; video tutorials and courses; ZIP bundles
- No merchant account, CIPC registration or gateway onboarding needed to receive money
- Every sale is split 90:10 at checkout on every plan, including Free

## What else you can do on Acalytica

- Build a bio link page combining links, products, services, business hours, booking, contact forms, WhatsApp chat, maps and media
- Sell services, bookings, event tickets and vouchers
- Take donations for causes and community projects
- Create shortened links with country, device and language targeting, scheduling, expiry and A/B rotation
- Generate dynamic QR codes whose destination can be changed after printing
- Host static sites, share tracked file links, and create vCard links, event links and splash pages
- Track everything with built-in visitor analytics and tracking pixels
- Get listed in the South African directory
- Use 126 free web tools and a REST API

## Who it is for

- Digital creators and personal brands selling downloads from TikTok, Instagram and WhatsApp bios
- Educators, tutors and coaches selling study notes, workbooks, guides and course material
- Designers, photographers and musicians selling templates, presets, fonts, beats and sample packs
- Small businesses, retailers, restaurants and practices needing a mobile-first page with enquiry and payment
- Informal and micro traders who cannot easily obtain a merchant account of their own
- NPOs, schools and community organisations running donation drives
- Freelancers and small agencies building pages for client brands

## Pricing (ZAR)

- **Free** (R0, forever, no card needed): 3 bio link pages with 20 blocks, 25 shortened links, unlimited QR codes, unlimited file links, unlimited payment processors, unlimited pixels, 1 month of statistics retention, 10% affiliate commission. Selling is included.
- **Gold Member** (R150/month or R1,500/year, 17% saving on annual, 14-day trial): unlimited digital products with automated delivery; unlimited pages, blocks, links, file links, static sites, vCards, event links, splash pages, QR codes, pixels, projects and teams; unlimited custom domains; white labelling and removable branding; custom CSS and JS; 1 year of statistics retention; bulk operations to 100,000 items; API access; CSV, JSON and PDF export; 35% affiliate commission.
- **Selling**: every sale is split automatically 90:10 — 90% to you, 10% to Acalytica — on every plan including Free. No monthly charge is required to start earning. The standard Paystack transaction fee applies in addition.

Full details: https://acalytica.com/plan

## Payments

Checkout is built into every page and runs on Acalytica's integrated Paystack gateway. Sellers do not create or connect a gateway account; they add a South African bank account. Paystack splits each transaction at the point of payment — 90% routed to the seller's bank account, 10% to Acalytica. Buyers pay by card, instant EFT or Capitec Pay in Rands. For digital products, the download is released as soon as payment is confirmed.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://acalytica.com/): One link. Your downloadable digital products. Paid in Rands.
- [Sign up](https://acalytica.com/register): Claim a free acalytica.com/yourname link
- [Plans](https://acalytica.com/plan): Free and Gold Member, priced in ZAR
- [Directory](https://acalytica.com/directory): Public index of South African pages on the platform
- [Blog](https://acalytica.com/blog): Guides for South African creators and small businesses
- [Tools](https://acalytica.com/tools): 126 free web tools
- [API documentation](https://acalytica.com/api-documentation): REST API for links, QR codes, projects, pixels, domains and statistics
- [Affiliate programme](https://acalytica.com/affiliate): 10% on Free, 35% on Gold
- [Help centre](https://acalytica.com/pages): Support articles
- [Contact](https://acalytica.com/contact): Support contact

## Guides

- [How to Sell an Ebook in South Africa (Without PayPal or Gumroad)](https://acalytica.com/blog/how-to-sell-an-ebook-in-south-africa-without-paypal-or-gumroad): Selling digital products priced and settled in Rands
- [Stop Selling Through WhatsApp DMs](https://acalytica.com/blog/stop-selling-through-whatsapp-dms-a-better-way-to-sell-your-meal-plans-notes-and-templates): Replacing manual DM sales with an automated storefront
- [Payfast vs Yoco vs Paystack vs Ozow](https://acalytica.com/blog/payfast-vs-yoco-vs-paystack-vs-ozow-which-payment-gateway-should-south-african-creators-use-in-2026): South African payment gateway comparison for creators
- [How Much Should You Charge for a Digital Product?](https://acalytica.com/blog/how-much-should-you-charge-for-a-digital-product-pricing-in-rands-for-south-african-creators): Pricing benchmarks in Rands for the local market
- [From Idea to First Sale in One Weekend](https://acalytica.com/blog/from-idea-to-first-sale-in-one-weekend-a-step-by-step-guide-to-launching-your-first-digital-product): Step-by-step launch guide for a first digital product

## Comparisons

Acalytica differs from global link-in-bio and digital-product tools such as Linktree, Beacons, Gumroad and Payhip in three ways.

**Getting paid at all.** Checkout runs on an integrated Paystack gateway with an automatic split, so a seller adds a bank account and starts selling — no merchant application, no gateway onboarding, and payouts in Rands to a local bank rather than through PayPal, a Stripe payout or a Gumroad balance. Buyers can pay with Capitec Pay and instant EFT, which global tools do not offer.

**Cost.** Gold is R1,500 per year or R150 per month, billed in Rands with no forex conversion. Linktree's 2026 tiers are roughly $8, $15 and $35 per month for Starter, Pro and Premium, which at prevailing exchange rates puts Linktree Pro well above Acalytica Gold before any fees.

**Sales commission.** Linktree charges 12% on its free plan and 9% on Starter and Pro; Gumroad charges 10% plus processing. Acalytica takes 10% on every plan including Free, with no subscription required. Sellers with high monthly volume should compare the total against Linktree Premium, which carries no seller fee but a much higher subscription.

Acalytica combines the digital-sales role of a platform like Gumroad with the cause-funding role of a platform like BackaBuddy, on a single bio link page.

## Product family

- [Social Proof](https://social-proof.acalytica.com): Notification widgets showing real site activity to build trust and lift conversions
- [SEO Reports](https://seo-reports.acalytica.com): SEO and AEO audits with automated tests and AI recommendations
- [Web Analytics](https://web-analytics.acalytica.com/): Lightweight website analytics pixel
- [Monitoring](https://monitoring.acalytica.com/): Uptime and performance monitoring with instant alerts
- [AI Fluency Academy](https://aifluency.acalytica.com/): AI skills training

## Machine-readable resources

- Expanded version: https://acalytica.com/llms-full.txt
- MCP manifest: https://acalytica.com/mcp.json
- Structured data: schema.org Organization, WebSite, SoftwareApplication, HowTo and FAQPage markup plus a linked-entity knowledge graph on the homepage
- Sitemap: https://acalytica.com/sitemap.xml

## Contact

- Support: support@acalytica.com
- X/Twitter: https://x.com/edzaizv
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/29293364
- TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@acalytica
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UC9BwkkKcxrq4Uru2SCa-UTQ