Digital Download Sellers on Wave pay $16/month — $192/year. Over three years, that's $644. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 17.4 months. The median digital download seller earns $22,000/year, so Wave's annual cost is roughly 0.9% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $644 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
See the full history of Wave price changes in the SaaS Graveyard →
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Digital Download Sellers face unique challenges: Etsy fees on digital products feel especially painful since there's no COGS. Tracking revenue across Etsy, Gumroad, Shopify, and Creative Market. Refund abuse on digital products. Time spent creating products is the only real cost but it's never tracked. On top of all that, Wave charges $16/month ($192/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median digital download seller earns $22,000/year. Software at $192/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Design software (Canva Pro, Adobe, Procreate) is yours. You bought it once. Nexa works the same way — $279 once for invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, and full accounting. All connected. All offline-capable. You own it like you own your tools.
Wave is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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Your exact Wave cost, full stack total, and what switching saves. 10 seconds.
| Feature | Wave | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $16/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $644 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most digital download sellers are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Settings → Data Export. Download customers, invoices, transactions, and accounts.
15-minute setup. Import your client list and chart of accounts from CSV.
Run both for 1-2 weeks. Verify bank connections and recurring invoices work.
Cancel paid features. Your free account data stays accessible for records.
You sell Canva templates, printable planners, and digital art. This month you had 340 Etsy sales averaging $4.50 each. Etsy took $220 in fees. You also sold $180 on Gumroad and $90 on Creative Market. Your total revenue is $1,800 but you spent 60 hours this month creating new listings. You have 400 active listings generating mostly passive income, but you don't know which products are actually worth the creation time.
Real digital download sellers near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a digital download seller? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every digital download seller on Nexa →
For solo operators and small teams (1-5), yes. Nexa includes invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, task management, and full accounting. Wave may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Wave is $16/month — that's $644 over 3 years. Which is more? And if you'd rather split it, Nexa is also available as 3 payments of $99.
Yes. Nexa is $279 as a one-time payment, or 3 payments of $99 ($297 total). Either way it's a one-time purchase — no subscription, no recurring fees ever.
30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund. If Nexa doesn't save you $500 in year one, you get every penny back.
Export your data from Wave as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $2,280/year on software — and digital download seller face their own version of that math. ID state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Nampa metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Digital Download Sellers run into with Wave, and what Nexa does instead.
If you want to compare notes or see how other digital download sellers are running their tools, here's where the conversation happens.
$644 over 3 years. Or $279 once (or 3 × $99). Own your tools.
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