The backend for content businesses.
For developers, vibecoders and AI agents. Keep your site on any stack, hand-built or made with AI, and let Sherpo handle payments, access, video, subscriptions and affiliates behind it. Use all of it, or only the parts you need.
- Included in Pro, $49 a month
- Sherpo takes 0% of your sales
- Merchant API, webhooks and MCP on every plan
- Stay offline until you launch
Works withNext.jsAstroLovablev0ReplitBolt
Sherpo in your own codebase is a headless backend for selling digital content, built for developers, vibecoders and AI agents. You keep your own website on any stack, and Sherpo handles payments, access, video, subscriptions and affiliates behind it. It is modular: use all of it, or only the parts you need.
- Plan
- Pro
- Price
- $49 a month
- Sherpo fee
- 0%
- Works with
- Any front-end
What is Sherpo in your own codebase?
In your own codebase, Sherpo is a headless backend for selling digital content: your site is the front and Sherpo is the back. You keep your own website, on any stack, hand-built or vibecoded, and Sherpo runs payments, access, video, subscriptions and affiliates behind it. Self-hosting comes with Sherpo Pro, at $49 a month, on top of the site Sherpo hosts for you, and Sherpo takes 0% of your sales. The Merchant API, webhooks and both MCPs are on every plan.
You could wire four services together. Or ship this week.
Selling content needs more than a payment form. This is what sits behind every content business, and what Sherpo already does.
| The job | Build it yourself | What you’d still have to build | With Sherpo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Database and login | Supabase, Firebase | Access rules for every product and tier | Access and paywalls |
| Payments | Stripe | Subscriptions, upgrades, coupons, failed-payment handling | Subscriptions, tiers and coupons |
| Video | Wistia, Vimeo | Per-customer access, and a bandwidth cap to watch | Video hosting with no bandwidth fees |
| Affiliates | Rewardful | Attribution tied to your products | Affiliates, built in |
| Glue code | You | Webhooks, edge cases and migrations, forever | No backend to maintain |
Building it yourself costs time: weeks to build, then hours every month to keep it running.
Use only the parts you need.
Sherpo fits around your stack. You decide what it runs, and you keep the rest.
Your front-end
Hand-built, made with an AI builder or written by an agent. On any stack, it works with Sherpo.
Your payments
Use Stripe, or take payment elsewhere and record each sale through the Merchant API, on every plan.
Your login
Keep the authentication provider you already use.
From your site to paying customers.
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Connect your site
Hand-built or vibecoded, on any stack. Link it to your store, or bring your agent in through MCP.
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Sherpo runs the sale
Checkout, access, video and subscriptions happen behind your pages.
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Customers pay you
Customers get what they paid for, and Sherpo takes 0% of the sale.
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Built for agents, with a dashboard for you.
Your agent can set up the whole store through the Merchant MCP. You can check and change anything by hand.
- A dashboard for the restSee sales, edit prices, set redirects, manage integrations and watch your usage against your plan.
- Every change in one placeWhatever your agent creates shows up here, where you can review it and change it by hand.
- Build offline, launch when readyKeep your site offline while you or your agent set everything up, then switch it on.
One for your store, one for your storefront.
The Merchant side manages your business, on every plan. The Customer side drives what your customers see and do: your own codebase, on Pro, and the Customer MCP for their AI, on every plan.
- For you
Merchant API
Run the store from code: products, prices, coupons, orders, customers and everything else in the dashboard, with webhooks. On every plan.
- For your site
Your own codebase
Power your storefront: list products and lessons, check out, unlock access, show descriptions and transcripts, and issue certificates. On Pro.
- For your AI
Merchant MCP
The same control for your AI. Anything you can do in the dashboard, your agent can do by asking. On every plan.
Build with agents - For their AI
Customer MCP
Your customers’ AI shops and learns on your store: it browses, buys, unlocks and reads what they paid for, including skills you sell. On every plan.
MCP
Let your agent do the setup.
Connect the Merchant MCP and ask your AI to create products, prices and coupons.
Using Sherpo in your own codebase comes with Pro.
One flat price, every feature, and Sherpo takes no cut of your sales.
Sherpo Pro
$49/ month
Or $41 a month, billed yearly
- Self-hosted in your own codebase, on top of your hosted site
- 100 GB storage
- 600 AI video minutes a month per store
- Unlimited customers
- Sherpo takes 0% of your sales
Only need the site Sherpo hosts for you? Lite has it for $19 a month, and Pro includes it next to the self-hosted option. The Merchant API, webhooks and both MCPs, Merchant and Customer, are on every plan.
Questions about your own codebase, answered.
Still curious? Talk to us, or see every question in Help.
What is Sherpo in your own codebase?
It is Sherpo as a headless backend for selling digital content, behind your own front-end: your site is the front and Sherpo is the back. You keep your own website, and Sherpo handles payments, access, video, subscriptions and affiliates behind it.
How much does it cost to use Sherpo in my own codebase?
It comes with Sherpo Pro, at $49 a month, or $41 a month billed yearly. Pro includes 100 GB of storage, 600 AI video minutes a month per store, unlimited customers and every feature. Sherpo takes 0% of your sales.
Which frameworks does it work with?
Any framework, on any stack. You can write the site by hand in Next.js or Astro, or build it with Lovable, v0, Replit or Bolt.
Does it work with a vibecoded site?
Yes. A site made with Lovable, v0, Replit or Bolt can use Sherpo as its backend in the same way as a hand-built one.
How does my site know who has access?
Your site asks Sherpo whether a customer has access to a product or a tier. Then it shows the content they paid for.
Can I use my own payment provider?
Yes. Checkout runs on Stripe, and on every plan you can take payment elsewhere and record each sale through the Merchant API, so Sherpo grants what was bought.
Can I keep my own login system?
Yes. You can keep the authentication provider you already use.
How does managing my store from code differ from powering my own storefront?
The Merchant API manages your store: products, prices, coupons, orders, customers and everything else in the dashboard, and it is on every plan. In your own codebase, Sherpo drives your storefront: it lists products and lessons, checks out, unlocks access, shows descriptions and transcripts, and issues certificates. That comes with Pro.
Is there an MCP for each?
Yes. The Merchant MCP lets your AI run the store, and the Customer MCP lets your customers’ AI shop and learn on it. Both MCPs are on every plan.
Can I use only some parts of Sherpo?
Yes. Sherpo is modular, and each part works on its own. You can use it only for checkout and subscriptions, or add video, access and affiliates. Either way, you can keep your own front-end, payment provider and login.
Can an AI agent build on Sherpo in my own codebase?
Yes. On every plan, an agent can set up products, prices and coupons through the Merchant API or MCP. On Pro, it can also build the front-end and run checkout, access and lessons on that front-end with Sherpo in your own codebase.
Who is it for?
Developers, vibecoders, agencies and SaaS teams who want their own front-end, and AI agents that build and run a store on their own. None of them has to build payments, access, video, subscriptions and affiliates.
Skip the plumbing. Ship your product.
Start your free trial and connect your site to Sherpo.
- 14-day free trial
- Merchant API, webhooks and MCP on every plan
- Any stack, hand-built or vibecoded