Mini Casa vs Beacons
An all-in-one creator business page and an illustrated home for your links, compared honestly, with sourced facts and the cases where each one is the right choice.
Beacons and Mini Casa both give creators a page for the link in their bio, but they are aiming at different things.
Beacons is a creator business platform. Around a link-in-bio page it offers a store for digital products, courses and memberships, email marketing, Instagram auto-replies, a media kit that updates your audience numbers for brand pitches, a website builder and an AI assistant. The idea is that a creator can run much of their business from one place.
Mini Casa is a home for your links. Your page is a small illustrated casa, such as a music hall, a printing works or an artist's studio, with a resident, your introduction and your links. You can add posts and portfolio pieces over time. It does not try to run your business; it tries to make the first impression feel like you.
We make Mini Casa, so we are not neutral. The Beacons facts below come from its own pricing page, dated. The Mini Casa column says what is ready and what is still in preview.
The short answer
If your bio link is a shop, an email list and a brand-deal pitch all at once, Beacons is designed for exactly that, and Mini Casa is not trying to be that kind of tool. If your bio link is mainly an introduction that sends people to your work, and you sell, if at all, through a shop you already have, Mini Casa gives that introduction more personality with less to manage.
One tool or a few
The real choice here is about bundling. An all-in-one tool saves logins and keeps your products, emails and page in one dashboard. The cost is that your page is shaped by the tool's business features, and moving any one part later means moving them all.
A lighter page with separate tools behind it, say a shop platform, a mailing service and a casa, takes a little more setup. In return each tool does one job and can be swapped alone. Neither path is wrong. Creators who sell weekly often prefer the bundle. Creators who mostly make things and sell occasionally often prefer the lighter page.
Cost and plans
Beacons' free plan: Yes, a free plan1. Its first paid plan: USD 8.33 per month billed yearly, or USD 10 month to month (Creator), as of October 25, 20261. Its seller fee changes with the plan, so if you sell a lot, the plan that lowers the fee may matter more than the cheapest one. Mini Casa has a free plan with a free address and every free casa; paid plans are on our pricing page.
Because the two products do different jobs, comparing headline prices only goes so far. Add up what you would otherwise pay for a shop and a mailing service if you split the jobs, and compare that with the all-in-one plan you would need. For some creators the bundle is cheaper; for others, free tiers of separate tools cover everything.
How each page feels to a visitor
A Beacons page tends to read as a creator's storefront: links, products, a newsletter box, maybe a featured video. A Mini Casa page reads as a small place: a scene with a resident, your introduction and your links, with a couple of details to discover. Picture the person tapping your link for the first time and ask which of those you would rather they see.
Mini Casa suits you if
Mini Casa suits creators whose page should introduce them before it sells anything. A songwriter in Encore Room, a zine maker in Edition One or an illustrator in Odd Art Studio gets a page that feels like their work, with clear links to wherever they actually sell, stream or take bookings.
It suits people who like a quiet tool: fewer settings, no dashboard of apps, and a page that stays tidy when you only visit it once a month. And it suits creators who want to show a few pieces of work with a short story each, using portfolio pieces, rather than a product grid.
What it does not do, plainly: no store, no checkout, no media kit, no auto-replies and no way to send emails to your list. The signup form, visit counts and your own domain are in preview, premium casas cannot be published yet, and each casa shows a small Made with Mini Casa link.
Beacons suits you if
Beacons is the better choice if you earn directly from your page. Its store: A store on every plan; 9% seller fee on Free and Creator, 0% from Creator Plus1. Courses and memberships come on higher plans. If you sell digital products every week, that is hard to replace with a link to somewhere else.
It is also the better choice if you pitch brands, because its media kit keeps your audience numbers current, and if you want to send emails to your audience without a separate service. Its email tools: Email and phone collection on every plan; 50 email sends a month on Free1. If you use several of these tools together, one login and one dashboard is a real convenience, and switching would mean rebuilding that in several places. In that case, stay.
Feature by feature
| What you get | Mini Casa | BeaconsChecked October 25, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes: a free address and every free casa | Yes, a free plan1 |
| Lowest paid plan | See the pricing page | USD 8.33 per month billed yearly, or USD 10 month to month (Creator)1 |
| Your own domain | Domain connection is in preview | On the Creator plan and above1 |
| Removing their branding | Every casa shows a small Made with Mini Casa link | On the Creator Plus plan and above1 |
| Selling on the page | No store; link to the shop you use | A store on every plan; 9% seller fee on Free and Creator, 0% from Creator Plus1 |
| Email signups | A signup form with confirmation, in preview | Email and phone collection on every plan; 50 email sends a month on Free1 |
| Visitor stats | Visits and link activity, in preview | Real-time analytics on every plan1 |
| Look and feel | Illustrated casas with a resident | A website template library on every plan1 |
Moving over from Beacons
If you mainly use Beacons as a link page and sell little or nothing there, moving is straightforward.
- Export anything you collected: email subscribers, buyer lists and any digital product files you uploaded.
- Decide where selling will live, if anywhere: a dedicated shop platform, a marketplace or a booking tool. Set that up first.
- Choose a casa, such as Kite & String, paste your links into the guided import and review the draft.
- Write a two-sentence introduction and put your most important link first.
- Test the page and the purchase path on your phone, then update your bio link.
If you sell regularly, do not rush this. Keep your current page live until the new shop has handled a few real orders. Mini Casa's signup form is in preview and collects consented signups; sending email needs a separate mailing service. See how portfolio pieces work and our guide to launching a newsletter waitlist for what to tell new subscribers.
Questions people ask
Can I sell products from a Mini Casa page?
Not on the page itself. Mini Casa has no store or checkout. You link to the shop, marketplace or booking service you already use, and the casa introduces you on the way there.
Does Mini Casa have a media kit?
No. There is no media kit or brand-deal tool. If pitching brands with live audience numbers is important to you, a creator business platform is the better fit for that job.
Can I keep my email list if I switch?
Yes, as long as you export it first. Move it to the mailing service you will use next, and tell subscribers if anything about the emails changes. Mini Casa does not send emails itself.
Sources
- Beacons: Beacons pricing, checked October 25, 2026
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