Paddle

Paddle is aimed at software sellers, including business software, consumer applications and games. Its merchant-of-record arrangement places Paddle in the sale to the buyer; Paddle says it handles transaction taxes and payment administration within that role. You still provide the software and its technical support.

Set up the catalog through Catalog > Products > New product. Enter the name and tax category, save it, then add a price from the product's Prices section. A product needs a related price before it can be sold. Prices hold the currency, billing interval and any trial, with optional country-specific overrides.

A developer can connect those price identifiers to a Paddle.js checkout overlay. The checkout guide separates sandbox and live credentials and requires an approved default payment-link domain for live use. If a checkout contains several recurring items, their billing intervals must match; a monthly and an annual subscription cannot be combined in that checkout.

Account approval and costs

Live onboarding includes domain review and identity verification. Registered businesses also undergo business verification; individuals and sole traders have a different route. For domain approval, the website should clearly show the product, prices, company identity and relevant terms, privacy and refund pages. Use My Account > Settings > Website approval to submit it.

Check Paddle's unsupported-country list and acceptable-product guidance before integration. Physical goods and human services are outside its intended software offering, and customer reach is not the same as seller eligibility.

The standard advertised price is 5% plus 50¢ per checkout transaction, with custom offers for qualifying businesses. Paddle does not charge a standard monthly or migration fee. Its supplier terms separately describe currency-conversion margins, certain international payout charges and chargeback-related costs, so the headline transaction rate should not be treated as every possible deduction.

The terms generally provide for monthly payout once the applicable threshold is reached, subject to the account arrangement. Check the settlement currency and payout route alongside the checkout fee when estimating what reaches the business bank account.