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If you don't mind do a bit of coding: * Stripe * PayPal. (You want the "Express Checkout" workflow) (Hint: for increased sales offer both. Stripe is a dev

If you don't mind do a bit of coding: * Stripe * PayPal. (You want the "Express Checkout" workflow) (Hint: for increased sales offer both. Stripe is a developer's dream; adding PayPal adds perhaps 30% more sales, although YMMV) If you want someone else to take care of all the details in return for higher commission: * FastSpring (full service, heavyweight) * Paddle (streamlined, focused towards Mac and towards digital products such as ebooks) * Gumroad (focused on info products) * SendOwl (you still need your own Stripe and/or PayPal, but you don't need to do the coding. They give you a polished, modern feature-rich UI on top of your payment processor.)

Nullabillity 10y ago
> Stripe is a developer's dream Unless you're using the JVM. Their Java API is so awful that it feels like you're just shelling out to cURL.
- stickfigure 10y ago
  Have you tried PayPal? Stripe's Java library may be a bit simplistic but at least the fundamental API concepts are sound.
- brandur 10y ago
  (I'm a developer at Stripe who helps maintain our language bindings.) +1. The original system was designed to be as flexible as possible and had the advantage of being able to support many different integrations that were straddling many different versions of the Stripe API, and all from within a single version of the Java library. Its major downside of course is that the same flexibility somewhat compromises the developer experience, and the choice hasn't mapped well onto languages like Java where the expectation is that most functionality should be discoverable by the type system. If it's any consolation, we're certainly aware of the problem and have a rough plan/roadmap on how to address some of the more appalling blemishes in usability.
  - stevoski 10y ago
    I used Stripe's Java API for my website. I wouldn't say it was awful - it got the job done, and exception handling was well thought out. But it wasn't idiomatic Java. It felt like it had been put together by someone who knew a language other than Java really well.
aytekin 10y ago
No higher commission & no coding option: * JotForm (+Stripe or +PayPal)
SyneRyder 10y ago
Depending on your situation, you might want to lean towards FastSpring or the other full services - from memory one of Kagi's value-adds was collecting the appropriate tax when selling to certain countries (ie collecting and remitting VAT when selling to customers in the EU). [I'd actually recommend talking to FastSpring - they used to provide a concierge service to setup the order form for you, and they have a system where they can ping a licence key generator on your server (eg in PHP), much like what Kagi did. I'm happy to try to answer questions if you or anyone else gets stuck, contact details in my profile.]
- armadsen 10y ago
  Seconding this recommendation. I'm a Mac developer and sell shareware, but have very little web development experience. I switched from a (pretty thrown together) implementation using Paypal to Fastspring a few years ago, and the process could not have been smoother. Fastspring was super helpful getting me set up, and I had to do very little work to get my existing (PHP) license generator integrated with their system. I've been a satisfied customer ever since.
drdaeman 10y ago
Just a warning: when some subscription-management service advertises they support PayPal Express Checkout/Payments Pro make sure to check the exact requirements. Many require reference transactions support. Which requires PayPal approval, and (from what I understood from the person who actually talked with PayPal) they only give it after some revenue levels that aren't trivial to achieve if you're just starting and don't even have any sales yet. When coding on their own, interfacing PayPal directly, one can avoid this requirement, settling for a somewhat more limited but still fairly functional set of EC APIs.

Nullabillity 10y ago

> Stripe is a developer's dream Unless you're using the JVM. Their Java API is so awful that it feels like you're just shelling out to cURL.

stickfigure 10y ago
Have you tried PayPal? Stripe's Java library may be a bit simplistic but at least the fundamental API concepts are sound.
brandur 10y ago
(I'm a developer at Stripe who helps maintain our language bindings.) +1. The original system was designed to be as flexible as possible and had the advantage of being able to support many different integrations that were straddling many different versions of the Stripe API, and all from within a single version of the Java library. Its major downside of course is that the same flexibility somewhat compromises the developer experience, and the choice hasn't mapped well onto languages like Java where the expectation is that most functionality should be discoverable by the type system. If it's any consolation, we're certainly aware of the problem and have a rough plan/roadmap on how to address some of the more appalling blemishes in usability.
- stevoski 10y ago
  I used Stripe's Java API for my website. I wouldn't say it was awful - it got the job done, and exception handling was well thought out. But it wasn't idiomatic Java. It felt like it had been put together by someone who knew a language other than Java really well.

aytekin 10y ago

No higher commission & no coding option: * JotForm (+Stripe or +PayPal)

SyneRyder 10y ago

Depending on your situation, you might want to lean towards FastSpring or the other full services - from memory one of Kagi's value-adds was collecting the appropriate tax when selling to certain countries (ie collecting and remitting VAT when selling to customers in the EU). [I'd actually recommend talking to FastSpring - they used to provide a concierge service to setup the order form for you, and they have a system where they can ping a licence key generator on your server (eg in PHP), much like what Kagi did. I'm happy to try to answer questions if you or anyone else gets stuck, contact details in my profile.]

armadsen 10y ago
Seconding this recommendation. I'm a Mac developer and sell shareware, but have very little web development experience. I switched from a (pretty thrown together) implementation using Paypal to Fastspring a few years ago, and the process could not have been smoother. Fastspring was super helpful getting me set up, and I had to do very little work to get my existing (PHP) license generator integrated with their system. I've been a satisfied customer ever since.

drdaeman 10y ago

Just a warning: when some subscription-management service advertises they support PayPal Express Checkout/Payments Pro make sure to check the exact requirements. Many require reference transactions support. Which requires PayPal approval, and (from what I understood from the person who actually talked with PayPal) they only give it after some revenue levels that aren't trivial to achieve if you're just starting and don't even have any sales yet. When coding on their own, interfacing PayPal directly, one can avoid this requirement, settling for a somewhat more limited but still fairly functional set of EC APIs.