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Just recently moved from Stripe to Paddle after realizing their new tax collection stuff locked out a bunch of my customers--it only supports credit card transa

Just recently moved from Stripe to Paddle after realizing their new tax collection stuff locked out a bunch of my customers--it only supports credit card transactions, not Apple Pay or Google or any of the EU payment options, and Stripe has no ETA on fixing this. With the tax bits, I still have to file and worry about thresholds too, so I switched to Paddle. On top of completely eliminating the tax remittance crap, I also have PayPal support now (highly requested by customers, especially international).

ksec 5y ago
Is Paddle still Only open to SaaS only ? Last time I check they won’t even accept any other business.
- mherrmann 5y ago
  If by SaaS you mean subscription, then no. I sell one-time software purchases through them.
  - ksec 5y ago
    I mean something non-Software. I quite like their overall model and integrated experience. Along with Paypal support, while not getting any mention much in tech cycle it is surprisingly popular.
- candiddevmike 5y ago
  I am a SaaS but I sell a lifetime subscription as a standalone product, works fine with Paddle.
ttoinou 5y ago
> their new tax collection stuff Couldn't you turn that off ?
- hutzlibu 5y ago
  I know, that for setting up my stripe account, I HAD to provide a credit card number, which I did not had, as they are not needed in EU.
  - rosndo 5y ago
    My European debit card number worked just fine (as it basically always does when someone asks for a “credit card”)
    - hutzlibu 5y ago
      I only had a EC card, but now have a credit card as well. (all those different standards are a bit annoying)
      - rosndo 5y ago
        By choosing to only have an EC card you’re making a deliberate choice to make your life difficult by using an incredibly obscure method of payment, no? You can hardly expect those to work even in other EU countries, much less with an US based online business. Almost everybody else in the world has a visa or a mastercard (or unionpay)
        hutzlibu 5y ago
        "By choosing to only have an EC card" That was the standard normal card, I had ever since with that account - which is what all the people around me have - but it does work all across europe, in every shop I went. Paypal is fine with it, so is coinbase. And every other online service I used. (while backpacking international, I indeed had a credit card at that time) So I recently only got a credit card(again), to be able to use Stripe. But most won't bother to do this, unless they have to.
        rosndo 5y ago
        > but it does work all across europe, in every shop I went. That’s because deep inside it’s secretly something like a mastercard maestro, no? Why don’t you just get a “normal” card from N26 or similar? I used to have one of these weird not-visa not-mastercard debit cards, trying to use it internationally was just asking for trouble.
KaoruAoiShiho 5y ago
I'm trying to run a marketplace, would that be possible through paddle?

ksec 5y ago

Is Paddle still Only open to SaaS only ? Last time I check they won’t even accept any other business.

mherrmann 5y ago
If by SaaS you mean subscription, then no. I sell one-time software purchases through them.
- ksec 5y ago
  I mean something non-Software. I quite like their overall model and integrated experience. Along with Paypal support, while not getting any mention much in tech cycle it is surprisingly popular.
candiddevmike 5y ago
I am a SaaS but I sell a lifetime subscription as a standalone product, works fine with Paddle.

ttoinou 5y ago

> their new tax collection stuff Couldn't you turn that off ?

hutzlibu 5y ago
I know, that for setting up my stripe account, I HAD to provide a credit card number, which I did not had, as they are not needed in EU.
- rosndo 5y ago
  My European debit card number worked just fine (as it basically always does when someone asks for a “credit card”)
  - hutzlibu 5y ago
    I only had a EC card, but now have a credit card as well. (all those different standards are a bit annoying)
    - rosndo 5y ago
      By choosing to only have an EC card you’re making a deliberate choice to make your life difficult by using an incredibly obscure method of payment, no? You can hardly expect those to work even in other EU countries, much less with an US based online business. Almost everybody else in the world has a visa or a mastercard (or unionpay)
      - hutzlibu 5y ago
        "By choosing to only have an EC card" That was the standard normal card, I had ever since with that account - which is what all the people around me have - but it does work all across europe, in every shop I went. Paypal is fine with it, so is coinbase. And every other online service I used. (while backpacking international, I indeed had a credit card at that time) So I recently only got a credit card(again), to be able to use Stripe. But most won't bother to do this, unless they have to.
        rosndo 5y ago
        > but it does work all across europe, in every shop I went. That’s because deep inside it’s secretly something like a mastercard maestro, no? Why don’t you just get a “normal” card from N26 or similar? I used to have one of these weird not-visa not-mastercard debit cards, trying to use it internationally was just asking for trouble.

KaoruAoiShiho 5y ago

I'm trying to run a marketplace, would that be possible through paddle?