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Show HN: We saw a lot of issues with Stripe so we built an alternative
Stripe is often seen as the gold standard for international and cross-border payments.
But in reality, many founders, especially those outside the US, have a different experience:
Merchants are frequently offboarded without much explanation.
Stripe isn’t available or fully supported in many countries.
Even when available, setting up a legal entity, handling tax compliance, or managing FX fees can be a huge overhead.
We built Dodo Payments to solve exactly this. (https://www.dodopayments.com https://www.dodopayments.com)
It’s a Merchant of Record (MoR) platform designed to help digital founders and indie hackers sell globally without worrying about regulatory complexity, payment infrastructure, or compliance headaches.
What we offer:
Global payment gateway access (even in Stripe-restricted regions)
One-click tax compliance (VAT, GST, sales tax, etc.)
No need to set up local legal entities
Revenue settlement in local currency
Checkout stack optimized for global conversions
We’ve seen rapid growth in the last few months, and it's clear this is a problem affecting thousands of small, independent builders trying to scale from non-Western countries.
Our early adopters love that they can now “just sell” while we take care of everything else.
The community has been amazing in supporting us so far, and we’d love to hear feedback from more indie devs, product builders, and global SaaS founders on HN.
- davinciind 1y agoyooo! love dodo
- saasgtmguy 1y agoThanks for the love!
- gugocharade 1y agonice product. Tax is really a headache, with stripe you need to register everywhere to stay compliant.
- saasgtmguy 1y agoExactly, huge value prop!
- AnnaMere 1y agoPricing 4% + 40 cents per transaction, this looks like (stripe/paypal fees + dodopayment fees)
- saasgtmguy 1y agoWe're a Merchant of Record, so it's more than just a PG, it's PG + Billing + invoicing + Subscriptions + Sales tax & compliance ++ You can find a more detailed breakup with a comparison to fees compared to Stripe: https://compare.dodopayments.com/ https://compare.dodopayments.com/
- Eminem6377 1y agoIt's refreshing to have something that just works globally without all the usual Stripe complications. Kudos to the team at dodo payments.