Merchant of Record for creators
small digital catalogs
Creators usually value fast setup, hosted checkout, tax handling and simple payout rails more than enterprise billing features.
Strong starting shortlist
Gumroad
Easiest start for solo creators. Flat 10% is steep at scale.
Payhip
Simple, low-cost entry point. Better for testing than scaling globally.
Lemon Squeezy
Founder-friendly MoR for digital goods. Strict on services.
Polar
Developer-loved MoR with thoughtful DX and OSS funding features.
Skool
Strong community feature-set. Verify tax setup; not a full MoR.
What to verify
- • Confirm the provider acts as legal seller, reseller or Merchant of Record for your exact flow.
- • Ask whether your product category, delivery model and customer countries are allowed.
- • Verify tax coverage for EU VAT, UK VAT, US sales tax and any priority customer markets.
- • Check payout countries, currencies, refund rules, chargeback handling and invoice support.
- • Flat fees can become expensive at scale; model costs before moving serious volume.
Providers that accept Digital downloads
2Checkout (Verifone)
Long-running MoR (now part of Verifone) for software, SaaS and digital subscriptions with global coverage.
Ablefy (formerly Elopage)
European reseller for coaches, consultants, e-teachers and digital service providers. Rebranded from Elopage.
BoltPlay
Specialist Merchant of Record service agreement for digital goods, games, subscriptions and downloadable content.
Cleverbridge
Enterprise MoR focused on B2B SaaS, software and subscription businesses with managed back-office and renewals.
ClickBank
Affiliate marketplace and final retailer/reseller for digital, recurring and some physical direct-response products.
Coda
Merchant of Record and payment network for games, digital content, entertainment and in-app currencies.
CopeCart
Reseller platform for online coaches, course creators, high-ticket consultants and closing-style sales funnels.
Digistore24
European reseller / MoR oriented toward online courses, coaching, support services and high-ticket digital offers.
Dodo Payments
Newer MoR aimed at indie SaaS, AI tools and digital products. Refuses human-delivered services.