Merchant of Record for online courses
courses and cohorts
Course sellers often need installments, affiliate tracking, EU VAT handling and support for mixed digital plus human delivery.
Strong starting shortlist
Digistore24
Top pick for coaches and course creators wanting an EU-friendly MoR.
CopeCart
Built for coaches and high-ticket programs. Strong installment + affiliate features.
Ablefy (formerly Elopage)
EU-friendly reseller for coaches and consultants — successor to Elopage.
Maven
Hosted cohort-course platform. Less brand control than an independent MoR.
Gumroad
Easiest start for solo creators. Flat 10% is steep at scale.
Payhip
Simple, low-cost entry point. Better for testing than scaling globally.
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.
- • Verify whether live cohorts, coaching calls or communities change eligibility.
Providers that accept Online courses
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.
ClickBank
Affiliate marketplace and final retailer/reseller for digital, recurring and some physical direct-response products.
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.
Fourthwall
Creator commerce platform operating as Merchant of Record for merch, memberships and creator sales.
Gumroad
Creator-first checkout for digital products. Acts as the MoR for indie creators with one of the simplest setups.
Kelviq
Merchant of Record for SaaS and AI products with tax, invoices, refunds and disputes.
LearnyBox
French LMS and course-selling platform with LearnyPay, Stripe, PayPal and GoCardless integrations. Public terms point to payment facilitation, not Merchant of Record.