Gumroad became Merchant of Record on January 1, 2025.
2026-05-24
tax/MoR
high
“Since January 1, 2025, Gumroad handles ALL your tax obligations.”
Official pricing page explicitly says Merchant of Record.
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high confidence
Verified 2026-05-24
Gumroad
Creator-first checkout for digital products. Acts as the MoR for indie creators with one of the simplest setups.
True Merchant of Record MoR / reseller
Gumroad handles sales tax collection and remittance worldwide where obligated.
2026-05-24
tax/MoR
high
“sales tax collection and remittance worldwide”
Pricing FAQ notes collection varies by location where Gumroad has obligations.
Gumroad supports memberships, online courses and SaaS subscriptions.
2026-05-24
business-model eligibility
high
“online course, or SaaS subscriptions”
Digital products, e-books, courses, tutorials, memberships also listed.
Gumroad direct sales fee is 10% + $0.50.
2026-05-24
pricing
high
“10% + $0.50”
Discover marketplace sales listed at 30%.
Caveats
- • Gumroad says it collects taxes where it has obligations as MoR; confirm edge jurisdictions.
- • Coaching/consulting eligibility not clearly supported in accessed official sources.
Accepted or likely accepted
- Digital downloads Accepted
- Ebooks Accepted
- Templates Accepted
- Online courses Accepted
- 1:1 coaching Likely accepted
- Group coaching Likely accepted
- Consulting Likely accepted
- Downloadable software Likely accepted
- AI tools Likely accepted
- Physical goods Likely accepted
Risky, refused or unclear
- Marketplaces Refused
Unclear
- SaaS Unclear
- Communities Unclear
Tax coverage
- EU VAT
- Yes
- UK VAT
- Yes
- US sales tax
- Yes
- Canada GST/HST
- Verify
- Australia GST
- Yes
Collects and remits VAT/sales tax for creators on supported jurisdictions.
Product features
- Hosted checkout
- Yes
- API
- Yes
- Subscriptions
- Yes
- One-time payments
- Yes
- Installments
- No
- Usage-based billing
- No
- Refund handling
- Yes
- Chargebacks
- Yes
- Affiliate system
- Yes
Geography and payouts
- Seller countries
- Creators worldwide accepted.
- Customer countries
- Worldwide.
- Payout countries
- Most countries via Stripe / PayPal rails.
- Payout currencies
- USD primary.
Source links
- Gumroad docs
- Help center docs
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