Lemon Squeezy is merchant of record for platform sales.
2026-05-24
tax/MoR
high
“merchant of record for all sales through our platform”
Official help-center language.
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Verified 2026-05-24
Lemon Squeezy
Merchant of Record for indie SaaS, digital downloads and software. Notably refuses services and human-delivered offers.
True Merchant of Record MoR / reseller
Lemon Squeezy handles sales tax/VAT collection and remittance.
2026-05-24
tax/MoR
high
“collecting and remitting sales tax”
Docs say Lemon Squeezy takes care of it.
Lemon Squeezy supports SaaS tax categories.
2026-05-24
eligibility
high
“Software as a Service (SaaS)”
Tax category docs include SaaS personal/business.
Lemon Squeezy focuses on digital products and subscriptions.
2026-05-24
eligibility
high
“selling your digital products and subscriptions”
Pricing page describes platform scope.
Public ecommerce pricing is 5% + 50 cents per transaction.
2026-05-24
pricing
high
“5% + 50c”
Pricing page notes additional fees may apply.
Caveats
- • Confirm eligibility for AI tools, courses, coaching, consulting, and marketplace models.
- • Confirm whether Stripe-owned Lemon Squeezy changes affect MoR coverage or onboarding.
- • Confirm exact fee stack by buyer country, payment method, subscription status, and payout method.
Accepted or likely accepted
- SaaS Accepted
- Downloadable software Accepted
- AI tools Accepted
- Mobile apps Likely accepted
- Online courses Likely accepted
- Digital downloads Accepted
- Ebooks Accepted
- Templates Accepted
Risky, refused or unclear
- 1:1 coaching Refused
- Group coaching Refused
- Consulting Refused
- Marketplaces Refused
- Physical goods Refused
Unclear
- Communities Unclear
Tax coverage
- EU VAT
- Yes
- UK VAT
- Yes
- US sales tax
- Yes
- Canada GST/HST
- Yes
- Australia GST
- Yes
Files indirect taxes globally as seller of record.
Product features
- Hosted checkout
- Yes
- API
- Yes
- Subscriptions
- Yes
- One-time payments
- Yes
- Installments
- No
- Usage-based billing
- Yes
- Refund handling
- Yes
- Chargebacks
- Yes
- Affiliate system
- Yes
Geography and payouts
- Seller countries
- Sellers from most countries; verify sanctioned list.
- Customer countries
- Sells globally.
- Payout countries
- Payouts to most banking rails via Wise/PayPal.
- Payout currencies
- USD primary; multi-currency conversions supported.
Source links
- Lemon Squeezy docs
- Acceptable use prohibited_products
- Pricing pricing
Information missing?
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