Payhip handles EU/UK VAT for digital products.
2026-05-24
tax
high
“collect and remit EU VAT and UK on your behalf automatically”
This is narrower than full global MoR evidence.
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Payhip
Lightweight checkout for digital products, coaching and memberships. Friendly for beginners and small catalogs.
Creator platform
Payhip does not remit non-EU taxes on the seller's behalf.
2026-05-24
tax caveat
high
“we don't remit this tax on your behalf”
Payhip provides tax setup/reporting for other countries.
Payhip payments go directly to the seller's PayPal/Stripe account.
2026-05-24
MoR uncertainty
high
“The payment is deposited to your PayPal/Stripe account.”
Official docs do not establish Payhip as full Merchant of Record.
Payhip supports digital products, courses, memberships, bundles and coaching.
2026-05-24
business-model eligibility
high
“digital products, courses, memberships, bundles, and coaching services”
FAQ also lists ebooks, music, templates, logos, comics, presets, printables.
Payhip pricing has free/plus/pro tiers with 5%, 2%, or 0% Payhip transaction fee.
2026-05-24
pricing
high
“$ 0 /mo +5% transaction fee”
Plus is $29/mo +2%; Pro is $99/mo with no Payhip transaction fee.
Caveats
- • Official accessed sources do not call Payhip a Merchant of Record.
- • Payhip terms contain reseller-like wording for hosted checkout, but help pages say payments go directly to seller accounts.
- • Non-EU/UK tax remittance remains seller responsibility based on official tax help.
Accepted or likely accepted
- 1:1 coaching Accepted
- Group coaching Likely accepted
- Consulting Likely accepted
- Online courses Accepted
- Communities Accepted
- Digital downloads Accepted
- Ebooks Accepted
- Templates Accepted
- Physical goods Likely accepted
Risky, refused or unclear
- Marketplaces Refused
Unclear
- SaaS Unclear
- Downloadable software Unclear
- AI tools Unclear
Tax coverage
- EU VAT
- Yes
- UK VAT
- Yes
- US sales tax
- Verify
- Canada GST/HST
- Verify
- Australia GST
- Verify
Official docs support EU/UK VAT handling for digital products, but not full global MoR status.
Product features
- Hosted checkout
- Yes
- API
- No
- 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
- Most countries accepted.
- Customer countries
- Worldwide.
- Payout countries
- Wide via Stripe/PayPal rails.
- Payout currencies
- USD/EUR/GBP common.
Source links
- Payhip docs
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