Polar acts as MoR and authorized reseller.
2026-05-24
tax_mor
high
“merchant of record and authorized reseller”
Buyer-facing legal terms.
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Verified 2026-05-24
Polar
Developer-first MoR supporting open-source maintainers, SaaS, AI tools and digital products.
True Merchant of Record MoR / reseller
Polar reseller model makes Polar the merchant for the sale.
2026-05-24
reseller_status
high
“makes us the merchant for that specific sale”
Explains Polar buys/resells digital goods.
Polar takes international sales tax liability.
2026-05-24
tax_mor
high
“owed by us, not you”
Refers to VAT, GST, US sales tax, etc.
Polar handles sales tax calculation, collection, and remittance.
2026-05-24
tax_mor
high
“calculation, collection, and remittance”
Docs say globally on seller's behalf.
Polar supports software and SaaS.
2026-05-24
eligibility_supported
high
“Software & SaaS”
Listed as acceptable products.
Polar supports digital products/downloadables.
2026-05-24
eligibility_supported
high
“Templates, eBooks, PDFs, code”
eBooks also appear as restricted/review category elsewhere in same policy.
Polar supports courses/content subscriptions.
2026-05-24
eligibility_supported
high
“courses, and content requiring a subscription”
Listed under premium content/access.
Polar does not support primary human services.
2026-05-24
eligibility_unsupported
high
“Human services”
Covers coaching/consulting if primary offering is human service.
Polar does not support marketplaces.
2026-05-24
eligibility_unsupported
high
“Marketplaces. Selling others' products”
Explicit prohibited category.
Polar AI content generation tools require closer review.
2026-05-24
eligibility_review_required
high
“AI Content Generation tools”
Restricted business category, may not be accepted.
Polar posted plan pricing with Starter/Pro/Growth/Scale.
2026-05-24
pricing
high
“Starter Free 5% + 50c”
Page says new organizations on/after 2026-05-27 start on Starter.
Polar Early Member rate applies to organizations created before 2026-05-27.
2026-05-24
pricing
high
“created before May 27, 2026”
Early Member rate: 4% + 40c plus +0.5% subscription fee.
Caveats
- • Pricing page includes a future pricing change dated 2026-05-27; accessedAt is 2026-05-24.
- • AI tools, eBooks, directories/boards, marketing services, and other restricted categories require closer review.
- • Polar reserves discretion to refuse products and the prohibited list may change.
Accepted or likely accepted
- SaaS Accepted
- Downloadable software Accepted
- Digital downloads Likely accepted
- Ebooks Likely accepted
- Templates Likely accepted
- Online courses Accepted
- Communities Likely accepted
- Mobile apps Likely accepted
Risky, refused or unclear
- 1:1 coaching Refused
- Group coaching Refused
- Consulting Refused
- Marketplaces Refused
- Physical goods Refused
Unclear
- AI tools Unclear
Tax coverage
- EU VAT
- Yes
- UK VAT
- Yes
- US sales tax
- Yes
- Canada GST/HST
- Verify
- Australia GST
- Verify
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
- No
Geography and payouts
- Seller countries
- Sellers in supported regions.
- Customer countries
- Global.
- Payout countries
- Wide via Stripe rails.
- Payout currencies
- USD primary.
Source links
- Polar docs
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