Teachable is primarily a creator/course platform, not a universal legal seller or full MoR.
2026-05-24
tax/MoR caveat
high
“tools”
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Teachable
Teachable is a course and coaching platform first, and a payment layer second. It collects payments and handles some tax through its native gateway, but it isn't a general full-service Merchant of Record — the reseller and tax responsibility isn't the same as a provider built purely for that. If you want course hosting and checkout in one place, it fits; if you need a clean MoR, look elsewhere. Plans start around $39/month with a 7.5% fee on the entry tier.
Creator platform Marketplace
For native gateways, Teachable acts as the creator's payment collection agent.
2026-05-24
contracting
high
“payment collection agent”
Teachable may be treated as deemed supplier/responsible intermediary for tax in some jurisdictions.
2026-05-24
tax/MoR caveat
high
“deemed supplier”
Teachable supports courses, coaching, digital downloads, bundles and memberships.
2026-05-24
eligibility
high
“courses, coaching offering, or digital download”
Teachable prohibited content includes illegal content, deceptive claims, hate, pornography, pyramid schemes, regulated goods and other restricted content.
2026-05-24
eligibility_limit
high
“payments locked”
teachable:pay is available in a published country list and payouts use Stripe Express.
2026-05-24
countries
high
“supported countries”
Native gateways can calculate, collect and remit EU/UK VAT, US sales tax, Canada GST/HST/QST/PST, Australia GST and other digital-content taxes.
2026-05-24
tax
high
“digital products and services”
Teachable supports one-time payments, subscriptions, installments, refunds, chargebacks, affiliate/BackOffice, hosted checkout and APIs.
2026-05-24
features
high
“One-time purchase”
Caveats
- • Teachable is not a full-service reseller/MoR in the Paddle/FastSpring sense.
- • Tax handling depends on native gateway vs custom gateway, jurisdiction, product type, creator/student location and B2B tax ID status.
- • Custom Payment Gateway shifts tax collection/remittance obligations back to creators in many cases.
- • Subscriptions are not supported for digital-download products.
Accepted or likely accepted
- Online courses Accepted
- 1:1 coaching Accepted
- Group coaching Accepted
- Digital downloads Likely accepted
- Communities Likely accepted
- Ebooks Likely accepted
Risky, refused or unclear
- SaaS Refused
- Downloadable software Refused
- Marketplaces Refused
- Physical goods Refused
Unclear
- Templates Unclear
Tax coverage
- EU VAT
- Yes
- UK VAT
- Yes
- US sales tax
- Yes
- Canada GST/HST
- Yes
- Australia GST
- Yes
Native gateways can calculate/collect/remit taxes in many jurisdictions; custom gateway creators remain responsible. Teachable may be deemed supplier/responsible intermediary for tax without being a universal legal reseller.
Product features
- Hosted checkout
- Yes
- API
- Yes
- Subscriptions
- Yes
- One-time payments
- Yes
- Installments
- Yes
- Usage-based billing
- No
- Refund handling
- Yes
- Chargebacks
- Yes
- Affiliate system
- Yes
Geography and payouts
- Seller countries
- teachable:pay is available in a published list of supported countries including US, UK, Canada, Australia and many EU countries; unsupported countries use alternate gateway options.
- Customer countries
- Teachable supports global student payments and 120+ pricing currencies, with availability depending on gateway/payment method.
- Payout countries
- teachable:pay pays to bank account through Stripe Express; Monthly Payment Gateway pays to PayPal; custom gateways use the creator's Stripe/PayPal.
- Payout currencies
- teachable:pay payouts use the connected bank account currency; pricing currency can be selected from 120+ options.
Source links
- Teachable terms terms
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