Xsolla offers a Merchant/Seller of Record model for gaming transactions.
2026-05-24
tax/MoR
high
“Xsolla assumes responsibility for every transaction.”
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Xsolla
Xsolla is one of the most established Merchants of Record in games. It handles game sales, web shops and in-game purchases as the seller of record, with the regional coverage and payment methods game buyers actually use. Pricing runs around 5% plus channel costs, and chargeback or refund fees can apply, so model it against your title's payment mix before committing.
True Merchant of Record MoR / reseller
Xsolla describes itself as Merchant and Seller of Record for VAT handling.
2026-05-24
tax/MoR
high
“Merchant and Seller of Record”
Xsolla supports game access, keys, pre-orders, subscriptions, in-game currency, virtual items, bundles and DLC.
2026-05-24
eligibility
high
“virtual items/currency”
Xsolla reviews games for adult content, copyright issues and restricted/prohibited content.
2026-05-24
eligibility_limit
high
“adult content, copyright issues”
Pay Station advertises 200+ geographies and 130+ currencies.
2026-05-24
countries
high
“200+ geographies”
Xsolla explicitly calculates, collects and pays US sales taxes according to state laws.
2026-05-24
tax
high
“collects and pays sales taxes”
Xsolla supports subscriptions, refunds, chargebacks, partner/affiliate programs, hosted checkout and APIs.
2026-05-24
features
high
“Pay Station API”
Xsolla public pricing is 5% of transactions plus channel costs.
2026-05-24
pricing
high
“5%”
Caveats
- • Xsolla is gaming-focused, not a general-purpose SaaS or coaching MoR.
- • A PSP model also exists, where the developer remains MoR; confirm the chosen contract model.
- • Merchant incorporation countries and exact payout country/currency lists were not publicly enumerated.
- • UK VAT, Canada GST/HST and Australia GST were not individually confirmed in reviewed official pages.
- • Usage-based billing was not found in reviewed docs.
Accepted or likely accepted
- Games Accepted
- Digital downloads Accepted
- Downloadable software Likely accepted
- Mobile apps Likely accepted
- Physical goods Likely accepted
Risky, refused or unclear
- 1:1 coaching Refused
- Group coaching Refused
- Consulting Refused
- Online courses Refused
Unclear
- SaaS Unclear
- Marketplaces Unclear
Tax coverage
- EU VAT
- Yes
- UK VAT
- Verify
- US sales tax
- Yes
- Canada GST/HST
- Verify
- Australia GST
- Verify
EU VAT and US sales tax are explicitly documented. UK VAT, Canada GST/HST and Australia GST are covered only by broader local-tax language in reviewed sources.
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
- Merchant/developer incorporation countries are not publicly enumerated; Xsolla requires a licensing agreement and tax interview.
- Customer countries
- Pay Station advertises 200+ geographies and 130+ currencies.
- Payout countries
- Public wording mentions PayPal or bank transfer from anywhere, but no precise payout-country list was found.
- Payout currencies
- Xsolla says payouts can be aggregated in one or many currencies; exact payout currency list was not found.
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