Lemon Squeezy Payments

Lemon Squeezy is a merchant of record platform for digital product sales founded by Jerry Hanley in 2021, acquired by Stripe in 2024, providing global payment processing, tax compliance, subscription management, license key generation, affiliate marketing, and digital product delivery through a single platform, designed to solve the complexity of international sales tax, value-added tax, goods and services tax compliance for software companies, digital product creators, and SaaS businesses, by handling tax calculation, collection, remittance, and reporting in over one hundred thirty countries, adopted by over thirteen thousand businesses for their digital product monetization. The merchant of record model means Lemon Squeezy acts as the seller of record for each transaction, taking on the legal responsibility for sales tax compliance, meaning the platform calculates, collects, and remits all applicable taxes including value-added tax in the European Union, goods and services tax in Australia and India, and sales tax in the United States, while also handling tax exemptions, reverse charge rules, and tax reporting, eliminating the need for merchants to register for tax in multiple jurisdictions. The subscription management provides recurring billing with flexible billing intervals including daily, weekly, monthly, and annual, with trial periods, setup fees, proration on plan changes, grace periods for failed payments, dunning campaigns for retrying failed charges, and the ability to offer discounts through coupon codes with percentage or fixed-amount discounts, usage limits, and expiry dates. The license key generation for software licensing. The affiliate marketing for partner programs. The digital product delivery. The webhook events for automation. The integration with Stripe payments. The customizable checkout. Designed by Jerry Hanley. Designed for digital product sellers.