United StatesStripe bought Lemon Squeezy in 2024. In 2026 Lemon Squeezy said it is building Stripe Managed Payments, Stripe's own merchant of record service, and that it plans an easy way for its users to move there.
Fees
What Lemon Squeezy takes from each sale.
| Plan | Monthly | Lemon Squeezy's fee per sale |
|---|---|---|
| Ecommerce | Free | 5% + 50¢Covers card processing, currency conversion and tax handling. Volume pricing on request. |
| Email marketing | Free up to 500 subscribers | NonePaid monthly or yearly above 500 subscribers. |
Other charges
- Buyer outside the US
- +1.5%
- PayPal payment
- +1.5%
- Subscription payment
- +0.5%
- Abandoned cart recovered
- +5%On payments won back by its recovery emails.
- Affiliate referral
- +3%
What you can sell
- Software and SaaS
- Subscriptions
- Licence keys
- E-books and PDFs
- Design assets
- Audio and video
Tax and VAT
Lemon Squeezy is the seller, so it handles the tax.
Lemon Squeezy acts as your non-exclusive reseller and is the merchant of record. It calculates, collects and pays sales tax and VAT on each order and deducts it from your next payout, so you do not report sales tax on these sales.
- Prices can include tax or have it added on top, set for the whole store.
- It also handles refunds, chargebacks and card security as the seller.
- Each payout comes with a reverse invoice, so you do not invoice Lemon Squeezy.
- You still pay income tax on your payouts in your own country.
Getting paid
How Lemon Squeezy pays you.
- Bank payouts
- 119 countries, through StripeFree to US bank accounts, 1% to accounts outside the US. Converted from USD to the currency you choose at the mid-market rate.
- PayPal payouts
- In USD$0.50 a payout in the US; 3% capped at $30 outside the US. PayPal may charge again to convert or withdraw.
- Schedule
- 14th and 28th of the monthSales are held 13 days. Payouts take 1–5 days to arrive.
- Minimum payout
- $50Smaller amounts roll over to the next payout.
- Checkout currency
- Charged in USDPrices can be shown in many currencies; buyers are charged the USD equivalent.
Countries with bank payouts (119)
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Republic of Korea (ROK)
- Romania
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
Who can sell
Who Lemon Squeezy accepts.
- Who can sell
- Anyone who can be paid by bank or PayPal in a supported countryIdentity is checked when you connect a bank account.
- India
- PayPal only, unless Stripe has approved youStripe takes new accounts from India by invitation only.
- Buyers it cannot take
- Customers in 18 countriesCentral African Republic, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, North Korea, Russian Federation, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen.
What you cannot sell (22)
- Sexually-oriented or pornographic content of any kind, including NSFW chatbots
- Services of any kind (including marketing, design, web development, consulting or other related services)
- IPTV services
- Physical goods of any kind
- Spyware or parental control apps
- Donations or charity giving where no product exists or where the price is greater than the product value
- Products or content for which you do not hold a proper license or intellectual property rights
- Job boards
- Advertising in newsletters, on websites, or in social media posts
- Marketplaces - where you use your Lemon Squeezy store to “partner” to sell others’ products
- Dating sites
- Private Label Rights (PLR) products or Master Resell Products (MRR) products - this includes any product which you’ve obtained a license to sell but do not hold the original IP rights
- Counterfeit goods
- Any products restricted by our payment processing partners
- Illegal or age restricted products such as: drugs and paraphernalia, alcohol, tobacco, vaping products
- Regulated products such as: CBD, gambling, weapons, ammunition, pay to play auctions, sweepstakes, lotteries, business-in-a-box, work-from-home, get-rich-quick schemes, etc.
- Regulated services such as: real estate, mortgage, lending, telemarketing, cellular/communication, door-to-door sales, bankruptcy, legal, merchant, debt-relief, collections, banking/financing, currency exchange, warranties, etc.
- Timeshares
- Pharmacies, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals
- Homework/Essay mills
- Multi-level marketing, pyramid, or IBO schemes
- NFT & Crypto related products. The entire crypto market is extremely volatile and Lemon Squeezy is not designed to support these types of products
Company
The companies behind Lemon Squeezy.
Resells your products
Sold through Link, LLC
Utah, United States. Formerly Lemon Squeezy LLC
Owner since 2024
Stripe, Inc.
United States
Card payments and payouts run through Stripe and PayPal.
Your account
Lemon Squeezy pays in dollars, then converts.
Every order is charged in USD. What reaches your account depends on how you take the payout:
Keep USD to skip a conversion
A bank payout in a currency other than USD is converted at the mid-market rate. An account with US details receives dollars as they are.
Outside the US, bank beats PayPal
Bank payouts outside the US cost 1%; PayPal costs 3% up to $30, then PayPal's own conversion.
Watch the move to Stripe
Stripe plans to move Lemon Squeezy users to Stripe Managed Payments. Check its countries and fees before you build on it.
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Compare
How Lemon Squeezy compares.
| Platform | Fee per sale | Monthly | Sales tax and VAT | Money goes to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemon Squeezy | 5% + 50¢ | Free | Lemon Squeezy, worldwide | Platform balance, paid out |
| Gumroad | 10% + $0.50 | Free | Gumroad, worldwide | Platform balance, paid out |
| Paddle | 5% + 50¢ | Free | Paddle, worldwide | Platform balance, paid out |
| Payhip | 5% | Free | Payhip, in the EU, UK, US and Canada | Your own Stripe or PayPal |
| Sellfy | No Sellfy fee | From $22 | You; Sellfy calculates EU VAT | Your own Stripe or PayPal |
| Teachable | 7.5% on Starter | From $29 | Teachable, in 45+ markets | Either, by payment option |
| Podia | 5% on Mover | From $42 | You, where you are registered | Your own Stripe or PayPal |
| SamCart | No SamCart fee | From $79 | You; SamCart calculates it | Your own Stripe or PayPal |
| Kajabi | No Kajabi fee | From $143 | You; Kajabi calculates it | Either, by payment option |
FAQ
Your questions, answered.
How much does Lemon Squeezy charge?
5% + 50¢ per transaction, with no monthly fee. It adds 1.5% when the buyer is outside the US, 1.5% for PayPal payments and 0.5% for subscription payments. Payouts are free to US bank accounts and cost 1% to bank accounts elsewhere.
Is Lemon Squeezy a merchant of record?
Yes. It resells your product to the buyer, so it collects and pays sales tax and VAT and handles refunds and chargebacks. You still owe income tax on what it pays you.
Is Lemon Squeezy closing?
It still takes sales. Stripe bought it in 2024, and in 2026 the company said it is building Stripe Managed Payments and plans to help its users move there.
What can't I sell on Lemon Squeezy?
Services of any kind, physical goods, crypto and NFT products, adult content, private label rights products and regulated products and services such as gambling, CBD and lending, among others.
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