Thank you for the exhaustive lists of startups and platforms to evaluate!
<Rant on>
The whole space is a joke: show me one platform that allows me (the creator) to sell an event ticket or membership, and do that legally correct, complying with GDPR, consumer protection, tax and accounting laws.
None of the "platforms" I evaluated can produce an invoice with correct VAT, depending on B2C/B2B status of the customer, their location, the product category, and attach some T&C, privacy policy and cancellation policy. They all get away with it when the monthly payments are $5-10, but for higher values (and we all are aiming for that, don't we?) the customer needs an invoice/receipt to get reimbursed or include in their tax return for deduction.
My money as investor is on Stripe. If they figure it out once and for all, then they deserve the extra margin. The so-called platform don't.
Honestly, sounds like a country problem, not a platform problem. So many creators I know moved to places like Ireland and Estonia - not (just) a tax dodge, but a huge weight off their shoulders regarding nonsense laws and bureaucracy.
Thank you for the exhaustive lists of startups and platforms to evaluate!
<Rant on>
The whole space is a joke: show me one platform that allows me (the creator) to sell an event ticket or membership, and do that legally correct, complying with GDPR, consumer protection, tax and accounting laws.
None of the "platforms" I evaluated can produce an invoice with correct VAT, depending on B2C/B2B status of the customer, their location, the product category, and attach some T&C, privacy policy and cancellation policy. They all get away with it when the monthly payments are $5-10, but for higher values (and we all are aiming for that, don't we?) the customer needs an invoice/receipt to get reimbursed or include in their tax return for deduction.
My money as investor is on Stripe. If they figure it out once and for all, then they deserve the extra margin. The so-called platform don't.
<rant off>
Tom
Honestly, sounds like a country problem, not a platform problem. So many creators I know moved to places like Ireland and Estonia - not (just) a tax dodge, but a huge weight off their shoulders regarding nonsense laws and bureaucracy.