There are a few reasons, from most to least important:
- Paddle handles VAT tax for me. Stripe doesn't.
- Paddle is a merchant of record (like an app store), so I don't have to worry about invoicing to my customers (which is very important for a solo indie hacker like me).
- Paddle supports Vietnam, Stripe doesn't.
- Paddle handles fraud and risky transactions on their side, I don't have to do anything. Stripe pushes that responsibility to the business owners (me).
Paddle’s transaction fee is 5% + 0.5c, which is quite high, but worth it.
That's all 😄
PS: if you are also using Paddle (or planning to), join the Paddle Seller community on Twitter 👋.
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