Paddle handles your tax compliance. It doesn't always show you the impact on your global net.

Paddle is a Merchant of Record: it collects and remits VAT and sales tax worldwide, which removes a real administrative headache. The trade-off is a rate around 5% + $0.50 per transaction — notably higher than a pure PSP like Stripe. If you combine Paddle with other providers, comparing effective rates by hand gets tedious fast.

What Paddle doesn't make easy to see

• Base rate ~5% + $0.50 per transaction, tax handling included.

• Possible surcharges on international cards and PayPal payments.

• Paddle's dashboard is built for SaaS tracking (MRR, churn) but doesn't normalize well against other sales channels if you sell elsewhere too.

How it works

• Read-only API key connection to Paddle (transaction:read scope).

• Automatic sandbox vs. production detection (Simeon looks for sdbx in the key to avoid mixing test and live data).

• Transaction pull with true net after MoR commission, combined with your other providers.