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Paddle
Company blog · paddle.com/blogbusinessstartups
Paddle is the company blog at paddle.com, writing about business and startups. Since 2012, 81 different Hacker News readers have linked it 105 times, most often “Paddle rebrand and open self serve sign-up”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Rarely recommended · 0 of 40 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
HN commenters mostly mention Paddle as a merchant-of-record payments service that handles VAT and sales tax for software sellers. The Paddle blog's global sales tax article is cited once as support.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 40 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Increase revenue, reduce risk and reduce cost with Paddle, the payment solution powering global revenue for n8n, Letterboxd & AdGuard. One platform that handles billing, tax and compliance.
Most-linked posts?
- Paddle rebrand and open self serve sign-up16 people · 22 mentions · first linked 2017-01-28
- The complete payments, tax, and subscriptions solution for SaaS12 people · 12 mentions · first linked 2014-10-14
- /7 people · 9 mentions · first linked 2017-03-31
- Show HN: Paddle.com – An easier way to sell apps/games/content.3 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2014-05-23
- /3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2017-12-24
- /2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-06-16
- We Sign Tomorrow? (Documentary)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-06-16
- SaaS market update: Churn climbs to record levels – June 20232 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-07-25
- Paddle announces iOS IAP alternative that avoids Apple's 30% fees2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-10-07
- /legal/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-04-17
What Hacker News says?
As a self-confessed "indie dev" and have perfected the art of giving away value for free so I love to see stories like this. In a short period of time you've tried out a "crazy" idea that might catch on and you've earned some money already. I hope you can get 10x that income before long. With regards to VAT - when you sell to B2C customers in Europe (which I'm sure you do), you need to charge them VAT in the state t…
Comment linking /support/how-does-paddle-handle-vat-on-my-behalf/
on “I bought 300 emoji domain names from Kazakhstan and built an email service”Submitted Paddle announces iOS IAP alternative that avoids Apple's 30% fees as a story · 196 points
HN discussionThis sounds great! We switched to Paddle ( https://paddle.com/ ) so we didn't have to do tax compliance ourselves. Might switch back...
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on “Stripe Payment Links”Submitted Paddle Acquires ProfitWell for $200m as a story · 11 points
HN discussionPaddle has a good article about this: "..the taxes apply not only to where your company has a physical presence (an office or employees) but to where your customers are based." https://paddle.com/blog/global-sales-taxes-for-software-comp... It seems to be a huge mess. Even if you know how much to pay for different countries, registration for paying taxes can be painful.
Comment linking /blog/global-sales-taxes-for-software-companies-what-you-need-to-know-to-sell-internationally/
on “Stripe Tax”Submitted Sales Tax Agony Index as a story · 7 points
HN discussionhttp://paddle.com
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on “Leaving the Mac App Store”Submitted Paddle - The world's easiest marketplace for digital content as a story · 6 points
HN discussionAmong other things, it appears that Paddle 1. reserves the right to unilaterally vary the contract in any way, with immediate effect and without actively notifying the merchant 2. ensures that if anything goes wrong, any legal action against it by its merchants would have to be taken in another country and under another legal system, even if Paddle operates in the merchant's own country 3. takes extensive control of…
Comment linking /legal/
on “Stripe raises $600M at nearly $36B valuation”Submitted The complete payments, tax, and subscriptions solution for SaaS as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI use Paddle ( https://paddle.com/ ) as merchant of record because I don't want to deal with the paperwork of doing more myself. In practical terms, it's a key emailed after purchase.
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on “Show HN: Base, an SQLite database editor for macOS”Submitted The Apple vs. Epic ruling: A new era of app monetization as a story · 2 points
HN discussionGood question and I had to Google the answer. Until now enforcement was apparently lackluster but EU is tightening up: "As of January 2024, Payment Service Providers (PSPs) have a new role in tackling VAT fraud. They need to report cross border payments to CESOP (the Central Electronic System of Payment Information), a large digital hub. This disclosure is specifically for the purpose of combating tax fraud. It’s fo…
Comment linking /blog/eu-vat-compliance-for-us-software-sellers
on “Costs of running a macOS app studio business”Submitted We Sign Tomorrow? (Documentary) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionPaddle is another option ( https://paddle.com/ ). They charge 5%.
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on “EU and Japan create world's biggest free trade zone”Submitted Dramatic documentary on the highs and lows inside a tech acquisition as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThank you, I add the missing link. Unfortunately, I cannot share the tool because it contains multiple zero-days for apps that make use of Paddle [1] and Devmate [2] to grant and validate software licenses. It also contains zero-days for apps developed in partnership with Panic [3] and MacPaw [4]. I’ve been in contact with some of the developers of these apps to patch their software, and until they all release secur…
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on “ Apple tells app developers to disclose or remove screen recording code”Submitted Payment provider Paddle acquires ProfitWell as a story · 2 points
HN discussionPaddle | Series D | London/UK | Full-time | Remote/Hybrid | https://www.paddle.com | Payments Paddle helps digital product companies worldwide to operate and grow, automatically with our all-in-one payments infrastructure. Instead of assembling and maintaining a complex stack of payments-related apps and services, we’re a Merchant of Record for our customers. That means we take away 100% of the pain of payment fragm…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2024)”Submitted The guide to SaaS sales tax and selling internationally as a story · 2 points
HN discussionHas anyone tried Paddle[1] both by integration and customer support? I have been looking at it for my future projects for quite some time. Fees seems to be a bit higher, but it also has both CC and PayPal integrations and can take care of the taxes. [1] https://www.paddle.com
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on “Stripe is PayPal circa 2010”Submitted SaaS valuations are changing: three key lessons for SaaS founders as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThe checkout form is Paddle: https://www.paddle.com/features/checkout/ Stripe also has the same thing: https://stripe.com/checkout
Comment linking /features/checkout/
on “Introducing Bootstrap Studio”Submitted Paddle rebrand and open self serve sign-up as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWe use http://paddle.com (they're based in UK) for payment processing. They take care of VAT and fraud prevention. There's no need to implement these services yourself.
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on “The toxic side of free – how I lost the love for my side project (part 4)”Submitted SaaS Sales Tax Agony Index – Top #27 Most Painful Jurisdictions as a story · 2 points
HN discussionPaddle | Series D | London/UK | Full-time | Remote/Hybrid | https://www.paddle.com | Payments Paddle helps digital product companies worldwide to operate and grow, automatically with our all-in-one payments infrastructure. Instead of assembling and maintaining a complex stack of payments-related apps and services, we’re a Merchant of Record for our customers. That means we take away 100% of the pain of payment fragm…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2024)”Submitted Realtime iOS 9 Adoption as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://paddle.com - it's like Stripe, but their "Reseller of record" means that they handle all sales tax / VAT issues. For most SaaS businesses it seems to reduce headaches a lot.
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on “Ask HN: What under-the-radar technology are you excited about?”Submitted Show HN: Paddle.com – An easier way to sell apps/games/content. as a story · 2 points
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