Paddle
Sell globally. Grow without the complexity.

Paddle is a Merchant of Record platform for SaaS and mobile app businesses, handling payments, billing, tax, and compliance across 300+ markets. It also offers ProfitWell Metrics for subscription analytics and Retain for recovering failed payments and reducing churn. The platform is designed to let digital product businesses scale globally without added operational overhead.
Paddle acts as the Merchant of Record, handling all payment processing, tax remittance, fraud prevention, and compliance on behalf of the business, while providing analytics and churn-recovery tools.
SaaS and mobile app businesses selling digital products globally
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- Status
- launched
- Business model
- subscription
- Company
- Paddle
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