Managed PaymentsPrivate preview
Sell your digital products globally and let Stripe manage global tax, fraud prevention, dispute management, fulfilment, and customer support for transactions.
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Use Managed Payments to sell digital products such as SaaS, software and digital content or downloads worldwide. When you use Managed Payments, Stripe acts as your merchant of record. This means Stripe manages the following for you:
- Global indirect tax compliance (sales, VAT, GST)
- Fraud prevention
- Responding to disputes
- Transaction-level customer support
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Eligibility
Managed Payments has compliance requirements and restrictions in addition to those needed for Stripe Payments.
Supported business locations
Your business must be based in one of the following supported countries:
North America
Europe
Asia
Available customer countries
You can sell to customers globally, with the exception of the following restricted countries:
Restricted countries
- Ascension Island
- China
- Cuba
- Iran
- Kosovo
- North Korea
- Russia
- Syria
- Tristan da Cunha
Supported use cases
Managed Payments supports the sale of digital products that meet all the following criteria:
- The product is sold directly from your business to customers (not through a platform or marketplace)
- Your business holds all necessary rights and licences to distribute the product
Compare Managed Payments to other products
| Managed Payments | Other Stripe products | |
|---|---|---|
| Merchant of record | Stripe | Your business |
| Global tax management | Done for you (Stripe assumes liability) | Handle with Tax |
Checkout page compatible with | ||
| Subscriptions | Handle with Billing | Handle with Billing |
| Fraud prevention | Done for you | Handle with Radar |
| Responding to disputes | Done for you | Handle with Payments |
| Transaction-level customer support | Done for you | Not included |
| Support for platforms | Not included | Available with Connect |
Alternative integration option
If you sell physical products, services or have a business type that’s not supported by Managed Payments, you can integrate with Stripe Payments and Tax to automate tax compliance. Stripe also offers numerous partners to support tax processes.