What is Lemon Squeezy?
Lemon Squeezy is a Merchant of Record platform for selling digital products, subscriptions, and software licenses — offering a free tier, 5% + $0.50 transaction fees, automatic global tax handling, license key generation, and affiliate management — primarily serving software developers, template sellers, and digital creators. ---
Key Features
Digital Product Sales
Sell downloads, subscriptions, software licenses
Merchant of Record
Handles global tax/VAT compliance automatically
License Key System
Generate and validate software license keys
Software Licensing
Activation limits, durations, validation
Pros & Cons
What works
- 5% fee is half of Gumroad's 10% — cheaper at all volumes
- Free to start — no monthly fee until you choose to upgrade
- Handles global tax as Merchant of Record
- Built-in software licensing system — great for devs
Watch out for
- No email marketing (on roadmap but not available)
- No course hosting infrastructure (digital downloads only)
- Limited storefront customization
- 5GB file size limit per product
Who is it for?
Software developers selling licensed products
Software developers selling licensed products
Digital product sellers wanting lower fees than Gumroad
Digital product sellers wanting lower fees than Gumroad
Creators starting out (free tier)
Creators starting out (free tier)
Anyone wanting automatic tax handling
Anyone wanting automatic tax handling
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