Commerce Guide
Payments, Tax, and MoR
Developer documentation for payments, tax workflows, Merchant of Record scope, refunds, disputes, statements, and settlements.
SoundSync
Core concepts
Use these concepts to reason about managed-commerce behavior.
Payment provider
Stripe powers current payment-card collection paths.
Managed checkout
SoundSync orchestrates customer checkout, order creation, tax workflow, and access granting.
Tax record
Tax calculation and collection records attach to checkout and refund allocation.
Developer statement
Monthly statement items include the single 10% SoundSync sales fee, marketplace attribution, usage charges, minimum adjustments, and invoice/payment state.
Settlement reporting
Earnings and settlement pages show gross, fee, payable, hold, recovery, and payout-readiness states.
SoundSync
Refund and dispute model
Financial changes preserve auditability while keeping access policy connected to ownership.
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Refund requested
Refund amount and tax allocation are recorded.
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Ledger adjustment
Fee reversal, developer payable reversal, provider fee, and recovery records update as applicable.
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Access policy evaluated
Entitlement, license, serial, subscription, download, and customer-library state follow product policy.
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Statement updated
Developer billing and earnings surfaces show the financial impact.
