Guide
Payments, Tax, and Merchant of Record
Stripe, PayPal, USD, the managed legal seller, and tax responsibility.
Pay with PayPal or Stripe, in USD
PayPal is accepted at SoundSync checkout for one-time purchases. Stripe supports card payments and available wallets. Subscription checkout currently uses Stripe, not PayPal.
SoundSync supports USD only currently. Products are priced and checkout charges are presented in US dollars; a payment provider's conversion into a buyer's account currency does not make checkout multi-currency.
SoundSync is the Merchant of Record
SoundSync Solutions is the Merchant of Record for purchases completed through SoundSync-managed checkout. SoundSync handles payment processing and applicable sales-tax/VAT calculation, collection, registration, filing, and remittance for those transactions.
SoundSync charges one 10% fee on product revenue after discounts and before tax. Payment processing is included for SoundSync-managed checkout. Marketplace-attributed sales use the same fee, not a second marketplace charge.
USD pricing and conversion
SoundSync supports USD only currently: product prices, checkout presentment and charges, developer statements, and payouts are in US dollars. International checkout does not mean multi-currency checkout. A buyer's provider may convert a USD charge into the currency of their account. Developers bear applicable currency-conversion costs when receiving funds in another currency. Conversion rates and destination charges depend on the payment provider; no universal conversion percentage is promised.
A buyer's card or payment provider may apply its own currency conversion to a USD charge. That is separate from SoundSync's included managed-checkout processing.
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Supported checkout locations
The current location selector covers 47 countries and includes US state and Canadian province/territory selection. Availability is determined at checkout, not by a promise of universal worldwide coverage.
| Region | Locations |
|---|---|
| North America | United States, Canada, Mexico |
| European Union | Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden |
| Other European markets | United Kingdom, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey |
| Asia and Middle East | Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates |
| Oceania and Africa | Australia, New Zealand, South Africa |
Exemptions, invoices, and business purchases
For a tax exemption, VAT reverse-charge question, or special invoice requirement, contact support before purchasing. Do not assume a rate calculator establishes eligibility for an exemption or that every business-tax scenario is supported.
Affiliate and collaborator shares
Affiliate and collaborator programs support versioned agreements, referral activity, sale allocations, recipient balances, and settlement for enrolled accounts. Live participation requires explicit acceptance by both the developer owner and recipient of the current terms and payout policy, plus verified payout details. A calculator preview or invitation acceptance alone does not authorize live payments; availability follows the account's rollout and payout readiness.
SoundSync manages recipient settlement on SoundSync-collected sales. The 10% SoundSync fee is deducted first; ordinary managed-checkout processing is covered by SoundSync, not deducted again from recipients. The accepted affiliate share comes next, then collaborator shares and the developer remainder are kept separate. Eligible payouts follow the 1st and 15th schedule and minimum 14-day hold, with payment, destination, refund, dispute, and account checks. Externally collected reseller or partner sales remain unfunded estimates in this settlement system, and SoundSync does not cover their processing fees. No automatic cross-provider or currency conversion is promised.