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Merchant of record for software creators and SaaS; handles global VAT/GST compliance, subscriptions, and payouts; acquired by Stripe in 2023 for developer-first payment distribution.
Lemon Squeezy is a merchant of record and e-commerce platform built specifically for software creators, indie developers, and SaaS companies that want to sell digital products and subscriptions globally without managing VAT, sales tax, and compliance obligations themselves. As the merchant of record, Lemon Squeezy assumes legal and financial responsibility for collecting and remitting taxes in every jurisdiction where a sale occurs, eliminating the compliance burden that has traditionally made global software commerce operationally complex for small teams. Creators connect their products, set their pricing, and Lemon Squeezy handles the tax collection, remittance, and legal liability.
NYSE: SHOP e-commerce platform at $8.88B FY2024 revenue with $292.28B GMV across 4.82M stores; Black Friday $11.5B processing competing with WooCommerce and BigCommerce for small-to-enterprise direct-to-consumer commerce.
Shopify Inc. is an Ottawa, Canada-based e-commerce platform — listed on NYSE (NYSE: SHOP) — providing 4.82+ million active merchant stores of all sizes (from solo entrepreneurs to enterprise brands) with tools for online store creation, multi-channel selling (web, mobile, social, in-person), payment processing (Shopify Payments, Shop Pay), inventory management, fulfillment, and marketing analytics, generating $8.88 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2024 (+26% year-over-year) with $292.28 billion in gross merchandise volume (GMV, +24%) and 875+ million customers who have purchased from Shopify merchant stores. Founded in 2006 by Tobias Lütke, Daniel Weinand, and Scott Lake (started as a snowboard equipment store, pivoted to become the platform), Shopify has become the operating system for independent commerce — the default e-commerce infrastructure for the direct-to-consumer brand economy.
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