{
  "slug": "lemon-squeezy",
  "name": "Lemon Squeezy",
  "url": "https://www.lemonsqueezy.com",
  "cat": "pay",
  "group": "back",
  "tagline": "Merchant of record for digital goods",
  "price": "5% + $0.50 per transaction, MoR including all tax handling",
  "tier": "paid",
  "pick": false,
  "what": "Merchant of record for digital products and SaaS at a flat 5% + $0.50 per transaction. Handles global sales tax, EU VAT and GST calculation, collection and filing, plus hosted checkout, subscriptions, licence keys and affiliates. Stripe acquired the company in 2024.",
  "why": "One flat fee erases every tax-compliance question a solo builder has, which is worth more than a couple of percentage points once you are selling into dozens of countries.",
  "warn": "Now in maintenance limbo: Stripe is steering users toward Stripe Managed Payments and has promised a migration path, with no committed sunset date as of August 2026. Starting a new business here means planning a migration you did not choose.",
  "install": "npm i @lemonsqueezy/lemonsqueezy.js",
  "category": {
    "key": "pay",
    "name": "Payments & billing",
    "desc": "Merchant-of-record versus gateway is the choice that actually matters.",
    "group": "back",
    "groupName": "Give it a backend"
  },
  "freshness": null,
  "health": {
    "ok": true,
    "status_code": 200,
    "final_url": "https://www.lemonsqueezy.com/",
    "checked_at": "2026-08-18T16:48:12.002+00:00"
  },
  "corrected_at": null,
  "upstream_changed_at": null
}