{"head":{"title":"Paddle Pricing: Merchant of Record Fee | OceanLab","description":"Paddle's merchant of record fee per checkout transaction, read off Paddle's own pricing page, with a payments estimator and what the fee covers.","canonical":"https://oceanlab.in/pricing/paddle"},"asOf":"2026-10-25","vendor":{"id":"paddle","name":"Paddle","product":"Paddle merchant of record","categories":["payments"],"source":"https://www.paddle.com/pricing","checkedAt":"2026-10-25","assumptions":"Standard pay-as-you-go merchant-of-record pricing, USD. Fee covers payments, billing, tax compliance and fraud.","plans":[{"id":"payg","name":"Pay-as-you-go","monthly":0,"summary":"Paddle as Merchant of Record. No monthly fees.","source":"https://www.paddle.com/pricing"},{"id":"custom","name":"Custom pricing","monthly":null,"summary":"For high-volume businesses or more complex needs.","source":"https://www.paddle.com/pricing"}],"meters":[{"id":"checkout-txn","kind":"card-payment","label":"Checkout transaction (all-inclusive MoR fee)","unit":"transaction","per":1,"price":0.5,"percent":5,"included":0,"plan":"payg","source":"https://www.paddle.com/pricing"}],"notes":[{"title":"All-in fee","detail":"One fee covers payments, checkout, billing, global tax compliance, fraud and chargebacks."},{"title":"Merchant of Record","detail":"Paddle is the seller of record, so it handles sales tax and VAT for you."},{"title":"No monthly fee","detail":"No monthly fees, migration fees, or hidden extras on pay-as-you-go."}],"unverified":["Custom plan prices are not published."]},"categories":[{"id":"payments","name":"Payments","href":"/pricing/categories/payments"}],"siblings":[{"label":"Stripe pricing","href":"/pricing/stripe","detail":"Plans and rates, checked 2026-10-25."}],"faqs":[{"question":"How much does Paddle cost?","answer":"Pay-as-you-go has no monthly fee: Paddle as Merchant of Record. No monthly fees. Usage rates include checkout transaction (all-inclusive MoR fee) at 5% + $0.50 per transaction. All checked on 2026-10-25."},{"question":"What is not on Paddle's pricing page?","answer":"We could not confirm these on 2026-10-25, so the page shows no number for them: Custom plan prices are not published."},{"question":"Where do these prices come from?","answer":"From Paddle's own pricing pages, starting at https://www.paddle.com/pricing, checked on 2026-10-25. Every row links to the page it came from. Standard pay-as-you-go merchant-of-record pricing, USD. Fee covers payments, billing, tax compliance and fraud."}]}