Lemon Squeezy is a digital commerce platform designed for creators, indie developers, and SaaS companies to sell software, subscriptions, and digital products globally without handling complex payment or tax infrastructure themselves. It operates as a Merchant of Record (MoR), meaning it becomes the legal seller of the product and handles payments, VAT/sales tax compliance, fraud prevention, and regional regulatory requirements on behalf of the merchant.

The platform provides an end-to-end system for running a digital business, including checkout pages, subscription billing, license key management, and digital file delivery. It also supports multiple payment methods, currencies, and automated tax handling across many countries, reducing the operational burden for software companies selling internationally.

Beyond payments, Lemon Squeezy includes tools for growth and operations such as discount codes, affiliate systems, email/customer segmentation, failed payment recovery, and analytics for revenue tracking. It also offers a developer-friendly API and webhooks so it can be integrated into custom SaaS workflows or embedded into existing products.

Overall, it is positioned as a “Stripe + tax compliance + subscription management + digital storefront” solution aimed at simplifying global software sales, especially for small teams and solo founders.

Key features include:

• Merchant-of-record payment handling (tax + compliance included)
• Subscription billing and recurring payments
• License key generation and management
• Digital product delivery (secure downloads)
• Global payments in multiple currencies
• Fraud detection and failed payment recovery
• Affiliate + discount + marketing tools
• Developer API + webhooks

Common use cases include:

• Selling SaaS subscriptions
• Distributing software licenses
• Monetizing digital downloads (templates, courses, assets)
• Running global ecommerce without setting up complex tax or payment infrastructure