Hello!
I’m planning to release my first plugin soon and was wondering how other indies sell their plugins.
I have a background in webdev so making custom website would not be a huge issue. However I’d gladly adopt something like woo commerce or shopify if it means I can put more time towards plugin development etc.
People who make their own websites, how are you handling payments?
Thank you!
These two will do the nightmarish EU VAT computation for an extra fee:
Otherwise you can use a custom website and do that yourself by hooking up your site directly to:
If you are a EU company and have low revenues you might be able to opt out from VAT (I can’t offer any advice on that though).
The main problem is not how to sell, but how to protect against hacking of the program.
Thats a battle you cant win
That’s not worth your time IME, especially for a small developer.
If your product’s popular enough that lots of people are pirating it, you can afford to pay someone to implement some anti-piracy measures for you.
I agree with this. Main issue is not really the platform, it’s more about protection and piracy. That’s something you can’t fully control anyway.
For selling, Shopify can still be a good option. With proper shopify store development, you can manage payments and delivery easily, but security part still remains a challenge.
Both Moonbase and PACE offer Shopify integration so they’re definitely worth investigating if you’re already using Shopify:
WooCommerce hasn’t come up here, so I’ll add it — I ran Volko Audio on Woo for years (not actively selling now) and was happy with it.
What I liked: your customer data stays yours, you can use whatever payment processor you want (Stripe, PayPal, etc.) and switch later without migrating your store, and no per-sale revenue cut on top of payment fees. VAT was never a deciding factor for me, so I can’t speak to that side. For me, owning the storefront and the customer relationship was worth handling the rest myself.
