Topic

Merchant of record

An arrangement in which a third party is the legal seller on the customer's receipt, taking on consumption-tax collection and remittance plus chargeback liability in return for a larger share of revenue.

Current clusters

build1 publisher

The name on the receipt assigns your tax registrations and your chargeback queue

A dev.to walkthrough by Sarah Dyne puts a payment processor at about 3 percent, a merchant of record at roughly 5, and app store billing at 15 to 30. The tax registrations and the dispute work run in the opposite direction.

Publishers:dev.to

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+12
Incentives25
Confidence55