The Skalp blog.
Release notes, seller guides and product news from the team that builds Skalp.
- Lemon Squeezy alternative: a merchant of record for SaaS, licenses and usage billing
In January 2026 Lemon Squeezy said it is being rebuilt around Stripe Managed Payments and that support and product updates had slowed during the move. If you sell software or SaaS and want to switch now, this is how Skalp maps to what you use on Lemon Squeezy.
- Gumroad alternative for software, license keys and crypto checkout
Gumroad and Skalp are both merchants of record, so on both the platform deals with VAT and sales tax. Skalp is built around people who sell software, scripts and license keys, and adds crypto and local payment methods at checkout and payouts in USDT.
- Check license keys from your app in Node or Go: device limits, expiry and revocation
When Skalp generates a license key for every sale, your app can check it with one API call. The answer says whether the key works and, if not, why: expired, revoked after a refund, over its device limit, or tied to a subscription that ended.
- SaaS billing with a merchant of record: plans, trials, usage charges and webhooks
Skalp can bill your SaaS as merchant of record. Your app opens a subscription checkout, Skalp takes the payment, adds the VAT for the customer's country and issues every invoice, and signed webhooks keep your database in step. Usage above the plan goes on the same card.
- Paddle alternative for indie developers, scripts and digital goods
Paddle and Skalp both sell as merchant of record, so both handle VAT, invoices and chargebacks. Paddle's rules are written around software companies. Skalp is open to individual developers and creators, and adds crypto checkout, key pools, Discord roles and payouts in USDT.
- EU VAT rates on digital products in 2026: all 27 countries
Software, license keys, downloads and subscriptions sold to consumers in the EU are taxed at the VAT rate of the buyer's country. Here are the standard rates for all 27 member states in 2026, the changes of the last two years, and the rules that decide which rate you charge.
- Selling digital products: a glossary of payment, tax and licensing terms
Short definitions of the payment, tax and licensing terms you run into when you sell software, license keys, scripts and other digital products, with a line on how each one works on Skalp where it matters.
- What's new on Skalp: October 2026
October brought prices in the buyer's own currency with BLIK and Pix, subscriptions paid without leaving Skalp, coupons and bundles for plans, documentation pages for stores, and new API calls for orders, the catalog and usage billing.
- How a FiveM server store works on Skalp: payment, in-game delivery and refunds
A server store on Skalp sells VIP, ranks, items and vehicles to the players on your FiveM server. The player pays on your store page, the skalp resource on your server picks the purchase up within about ten seconds and hands it over in game, or straight into their character if they are offline. Skalp is the seller, so VAT, invoices, refunds and chargebacks are handled on our side.
- Looking for a Sellix alternative? Here is what changes when your store is also the seller of record
Skalp is a store for digital goods like Sellix: you list products, share a link, and buyers get files or license keys the moment they pay. The difference is who makes the sale. On Skalp, Skalp is the merchant of record, so VAT, invoices, refunds and chargebacks are ours to handle, not yours.
- How to sell license keys online: let Skalp generate them, or bring your own
Skalp delivers license keys the moment a payment clears, in one of two ways. Skalp can generate a unique key for every sale and your app checks it through the API. Or you upload keys you already have and each sale takes the next one from the pool.
- How to sell FiveM scripts: obfuscation, license checks and instant delivery
Skalp is a store for FiveM script and asset creators. You upload the resource, choose which Lua files to protect, and buyers download an obfuscated build with a license check built in. Your original files never leave your account.
- What is a merchant of record, and why it matters when you sell digital products
A merchant of record is the company that legally sells the product to the buyer. When Skalp is the merchant of record, the card charge carries Skalp's name, Skalp issues the invoice, collects and reports the VAT, and deals with refunds and chargebacks. You set the price, run the product and receive your share.
- Payment links: sell a digital product in Discord, DMs or your bio without a storefront
A Skalp payment link opens checkout for one product straight away. Paste it in a Discord channel, a DM, a video description or a forum post. The buyer pays by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, a local method or crypto, and the file, key or license arrives as soon as the payment lands.
- How to sell subscriptions and memberships for software, Discord access and game servers
Any Skalp product can run on a recurring plan. The buyer subscribes once, renews automatically and keeps access while they pay. When the plan ends, Skalp removes the access for you: the license stops passing the check, the Discord role is taken away and the take-back command runs on your server.
- Accept crypto for digital products, next to card, and get paid in USDT
Skalp puts crypto in the same checkout as card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and local methods. The buyer picks how to pay, and the product is delivered the moment the payment is confirmed. You can take your payouts to a bank or to a USDT wallet.
- Selling from your own app: Skalp's checkout API, webhooks and SDKs
Skalp is also an API. Your code can create checkouts, read orders, manage products and subscriptions, and check licenses, while Skalp stays the merchant of record. Every event reaches your server as a signed webhook.
- Skalp's partner program: earn commission for the sales you bring
Partners promote stores on Skalp with their own code and earn commission on every sale made with it. Skalp pays the commission from its own funds, so a partner never has to chase a store owner for money.
- Seven built-in ways to sell more from a digital store
Most digital stores sell once and go quiet. Skalp has tools that bring buyers back and pull in new ones, all included in the same fee.