Merchant of Record
Scale revenue with ease globally
You focus on growth while Outpost becomes your local seller globally, as merchant of record. You get more revenue, less overhead, and full liability coverage.
Product
Grow abroad with Outpost as your legal reseller.
Banks approve local sellers more often. With Outpost as your legal reseller, your customers’ payments are treated as domestic, so more of them are approved and card fees are lower. We also file and remit the sales tax for you.
Win more customers abroad
Sell more in each country
Make more sales abroad
With Outpost as the legal reseller in the countries we cover, your payments are treated as domestic, so more of them are approved.
Convert more of the demand you already have
Let your customers pay in their own currency, with the payment methods they use at home.
Lower the cost of your international sales
Pay domestic card fees instead of cross-border ones, and choose the currency you’re paid in.
Fraud and chargeback management
As the merchant of record, Outpost takes responsibility for managing fraud and chargebacks on the sales we cover.
Expand without a rebuild
Expand with less to build and run
Keep your set-up and your brand
Keep your payment provider, orchestrator and checkout, or use ours.
Launch new countries without a local team
Outpost already acts as the legal reseller, so a new market can go live within weeks. We also do the local accounting and reporting for those sales.
Add countries with one integration
Connect to Outpost once and add new markets from there, so your engineers stay on the product.
Leave the tax to us
Stay compliant with tax offices abroad
We calculate, collect, file and remit the tax on the sales we cover, and answer the tax office.
- The right sales tax, VAT or GST in each country
- Registrations already in place
- Returns filed and tax remitted on time
- New tax rules tracked as they change
Protect your valuation from hidden tax
Outpost is the taxpayer and is liable for the sales tax on the sales we cover.
A payment set-up built only for you
A payment set-up built only for you
We isolate payment risk for each client with dedicated merchant accounts and a merchant category code (MCC).
Set-up
We become the legal reseller in each market.
Your customers buy from Outpost in their own country. We pay the tax, then pay you for every sale, minus our fee.
Scheme
- Merchants to Outpost: you provide your products/services
- Outpost to Merchants: we pay you for those sales (minus our fee and the tax)
- Outpost to Customer: we sell to your customers as the legal reseller
- Customer to Outpost: we collect payments (incl. tax)
- Outpost to Regulatory authorities: we file and remit the tax
Built for growth. Proven where it’s hardest.
FAQ
What is a merchant of record?
A merchant of record is the company legally selling to your customers. In the countries we cover, Outpost acts as that legal reseller and is the taxpayer on those sales.
How is this different from Outpost tax of record?
As merchant of record, Outpost acts as the legal reseller: your payments are treated as domestic, and we’re the taxpayer on those sales. With tax of record, you stay the seller and keep your checkout, and Outpost becomes the taxpayer on those sales. Choose merchant of record if you also want more payments approved and local payment methods.
Do I need to change my payment provider?
No. Outpost works with the payment provider or orchestrator you already use. If you have no provider in a country, you can use our payment partners.
Do I need to register in each country?
Not on the sales we cover. Outpost is the taxpayer on those sales: we charge, file and remit the tax, issue local invoices where required, and answer the tax office. Your home-country tax duties stay yours.
Who is liable for the tax on these sales?
Outpost. We’re the taxpayer on the sales we cover, so the filings and the liability for them sit with us. Your home-country tax duties stay yours.
Which payment methods do you support?
Cards treated as domestic, plus the local methods your customers use at home. Methods vary by country: tell us where you sell, and we’ll show you what’s available.
Do you support subscriptions?
Recurring payments are supported where local payment methods allow it. Tell us your set-up and we’ll confirm for your countries.
How do I get paid?
We sell to your customers as the legal reseller, then pay you for those sales on the schedule set in your contract, in the currency you choose.
How do I get started?
You add a short note at checkout showing Outpost as the seller, link to our terms and update your own. We give you the wording, the links and technical help to go live.
Can I use only part of Outpost?
Yes. Merchant of record brings payments and tax together. If you only need tax, tax of record makes Outpost the taxpayer while you stay the seller and keep your checkout.
Which countries do you cover?
Outpost is present in the UK, EU, LATAM, USA, and APAC markets. We can help you expand to any of these regions with full compliance and liability coverage.
How much does it cost?
Talk to us.
Wherever you’re going, we’re already there.
Sell globally without the operational complexity. Book a demo and see how we can help you sell wherever you want.
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