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Accepting payments online in Ethiopia
6 of the providers we track offer this to businesses registered in Ethiopia: Dodo Payments, FastSpring, Gumroad, Paddle, Payoneer, Polar. With limits: Flutterwave. Not confirmed for Ethiopia: BVNK, dLocal, EBANX.
Dodo Payments resells SaaS, AI products and digital goods as merchant of record, handling payments, tax compliance and chargebacks, with checkout, subscriptions, usage billing, licence keys and digital delivery.
FastSpring is merchant of record for software, SaaS and digital products, handling payments, subscriptions, tax collection and remittance and fraud, and pays you through its Hyperwallet-powered Payouts Portal.
Gumroad hosts your store and checkout and acts as merchant of record for all sales, collecting and remitting sales tax and VAT. Mainly digital products, memberships and some digital services.
Paddle resells your software, SaaS or digital product as merchant of record, handling checkout, payments, sales tax and VAT, fraud and buyer support, then pays you monthly by bank transfer or Payoneer.
Get paid by clients and marketplaces such as Amazon, Upwork and Fiverr, or accept cards through payment requests.
Polar is merchant of record for software, SaaS and digital products, handling checkout, subscriptions, usage billing and international sales tax, and pays out through Stripe Connect Express.
Online payment acceptance through checkout, payment links, invoices, a store builder and POS. Local methods include cards, bank transfer, bank account debit, USSD, mobile money and M-Pesa, depending on currency. Flutterwave says it collects in 30+ currencies.
May work, not yet reviewed for Ethiopia: BVNK, dLocal, EBANX.
Offer this, but not to businesses in Ethiopia: Adyen, Airwallex, Checkout.com, Creem, Mercado Pago, Mercury, PayPal, Paystack, Rapyd, Razorpay, Stripe, Stripe Managed Payments, Wise Business, Worldpay, Xendit.
How people in Ethiopia pay
Accept payments in Ethiopia: common questions
Which providers can a business in Ethiopia use to accept payments?
6 of the providers we track offer this to businesses registered in Ethiopia: Dodo Payments, FastSpring, Gumroad, Paddle, Payoneer, Polar. With limits: Flutterwave. Not confirmed for Ethiopia: BVNK, dLocal, EBANX.
How do people in Ethiopia prefer to pay online?
Most used: telebirr (Ethio Telecom), CBE Birr, M-Pesa (Safaricom Ethiopia), Cash.
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