Merchant of record · Asia-Pacific
Does Gumroad work in China?
Gumroad is limited for businesses registered in China: access is invite-only, in beta, restricted to part of the product set, or limited in what can be sent or received.
What a business in China can use
Gumroad’s products, for a company incorporated in China.
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.
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Bank payouts in local currency in the listed countries (UAE: business accounts only). Elsewhere Gumroad pays only by PayPal in USD, and cannot pay creators where PayPal accounts cannot receive money, such as Zambia, Syria, Russia and Iraq. Its code blocks Cuba, Iran and North Korea.
Onboarding confidence: medium. Source: Gumroad Help: Getting paid by Gumroad (bank payout countries, PayPal). Everything about Gumroad
Alternatives in China
Other providers that serve businesses registered there.
Accept payments
Multi-currency account
Business cards
Stablecoins
Yield on idle cash
Selling to China
How people there prefer to pay online.
- 1Alipay
- 2WeChat Pay
- 3UnionPay
Stablecoin rules in China
Using stablecoins to pay is banned or tightly restricted.
Common questions
Does Gumroad work in China?
Partly. Gumroad is limited for businesses registered in China: access is invite-only, in beta, restricted to part of the product set, or limited in what can be sent or received.
Which Gumroad products can a business in China use?
accept payments, with limits.
What are the alternatives to Gumroad in China?
Providers that onboard businesses registered in China: PayPal, Airwallex, Wise Business, Payoneer, Paddle, FastSpring, Dodo Payments and Creem. With limits: BVNK, Flutterwave, Razorpay and Xendit.
Gumroad elsewhere in Asia-Pacific