Merchant of record · Asia-Pacific
Does Stripe Managed Payments work in China?
Stripe Managed Payments does not onboard businesses registered in China.
What a business in China can use
Stripe Managed Payments’s products, for a company incorporated in China.
Stripe (through Link) becomes merchant of record for digital products sold with Stripe Checkout, Payment Links or its mobile Checkout UI, handling sales tax, VAT and GST in 80+ countries, fraud, disputes and transaction-level customer support. Payouts go to the seller’s Stripe account as usual.
Stripe Managed Payments does not offer this.
Stripe Managed Payments does not offer this.
Stripe Managed Payments does not offer this.
Stripe Managed Payments does not offer this.
Stripe Managed Payments does not offer this.
Turned on inside a Stripe account; the business must be based in one of 37 listed locations (CA, US, 31 European countries including LI, and AU, HK, JP, SG) and pass Stripe’s eligibility review. Connect platforms and Express accounts are excluded. Stripe also owns Lemon Squeezy, which is still operating; its stated direction is moving its sellers to Managed Payments, and its signup now routes through a Stripe form.
Onboarding confidence: high. Source: Stripe docs: Managed Payments eligibility (supported business locations, products). Everything about Stripe Managed Payments
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 Stripe Managed Payments work in China?
No. Stripe Managed Payments does not onboard businesses registered in China.
What are the alternatives to Stripe Managed Payments in China?
Providers that onboard businesses registered in China: PayPal, Airwallex, Wise Business, Payoneer, Paddle, FastSpring, Dodo Payments and Creem. With limits: BVNK, Gumroad, Flutterwave, Razorpay and Xendit.
Stripe Managed Payments elsewhere in Asia-Pacific