Ask HN: How do you accept payments on your App outside the U.S.

3 points by oquidave 5 years ago | 5 comments

Hello HN, I want to monitize my web app. It's a website uptime, SSL and domain monitoring service sitemonki.com. It's been running for almost 2 years now on a free tier with a couple of hundred users. But I now wish to add premium package. However, being from Uganda, I am finding it challenging to accept payments on the App. I thought of Stripe or Paypal, but my country is not supported. Any suggestions, thanks.

peshooo 5 years ago |

Interesting challenge. This is not my area of expertise, but maybe something like this can work for you:

Remotely setup a company in US/Europe.

Setup a Stripe account with the company.

Send money back via transferwise - it says it supports Uganda.

Obviously, this comes with costs. Maybe others have better suggestions.

carlsborg 5 years ago |

Incporate in an EU country. Many do not require a presence, but you will pay corporate taxes on profits there, Estonia is at about 10%.

oquidave 5 years ago | |

Thanks. Kindly share on documentation if you have any on how to setup a company in Estonia.

ecedeno 5 years ago | | |

There are some services that can assist you with that. See: https://www.xolo.io

* I am not affiliated and have never used their services. Just found them some time while researching about Estonia's e-residency.