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> Any tips on payment providers who abstract all of that away?

Stripe, Mollie. Mollie is kinda awesome and they're affordable and offer a vast array of payment systems, including a whole bunch of local systems like iDeal for NL markets, Przelewy24 for Polish markets, Bancontact for Belgium and a lot more.

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I don't think that Stripe offers that the customer buys the product from them and Stripe buys it from you?

If not, you are still left with one hell of a complex tax reporting. Even if Stripe should help you to gather all the needed data.

Does stripe handle the invoicing? So that every customer gets an invoice they can use in their country?

If you want to run a(n online) business, you will have taxes to do and paperwork to keep up with. No single payment provider will take that away from you, you just need to pay a bookkeeper for that.

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> I don't think that Stripe offers that the customer buys the product from them and Stripe buys it from you?

I have no idea what you mean with this, sorry.

> Does stripe handle the invoicing? So that every customer gets an invoice they can use in their country?

Yes, Stripe does invoicing. How else are you going to book it into your own administration?

So if Stripe works, why do you suggest Mollie? Isn't Stripe kind of the gold standard?

Sorry for recommending alternatives!! I will never do it again.

Thank you for recommending alternatives!

That's a very US-centric point of view. The world is bigger than US tech companies. Mollie is very popular in certain regions in the EU, with lots of local integrations. It would make little sense to use Stripe in such cases. Look for what works best for you, not what you think you should use according to US-based platforms/media.

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