{
  "id": 18121750,
  "title": "What six payment providers keep from a $9 Chrome extension",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/what-six-payment-providers-keep-from-a-9-chrome-extension",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-04T13:03:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/keyturnkit/what-six-payment-providers-keep-from-a-9-chrome-extension-6hf"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Six payment providers detail their fees for a $9 Chrome extension, with consideration for sales volume, buyer location, and additional costs like sales tax and payout fees. Lemon Squeezy, Polar, and Dodo Payments collect sales tax, while ExtensionPay, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Dodo Payments, Gumroad, and Payhip all pass on payout or conversion fees. The fixed 30 to 50 cent fee is more significant for smaller sales, but can be overlooked for larger sales. Pricing changes based on the price of the extension, with the ExtensionPay, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Dodo Payments, Gumroad, and Payhip providers all offering different fee structures.",
  "summary": "Since the Chrome Web Store stopped taking payments, every paid extension needs a provider of its own, and the fee pages are hard to compare: some charge a flat cut, some add Stripe on top, some add a surcharge for cards outside the US. So we put the published rates side by side for one ordinary case: a $9 one-time purchase, 50 sales a month, 60% of buyers outside the US. Provider Fees a month You…",
  "key_points": [
    "Lemon Squeezy, Polar, and Dodo Payments collect sales tax.",
    "Pricing varies based on extension price, with fees ranging from 30 to 50 cents."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}