Quickly add a mobile purchase flow using hosted checkout. Customers tap a button in your app to open a checkout, then they're redirected to your app when they complete their purchase.
Hosted checkout is fully hosted by Paddle, meaning you can add it in minutes — no need to build or host a checkout on your own infrastructure.
Go directly to your users and save on App Store fees, while boosting customer LTV.
Collect email and demographic data, and communicate directly with customers.
Users are automatically redirected back to your app after completing their purchase.
Offer Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, and other payment methods without any additional setup.
Paddle handles chargebacks, fights fraud, and prevents card attacks for you.
Customers can self-serve using the customer portal, and Paddle handles order inquiries.
Hosted checkouts requires additional approval
Access to Hosted checkouts on live accounts is limited to approved mobile app companies. It's available on all sandbox accounts for evaluation and testing. To request approval, contact sellers@paddle.com.
How it works
With recent developments in legislation around the App Store, you can link users in the 
United States
Use hosted checkout to add a secure, optimized payment experience to your app.
Instead of processing payments through the App Store, you can direct users to a Paddle-hosted checkout page, personalized with your company or app name in the URL. When users complete a purchase, they're seamlessly redirected back to your app where you can handle fulfillment.
As a merchant of record, Paddle comes with all the benefits of the App Store — including global payments, tax compliance, fraud prevention, and buyer support — with lower fees and more control over the purchase flow.
Typical payment service providers (PSPs) aren't set up to handle these tasks, leaving app developers to take on responsibility for compliance, global tax remittance, and handling refunds and chargebacks.
| Paddle | App Store | PSPs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payouts | Every 30 days | Up to 60 days | From 7 days |
| Fees | As low as 3-6% | 30% | Average ~3% |
| Relationship with customers | Direct | Mediated by Apple | Direct |
| Payment handling and optimization | |||
| Global tax compliance and remittance | |||
| Fraud prevention and chargeback protection | Sometimes, for a fee | ||
| Buyer support for billing issues | |||
| Subscription billing | Sometimes, for a fee | ||
| Integration with RevenueCat for entitlements | Sometimes | ||
| Churn prevention and dunning workflows | |||
| Control over the checkout experience | |||
| Global and local payment methods | Sometimes, for a fee | ||
| Flexible discount and pricing options |
Customer experience
Customer launches checkout
You can create a hosted checkout link in Paddle, then present users with a button to open a new browser window to pay using Paddle Checkout.
For enhanced conversion, you can personalize hosted checkout links so they include your company or app name.
Customer enters their details
Paddle Checkout presents customers with a secure, optimized payment experience. It automatically calculates taxes and displays product information in a compliant way.
Customers can pay using card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, or other local payment methods.
Checkout completed
Paddle routes every payment to the best acquirer for that sale to get the best possible chance of success.
When payment is complete, customers are automatically redirected to a screen in your app that you specify.
You fulfil the order
When users return to your app, you can immediately unlock the purchased content or features.
Paddle integrates with RevenueCat for entitlements, or you can build a custom workflow using webhooks.
