Krown vs Paddle
Paddle is a Merchant of Record for SaaS and digital products. It handles payment, tax compliance and dunning globally, but it does not sell physical goods and does not integrate natively with Shopify.
Paddle is excellent for pure SaaS. Krown plays a different field: Shopify DTC brands (including physical goods). If you have both worlds, Krown gives you a custom checkout on top of Shopify instead of forcing you to rebuild outside.
Why Krown wins for your case
- Keep Shopify, add the checkout
Paddle asks you to rebuild your product outside Shopify. Krown sits on top of Shopify: keep your catalog, inventory and fulfillment where they are, change only the checkout.
- Lower per-transaction cost
Paddle takes 5% + $0.50. Krown is 1% plus ~3% Whop underneath. Below $100 AOV the gap is significant.
- You can sell physical too
Paddle covers SaaS, digital and apps. No physical. Krown handles the full Shopify catalog, including brands with both digital and physical products.