Sell in any country
Moonbase collects and remits VAT and sales tax as your merchant of record. No tax registrations, no filings, no jurisdiction management.
Simple pricing for audio software companies
Usage-based, with no subscription. A fee on each sale, and free monthly allowances for licensing and campaign email.
E-Commerce
One transaction fee to power your commercial engine.
What’s included
- Payments
- Customer accounts & CRM
- Global tax compliance
- Installer & file delivery
- Embedded checkout on your website
- Marketing automation integrations
Transaction fee
5%+ €1
of the order total, including tax
- +1% cards outside the EEA
- +1.5% PayPal
- +1% USD sales
Software Licensing
First 10,000 validations per month included for free
What’s included
- Customer self-service portal
- Offline activations
- JUCE Module & other SDKs
- Generous free tier
- Trials & subscriptions
- API to make it yours
Email CampaignsBeta
Send newsletters and product updates from Moonbase, to audiences built from what your customers own.
What’s included
- Newsletters & product updates
- Audiences by product, group or segment
- Personal coupons, vouchers & licenses
- Scheduled sends
- Delivery, open & click reports
- Transactional email never billed
Pay per email
€2per 1,000
emails after the first 1,000 free each month, falling to €0.50 at volume
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Estimate your monthly usage fees
License validations and campaign emails are metered each month, after a free allowance. See what yours would cost.
Software licensing
People running your software in a typical month.
This estimate assumes your software is opened once on each of those days.
Each new device activated and each trial started counts once.
2,000 users × 12 days + 300 activations = 24,300 validations a month
Estimated monthly fee
for 24,300 validations a month
- Free each monthFirst 10,000 validations
- Free
- Above 10,00014,300 validations: 2 × €5 per 10,000
- €10
A started block of 10,000 validations is charged in full. Offline activations count once, when the device is activated.
Email campaigns Beta
Customers who have opted in to your newsletter or product updates.
5,000 subscribers × 3 campaigns = 15,000 emails a month
Estimated monthly fee
for 15,000 emails a month, or €1.53 per 1,000
- Free each monthFirst 1,000 emails
- Free
- 1,001 to 5,0004,000 emails at €2.00 per 1,000
- €8.00
- 5,001 to 25,00010,000 emails at €1.50 per 1,000
- €15.00
Only campaign emails count. Receipts, password resets and other transactional emails are never billed.
All fees
Every fee, listed
The transaction fee covers most sales. These are the cases that cost more, and everything billed separately.
Sales
- Transaction fee
- 5% + €1
- On every paid order. The percentage is taken on the total the buyer pays, including tax. Free orders cost nothing.
- Cards issued outside the EEA
- +1%
- Added to the transaction fee. Cards issued in the EEA are covered by the base rate.
- PayPal
- +1.5%
- Added to the transaction fee on PayPal payments.
- USD sales
- +1%
- Added to the transaction fee on orders settled in US dollars. Euro orders carry no currency fee.
- Other currencies
- 3%
- Currency conversion on orders in any currency other than EUR or USD. Buyers pay it on prices Moonbase converts for you; you pay it on prices you set in that currency yourself.
- Affiliate sales
- +3%
- Added to the transaction fee on orders that pay an affiliate commission.
Payouts and disputes
- Payout
- €5
- Per payout sent to your bank account.
- Dispute
- €20
- Per chargeback, plus the original fees on the sale. If you win the dispute, the payment and its original fees are returned, but the €20 is not.
- Refund
- No charge
- Refunds cost nothing extra, but the fees on the refunded sale are not returned.
Usage, each month
- License validations
- €5 per 10,000
- The first 10,000 validations each month are free. After that, a started block of 10,000 is charged in full.
- Campaign emails Beta
- Up to €2.00 per 1,000
- The first 1,000 campaign emails each month are free. After that, each band prices only the emails inside it, per 1,000, charged exactly:1,001 to 5,000€2.005,001 to 25,000€1.5025,001 to 100,000€1.00Above 100,000€0.50Receipts, password resets and other transactional emails are never billed.
Fees come out of your payouts and are itemised on every payout invoice; usage fees are charged on the last payout of the month. These are list prices. Your account's own rates are under Account settings > Pricing Plan.
What the transaction fee covers
Licensing and campaign email are metered separately, each with a free monthly allowance.
Every pricing model
One-time purchases, subscriptions, and rent-to-own. Set your terms and pricing; Moonbase handles billing, renewals, and license unlock.
File delivery
Secure file hosting and delivery for product assets. Customers get access immediately after purchase. No third-party storage or delivery tools needed.
Checkout options
Hosted or embedded on your own website, no matter the tech. Your storefront, your design. Moonbase handles the back-end.
Customer self-service
Customers manage their own license activations and product downloads. Less support email for you. Better experience for them.
Grow your audience
Subscriber lists, newsletter sign-up forms, and sync to Klaviyo, Mailchimp, MailerLite, Brevo and Mailjet. Campaigns sent from Moonbase are billed per email.
Comparison
Moonbase vs. general platforms
Built for audio software. Not adapted for it.
MoonbaseDIY (multiple tools)
| Feature | Moonbase | DIY (multiple tools) |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction fees | 5% + €1* | + 5%-12% + €0.95 |
| Tax compliance as MoR | Included | + €200-€5,000/m |
| Large file delivery | Included | + €100-€1,500/m |
| Software licensing | €5 per 10k validations | + €100-€1,000/m |
| Email campaigns | Up to €2 per 1k emails | + €20-€300/m |
| Loyalty pricing | Included | + €100-€500/m |
| Integration maintenance | Included | + €100-€1,000/m |
| Customer portal | Included | + €1,000 |
| JUCE integration | Included | + €1,000 |
| Subscriptions | Included | + €99-€1,000/m |
| Rent-to-own | Included | + €100-€500/m |
* For euro payments with cards issued in the EEA. Other cards, PayPal, other currencies and affiliate sales add a surcharge. See every fee
"Moonbase has been a game changer for Black Salt Audio. Their seamless integration allowed us to build a fully branded storefront and provide a frictionless, self-service licensing experience for our customers."
Shawn Barnes
Black Salt Audio
"As a solo indie dev, Moonbase has been one of the most valuable tools in my entire stack. I honestly don't know how I would've launched my plugin business without it."
Moe Chaieb
time off audio
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
No. There is no subscription, setup fee or minimum spend. You pay a fee on each sale, and usage fees for license validations and campaign emails beyond their free monthly allowances. Fees come out of your payouts.
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