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Mainstack

The commerce and payments platform

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Mainstack is a commerce and payments platform that brings selling, invoicing, bookings, and payment collection into a single place. It is designed for entrepreneurs, creators, and businesses that need to showcase their work, sell products and services, and receive payments from customers in different countries.

Its business tools include Storefront, Invoicing, and Bookings, alongside creator tools such as Link in Bio and Courses, with AI used in course creation. Billing features cover Subscriptions with country-based pricing in local currencies, Checkout embeds and links, Payment Links, and a Payment API that connects to multiple payment processors from one dashboard. Analytics are tracked in one place.

Mainstack is offered as a free plan to get started, with additional products and services available through its platform. It operates in partnership with licensed transmitters and payment processors in their respective jurisdictions.

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