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Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) payment providers

Integrate D2C payment providers with Unity In-App Purchasing to sell and fulfill products through off-platform transactions.
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D2C payment providers act as the merchant of record (MoR) for your In-App Purchasing (IAP) products, so you can sell and fulfill products through off-platform transactions. The MoR assumes legal responsibility for processing payments, including tax compliance, fraud prevention, disputes, and customer support, which reduces your operational overhead and compliance burden.
Unity IAP supports Stripe and Coda as payment providers. Each new environment defaults to test mode, so you can test the complete purchase flow before you connect a payment provider account. The pages in this section explain how to configure your environment, manage your Remote Catalog, connect a payment provider, fulfill purchases, and test your integration end to end.
Note
Unity doesn't charge a fee to use IAP with D2C payment providers. Each payment provider sets its own transaction fees, which you negotiate directly with the provider.
If you want a hosted web storefront for off-platform sales, refer to Webshop.
Evaluate D2C payments for your project
Understand when a D2C payment provider or webshop is worth adding alongside the app stores, and what it takes to run one.
Integrate D2C payment providers workflow
Follow this workflow to integrate a D2C payment provider with In-App Purchases (IAP) so that you can control how and where you provide and sell IAP products to your users.
Test mode for D2C payments
Use test mode to simulate purchases in an environment before you connect a payment provider, without the need for an account, credentials, or contract.
Initiate a purchase
Start a purchase from your application and let players choose how to pay with the Purchase Options UI.
Refunds and disputes for D2C payments
Understand who handles refunds, chargebacks, and player billing support, and how Unity IAP reports them to your game.
Currencies and exchange rates for D2C payments
Understand how Unity IAP stores per-currency prices and how your payment provider converts and settles them.
Comply with Apple and Google external purchase requirements
Understand your compliance responsibilities for external purchases on Apple and Google, and the SDK and webhook tools Unity provides to help you meet them.
Deep link success URL example
Refer to an example of how you can use a small proxy page to deep link to the correct platform for your game.