SaaS platforms lack merchant-of-record support for seller payouts
A prospective user questions whether a SaaS product supports payment integrations where revenue flows to individual sellers/creators rather than always through the platform's own account. Highlights a gap in split-payment or marketplace payout architecture for platforms built around Stripe/Shopify/WooCommerce.
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