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Sales tax tools are now available on every plan. Until now, ThriveCart's tax calculation and collection features were only available on Pro+ and Legacy plans. They are now available to every ThriveCart merchant, regardless of plan, providing tax calculation and collection in the following territories: * USA * Canada * European Union (EU) * Some non-EU countries like the UK, Switzerland, Norway, and Liechtenstein * Australia * New Zealand * Chile * Mexico That means you can now calculate and collect sales tax directly at checkout, automatically, with no subscription-based third-party software needed. ThriveCart handles the calculation, applies the correct rate for the customer's jurisdiction, verifies VAT IDs for EU buyers, and applies the reverse charge mechanism where applicable. You get a compliant sale, while ThriveCart handle the complexity. Set this at the account or product level, for maximum flexibility. This isn't something new for ThriveCart. ThriveCart has processed hundreds of millions in tax payments for its merchants over the last 5+ years, after being first introduced in 2021. Alongside this, tax-inclusive pricing - the ability to display prices with tax already included in the final price - is available to Pro+ accounts, available exclusively when Stripe Connect+ is a selected payment method on checkouts. Tax-inclusive pricing has been proven to lead to an average sales increase of 22%. New tools to help you stay on top of compliance. ThriveCart is also introducing two new in-platform tools to help make sure nothing slips through the cracks: * Dashboard notifications: A banner appears if you have live products without sales tax enabled, along with a filter so you can quickly see which products need attention. * Compliance prompts: Every time you take a product live without tax configured, a reminder appears giving you the option to set it up before proceeding. These tools are purely informational. They're there to keep you aware of your exposure - because as the scenarios below show, the cost of a missed obligation tends to grow the longer it goes unaddressed. Why tax compliance matters more than you may realize. Sales tax obligations for online sellers have become significantly more complex since the Supreme Court's 2018 South Dakota v. Wayfair ruling, which established that sellers could owe tax in states where they have no physical presence, based purely on revenue volume. Every U.S. state with a sales tax now has its own economic nexus threshold. Some are $100,000 in annual sales. Some are just 200 transactions. Rates, exemptions, and filing frequencies vary by state, county, and city. Most sellers know this, in theory. But knowing about it and staying on top of it are two very different things. The consequences of getting it wrong can be severe. According to sales tax expert Diane Yetter, President of the Sales Tax Institute, "every error you make is an average of 9% of your gross revenue" - and in a worst case, "not being compliant with sales tax could put your company out of business." Here's what that looks like in practice: Scenario 1: the back-tax bill. Yetter describes a client with $700,000 in sales into New Jersey. For a single year of non-compliance, they were looking at $46,000 in unpaid tax - and that's before penalties and interest. Add those in, and the total can reach $70,000 for just one year in one state. Scenario 2: Penalty stacking across multiple states. Sales tax penalties typically range from 5% to 25% of unpaid tax, depending on the state and how long the situation has been unaddressed. In Texas, the failure-to-file penalty alone can reach up to 20%. These percentages apply per filing period - so a seller with three years of unfiled returns across multiple states isn't looking at one penalty. They're looking at penalty calculations for each quarterly or monthly period, stacking across every state, compounding alongside interest the entire time. Scenario 3: The acquisition that almost didn't happen. Yetter notes that her team regularly performs tax due diligence for buyers evaluating acquisitions. "When we're looking at the data of the seller, we're finding exposure. We make recommendations to the buyer that you either walk away from a deal if the exposure is too big, or you reduce the purchase price because the value is lower." Unresolved sales tax liabilities don't just cost you in the present - they can depress the value of your business when it matters most. And it's not just in the U.S. Canada, the UK, the EU, Australia and many other countries may have applicable sales tax legislation. These may apply if you're selling to customers in those regions, even if you're not based there. None of this is designed to alarm you unnecessarily. The vast majority of sellers who have tax gaps simply didn't know they had them, or kept meaning to sort it out. But the cost of delay is real, and it compounds every month. That's exactly what ThriveCart's built-in tax tools are designed to protect against. Set, forget... and sell more, simply. Faq. Q: Is there a fee for using the calculate and collect sales tax features? A: Yes, ThriveCart passes on costs associated with tax calculation and collection. This is a market standard rate of 0.5% per eligible transaction - a small per-eligible-transaction price for compliance, security, and peace of mind. Please see a full fee schedule for the payment processors offered through ThriveCart here. Q: Does the tax processing fee apply to all of my transactions? A: No. The fee only applies to transactions where ThriveCart's tax engine actively does work - meaning it calculated and collected sales tax, or verified a customer's VAT ID and applied the reverse charge. If tax isn't enabled on a product, or if a calculation takes place but results in no tax being due and no reverse charge applies, no fee is charged. Q: I'm a long-time user. What happens to me? A: If you're a Legacy or Pro+ (grandfathered or subscribed before May 1, 2026) user, you already have access to all the tax calculation and collection tools. No charge is being announced in this release. Q: Will ThriveCart tell me when to apply taxes? A: ThriveCart will remind you to set up taxes when setting your product(s) live; however, tax compliance is your sole responsibility. Nothing in this article or within the ThriveCart dashboard, support articles, or anywhere else is financial or accounting advice, and you should seek your own counsel from a licensed professional about your own compliance requirements. If you don't enable sales tax on your products, no tax calculation takes place and no processing fee applies. The compliance tools ThriveCart has introduced - the dashboard banner and the product-save prompt - are informational only. They cannot be used to enable tax on your behalf, and they don't affect your transactions. Q: Will I see these fees listed somewhere in my account? A: Yes. All applicable fees will be reflected in your transaction records. If you have questions about a specific transaction, its support team is available to walk you through exactly what was applied and why. Q: Will ThriveCart offer tax remittance? A: Yes! This is coming in late Q3, 2026. Please see its public roadmap here. Sell more, simply! Did you know that ThriveCart already supports 75,000+ creators, coaches, and entrepreneurs process over $2B a year in sales? To see how, discover its features, including revenue-boosting checkouts, global payments, tax simplification, a course and communities platform, and much more. 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ThriveCart launches monthly pricing model with 30-day free trial. The revenue-optimized checkout platform introduces flexible monthly plans by popular demand, giving creators and entrepreneurs a lower-commitment entry point to the platform. July 17, 2026 08:00 ET | Source: ThriveCart NEW YORK, July 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - ThriveCart, an all-in-one creator commerce, course, and community platform used by more than 75,000 businesses worldwide, today announced the launch of its new monthly pricing model. The move from ThriveCart's longstanding license model to flexible monthly subscriptions comes directly in response to sustained demand from both prospective customers and the broader online business community. New pricing at a glance: * Standard license - $37/month (billed annually) or $47/month (billed monthly) * Pro+ license - $67/month (billed annually) or $87/month (billed monthly) * Enterprise license - POA * 30-day free trial - available to all new subscribers * Existing ThriveCart customers are not affected by this change ThriveCart new pricing represents a compelling alternative to similar platforms such as Kajabi, SamCart, and Kartra who generally start at 2-4x the cost. Revenue-optimized by design ThriveCart is built around a single purpose: maximizing merchant revenue at and beyond the checkout. The new pricing model gives creators and coaches out-of-the-box access to: * A powerful landing page builder, fully mobile-optimized with a leading AI graphics engine, video, and file hosting, all built on checkouts trained and designed on over $8B in sales from 70M+ transactions * Leading funnel technology (bumps, upsells, and downsells), proven to increase average order value by up to 118% * Affiliate platform powering over 900,000 affiliates worldwide, all promoting ThriveCart landing pages and offers * Built-in Academy for course hosting and community management (including quizzes, certificates, leaderboards, native video hosting, and more) * Integrations with popular email tools, course platforms, and membership software via 100+ direct integrations and thousands more through Zapier and other connectors "We're excited to be able to offer our high-converting, revenue-optimized checkout engine on a monthly subscription and bring the power of ThriveCart to more..." "Our goal has always been to give creators and coaches every opportunity of succeeding..." "We're excited to be able to offer our high-converting, revenue-optimized checkout engine on a monthly subscription and bring the power of ThriveCart to more..." "Our goal has always been to give creators and coaches every opportunity of succeeding..." "We're excited to be able to offer our high-converting, revenue-optimized checkout engine on a monthly subscription and bring the power of ThriveCart to more..." "Our goal has always been to give creators and coaches every opportunity of succeeding," said Ismael Wrixen, ThriveCart's CEO. "We're excited to be able to offer our high-converting, revenue-optimized checkout engine on a monthly subscription and bring the power of ThriveCart to more business owners worldwide." ThriveCart's new monthly pricing plans are available immediately. Prospective customers can sign up for a 30-day free trial at thrivecart.com. About ThriveCart ThriveCart is a creator commerce and community management platform designed for course creators, coaches, membership businesses, and digital entrepreneurs. The platform combines high-conversion checkout and funnel technology, subscription management, affiliate programs, community-first course platform with membership delivery, gamification, and lifecycle tools in one unified system. ThriveCart powers more than 75,000 businesses worldwide, has processed over $8 billion in sales across more than 70 million transactions, supports more than 13 million student enrollments, and includes an affiliate network of over 900,000 affiliates. ThriveCart's mission is to replace fragmented creator tech stacks with a unified commerce and course platform. Visit thrivecart.com for more. For inquiries, contact: Jared Orlin [email protected] Release Summary ThriveCart introduces flexible monthly plans by popular demand, giving creators and entrepreneurs a lower-commitment entry point to the platform. Company Profile ThriveCart ThriveCart powers over 50,000 businesses that have generated over $5 billion in sales. ThriveCart is the leading sales platform for digital course creators, coaches, entrepreneurs and online businesses looking to boost revenue, drive conversions and scale audiences. Its no-code funnel builder is... Industry: Software