# FastSpring

> FastSpring is a Santa Barbara-based merchant-of-record platform for software, SaaS, AI, gaming, mobile-app and other digital-product companies. It becomes the legal seller at checkout, combining payments, subscriptions, localized buying experiences, tax calculation and remittance, fraud work, chargebacks and buyer support in one commercial relationship. The trade is straightforward: sellers pay FastSpring a transaction-based fee to avoid assembling and operating much of that global commerce stack themselves.

- **Founded:** 2005
- **Headquarters:** Santa Barbara, United States
- **Founders:** Dan Engel (Co-founder and first CEO), Jason Foodman (Co-founder, sales and business), Ken White (Co-founder, customer support), Ryan Dewell (Co-founder, engineering)
- **Team size:** Approximately 180 employees; LinkedIn lists 51-200 employees
- **Products:** Merchant of Record platform, Localized checkout, Subscription management, Digital product catalog and fulfillment, B2B quotes and invoicing
- **Notable:** Reached its 20th anniversary in June 2025., Says it powers more than $1 billion in worldwide transactions each year., Says it serves more than 3,200 companies across more than 200 regions and files more than 1,000 tax returns annually.

## Products & services

- **Merchant of Record platform** — FastSpring becomes the legal seller and handles payment processing, transaction liability, tax collection and remittance, compliance, fraud, chargebacks and buyer support.
- **Localized checkout** — Hosted, popup and embedded checkout options with local currencies, regional payment methods and configurable branding.
- **Subscription management** — Recurring billing, plan changes, proration, discounts, renewal workflows, dunning and customer notifications, with API-driven options for hybrid billing operations.
- **Digital product catalog and fulfillment** — Tools for one-time products, subscriptions, bundles, coupons, license delivery, downloads and automated fulfillment actions.
- **B2B quotes and invoicing** — Custom orders, interactive quotes and invoice APIs for sales-assisted and self-service software commerce.
- **Reporting and analytics** — Revenue, transaction, subscription and checkout-conversion reporting for product, country and funnel analysis.

## Achievements

- Reached its 20th anniversary in June 2025.
- Says it powers more than $1 billion in worldwide transactions each year.
- Says it serves more than 3,200 companies across more than 200 regions and files more than 1,000 tax returns annually.
- Ranked No. 13 in North America on Deloitte's 2011 Technology Fast 500 and No. 1 in Greater Los Angeles.
- Appeared on the Inc. 5000 multiple times, including 2010-2013 and 2018-2022.
- Won a 2024 Silver Stevie Award for Front-Line Customer Service Team of the Year in computer software.
- Acquired sales-quoting company SalesRight in 2020.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Announced a strategic investment from LLR Partners, which joined existing backer Accel-KKR.
- **2025-11** — Added dynamic control over the visibility and ordering of checkout payment methods.
- **2025-10** — Updated its stacked checkout to clarify subscription terms and saved-payment choices.
- **2025-07** — Announced composable subscription features including renewal invoice tools, subscription transfers and apply-later discounts.
- **2025-05** — Added UPI, new regional payment support, a checkout-conversion dashboard and further checkout customization.
- **2025-03** — Introduced a Nexus integration aimed at faster direct-to-consumer game web-shop launches.

## Links

- Website: https://fastspring.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fastspring
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/FastSpring
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChMrb5WBF-IgH69T2S9BhRQ
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fastspring

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Last updated: 2026-08-14