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27 August 2013 3 comments

Three and a half years ago, in December 2009, I released my first commercial add-on, which I sold on my own site. Six months later, I also started selling my add-ons on devot:ee, which had just launched their add-on marketplace. A year after that, I launched this site, gotolow.com, to be a dedicated site for all my add-ons.

I thought it was a nice idea: sell my stuff on my own site in euros, sell on devot:ee in US dollars. Link back and forth so people can choose in what currency they’d like to purchase licenses. However, it became apparent that most of my customers preferred devot:ee over my own site. The convenience of having all their purchases in one place proved to be a big plus.

Meanwhile, I needed to cater for tax rules on my own site, specifically: VAT. And let me tell you, that wasn’t a fun thing to do. According to Dutch law, I have to add 21% VAT to each purchase, but only if you’re either from the Netherlands, or from the EU without a valid VAT number. People from outside the EU or non-Dutch with a valid VAT number are exempt from VAT. I presume you’ve fallen asleep by now.

Anyway, the time has now come to simplify things. From now on, I’m selling exclusively on devot:ee. One currency, one price, no VAT… Easier and more consistent for everyone.

I’ve worked with Ryan Masuga and his team to transfer all existing licenses to devot-ee.com, so most of you should already be able to see them over there. If you cannot, try using the claim page to add the license to your account.

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Comments

  1. Jolle de Wit 27 August 2013 at 17:44

    Hi Lodewijk,
    Works like a charm, smooth transition. Being Dutch myself and planning on opening an EE webshop next year I was wondering how you’ve been handling all the VAT mess. Did you use Simple Commerce or a commercial add-on, and did it involve any custom work to get things working with Dutch VAT rules?
    Cheers, -Jolle

  2. Lodewijk Schutte 27 August 2013 at 17:54

    I used Juniper, a non-publicly released add-on by Brandon Kelly. I hacked in my own rules to deal with VAT, using this API.

  3. Jolle de Wit 27 August 2013 at 20:18

    Thanks!

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