Creem.io Overview

Payment infrastructure platform supporting subscriptions, one-time payments, and licensing. Functions as Merchant of Record (MoR) - handles compliance, taxes, and payment processing.

Key Features

Merchant of Record: Tax compliance, payment processing, global coverage
Subscriptions: Recurring billing, trials, seat-based, prorations
One-Time Payments: Single charges for products/services
Licensing: Activation keys, device management, validation
Checkouts: Hosted, embedded, no-code options
Customer Portal: Self-service billing management
Revenue Splits: Automatic payment distribution to multiple recipients

When to Choose Creem

Global SaaS products requiring MoR
Software licensing with activation management
Subscription products with seat-based billing
Digital product sales with file delivery
Affiliate/commission programs
Multi-recipient revenue splitting

Authentication

# API Key authentication
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_xxx" https://api.creem.io/v1/...

Environment variables:

CREEM_API_KEY=sk_live_xxx        # Production
CREEM_API_KEY=sk_test_xxx        # Test mode
CREEM_WEBHOOK_SECRET=whsec_xxx   # Webhook verification

API Base URLs

Production: https://api.creem.io/v1
Test Mode: Use sk_test_ prefixed API keys

Rate Limits

Standard API rate limits apply. Check response headers for limit status.

Global Support

Customers: Hundreds of countries supported
Merchants: Global payouts
Languages: 42 languages for checkout localization

API Endpoints: references/creem/api.md
Webhooks: references/creem/webhooks.md
Checkouts: references/creem/checkouts.md
Subscriptions: references/creem/subscriptions.md
Licensing: references/creem/licensing.md
SDKs: references/creem/sdk.md

External Resources

Documentation: https://docs.creem.io
LLM Docs: https://docs.creem.io/llms.txt

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