About Payly
Payly is a complete ecommerce platform with hosting built in, and it is free. Not free for a while, not free until you grow - free, with no cut of your sales.
Who created it
Payly is made by WPPlugin LLC, which has been building ecommerce software since 2014. Hundreds of millions of dollars in payments have been processed through our software in that time - by Stripe and PayPal, into merchants' own accounts.
Scott Paterson
Founder & Software Engineer
Hi! My name is Scott Paterson and I am the founder of Payly. I am a Canadian based in Boulder, Colorado. I graduated from the University of Florida and I have been a software developer for over 20 years.
In 2014 I founded WPPlugin LLC, the company behind Payly. I have been building WordPress plugins for over 10 years, and our software powers over 70,000 eCommerce sites.
Before WPPlugin, I worked for a number of years as a Full Stack Developer and Project Manager. I also have extensive experience managing servers, networks, and application security.
Why we built it
Selling something online should not begin with a monthly bill. Most platforms charge you to exist, then charge you again on every sale for the privilege of using your own Stripe or PayPal account. For a small shop that is a meaningful share of the margin, taken before the first order arrives.
We thought that was backwards, so we built the alternative: a full storefront, checkout, hosting, domain and analytics, with nothing held back and nothing to upgrade to.
How it stays free
We are an official Stripe and PayPal partner. That partnership is what funds the platform, which means we are paid for bringing volume to processors you were going to use anyway - not for taxing your sales.
Your money never passes through us. You connect your own Stripe or PayPal account and customers pay you directly, so there is nothing for us to hold, delay, or take a share of.
Our promises to you
- We will not put advertising on your site.
- We will not sell your data, or your customers' data, to anyone.
- We will not move existing features behind a paid tier later.
Get in touch
Questions, problems, or something we have got wrong: the contact form reaches a real person, and the help center covers the common ground.