# PapelShip

> PapelShip is a digital commerce and software protection platform. Merchants run storefronts with a checkout that takes cards and bank transfers, deliver license keys and files the moment a payment clears, and protect native software with qPapel Auth licensing and qPAnalyzer AI threat detection.

- Plans: Free (€0), Vaultie (€5.99 a month or €29.99 a year) and PapelShip+ (€14.99 a month or €109.99 a year). Prices are in euros.
- Fees on store payments, Free / Vaultie / PapelShip+: card and POS 1.00% / 0.49% / 0%.
- Startup program: startups with annual revenue under €250,000 can apply for a free plan for six months, usually Vaultie, with a 0.10% fee on card and POS payments.
- Switch offer: sellers who move their store from another platform get Vaultie free for three months, and developers who move their software licensing get it free for one month; longer periods are possible for larger businesses. Products, customers and KeyAuth license keys with their hardware bindings can be imported.
- Languages: every page is available in English at https://papelship.com and in Deutsch (/de), Español (/es), Français (/fr), Magyar (/hu), Português (/pt), 中文 (/zh), Italiano (/it), Nederlands (/nl), Polski (/pl), 日本語 (/ja), Türkçe (/tr).
- Developer documentation: https://developers.papelship.com/en. qPapel Auth SDK documentation (C++ and C#): https://qpapel.papelship.com/documentation.

## Products

- [Commerce](https://papelship.com/products/commerce): Storefronts, checkout and instant delivery for digital goods.
- [qPapel Auth](https://papelship.com/products/qpapel-auth): Licensing, HWID binding and anti-tamper for native apps.
- [qPAnalyzer](https://papelship.com/products/qpanalyzer): Real-time threat detection on every licensed machine.
- [Store builder](https://papelship.com/products/store-builder): Themes, a live visual editor, PapelAI and code when you need it.
- [Store localization](https://papelship.com/products/store-localization): Build your store once and sell it in every language with AI.

## Solutions

### Payments
- [Online payments](https://papelship.com/solutions/payments): Connect the payment providers your customers trust, bank transfers and local payment methods in one place.
- [Embedded checkout](https://papelship.com/solutions/embedded-checkout): Add a full checkout to any website, or install a ready-made plugin.
- [Fraud protection](https://papelship.com/solutions/fraud-protection): Score every payment attempt, block risky traffic and set your own rules.

### Commerce
- [Storefront](https://papelship.com/solutions/storefront): 14 professional themes, a visual editor and your own domain.
- [Physical products](https://papelship.com/solutions/physical-products): Variants, stock, shipping zones and tracked delivery.
- [Digital delivery](https://papelship.com/solutions/digital-delivery): Files, license keys and instructions reach the customer the moment payment is confirmed.

### Software
- [Software licensing](https://papelship.com/solutions/software-licensing): Encrypted license validation, hardware locking and remote control for your software, with qPapel Auth.
- [qPAnalyzer](https://papelship.com/solutions/threat-detection): Detect reverse-engineering tools on users' computers with AI-assisted analysis.
- [Reseller network](https://papelship.com/solutions/resellers): Let partners sell your licenses with their own panels, APIs and billing.

### Growth and platform
- [Communities: Discord and Telegram](https://papelship.com/solutions/communities): Verify buyers, assign roles and run your community automatically.
- [Growth tools](https://papelship.com/solutions/growth): Affiliates, campaigns, email, automation, analytics and an AI assistant.
- [Developers](https://papelship.com/solutions/developers): A comprehensive REST API, signed webhooks and a browser SDK.
- [Migration](https://papelship.com/solutions/migrate): Move your store or license database to PapelShip in minutes.

## Pricing, programs and company

- [Pricing](https://papelship.com/pricing): Plans, monthly and yearly prices, payment fees and every limit.
- [Startup program](https://papelship.com/startup): Six months free with 0.10% fees for startups under €250,000 a year.
- [qPAnalyzer trial](https://papelship.com/qpanalyzer-trial): Apply in the dashboard; upgrading to PapelShip+ afterwards comes at a discounted price with 1,500 (monthly) or 3,500 (yearly) extra scan credits.
- [Switch to PapelShip](https://papelship.com/switch): Up to three months of Vaultie free when you move your store or licensing from another platform.
- [Security](https://papelship.com/security): How PapelShip protects merchants, buyers and licensed software.
- [Help center](https://papelship.com/help): Answers on accounts, payments, delivery, licensing and security.
- [Changelog](https://papelship.com/changelog): Release notes for every product.
- [Integrations](https://papelship.com/integrations): Forums, Discord, payment gateways and platforms PapelShip connects to.
- [Themes](https://papelship.com/themes): Storefront themes for physical and digital products.
- [Compare](https://papelship.com/compare): PapelShip next to other commerce and licensing platforms.
- [About](https://papelship.com/about)
- [Our companies](https://papelship.com/company): PapelSoftware LLC, a Missouri company, owns PapelShip; PapelPay (papelway.com) is PapelShip's payment service.
- [Partners](https://papelship.com/partners)
- [Careers](https://papelship.com/careers)
- [Contact](https://papelship.com/contact)
- [Report abuse](https://papelship.com/report-abuse)

## Developers

- [Documentation](https://developers.papelship.com/en): Guides and API reference for the PapelShip platform.
- [Quickstart](https://developers.papelship.com/en/quickstart)
- [Store API](https://developers.papelship.com/en/api-store/overview): Payments and checkout.
- [User API](https://developers.papelship.com/en/user-api/overview): Products, orders, customers and delivery.
- [Webhooks](https://developers.papelship.com/en/user-api/webhooks)
- [Store themes](https://developers.papelship.com/en/themes/overview): Building and editing storefront themes.
- [MCP for AI agents](https://developers.papelship.com/en/themes/mcp): Connect your own AI agent to a store.
- [qPapel Protection API](https://developers.papelship.com/en/qpapel/overview)
- [qPapel Auth SDK](https://qpapel.papelship.com/documentation): C++ and C# SDKs, installation and qPapelPacker.

## Blog

- [A customer portal for software licenses: cut support tickets with self-service](https://papelship.com/blog/customer-portal-for-software-licenses): Let buyers check license status, dates, remaining time and HWID info themselves, and request HWID resets without a ticket. How a customer portal cuts support load.
- [How to detect leaked builds of your software and respond when one appears](https://papelship.com/blog/detect-leaked-builds-binary-trace): How to detect leaked builds of your software, trace a shared copy back to a license with Binary Trace, and contain the leak with a clear response plan.
- [Discord roles for digital products: give buyers access the moment they pay](https://papelship.com/blog/discord-roles-for-digital-products): Assign Discord roles for digital products automatically. Map roles to product variants, lock private channels and run paid memberships and communities safely.
- [Software licensing models explained: perpetual, subscription, node-locked, floating and more](https://papelship.com/blog/software-licensing-models-explained): Compare commercial software licensing models, from perpetual and subscription to node-locked, floating, seat and usage-based, and how to enforce each one.
- [How to update your software protection remotely, without rebuilding](https://papelship.com/blog/update-protection-remotely-without-rebuilding): Change anti-tamper rules, blacklists, session limits and secrets from the dashboard, applied on the client's next check. How Remote Settings and Auto Rules work.
- [Subscription licensing for software: perpetual, subscription and time-limited licenses compared](https://papelship.com/blog/subscription-licensing-for-software): Compare perpetual, subscription and time-limited software licenses, choose billing cycles and trials, and enforce expiry on the server with fair renewals.
- [In-memory loading: how to protect DLLs without writing them to disk](https://papelship.com/blog/in-memory-loading-protect-dlls): Files on disk are easy to copy and inspect. How in-memory loading maps encrypted modules into a process without touching disk, its real limits, and how to pair it.
- [License key formats: how to design secure, readable keys with keymask profiles](https://papelship.com/blog/custom-license-key-formats-keymask-profiles): How to choose a license key format: entropy, readable groups, unambiguous characters and fixed prefixes, plus reusable keymask profiles in qPapel Auth.
- [Build your store with PapelAI: an AI store builder that keeps you in control](https://papelship.com/blog/build-your-store-with-papelai): Use an AI store builder without losing control: edit on the live page, let the PapelAI Copilot propose changes you approve, and keep code and history close.
- [What is HWID locking? Hardware-bound licenses for C++ and C# software](https://papelship.com/blog/what-is-hwid-locking): HWID locking ties a license key to one machine. How hardware fingerprints work, why the check must happen on the server, and how to handle resets fairly.
- [How to run a software reseller program: subscription and pay-per-key models, debt limits and reseller panels](https://papelship.com/blog/run-a-reseller-program-for-your-software): Run a software reseller program that scales: choose subscription or pay-per-key resellers, cap risk with debt limits and quotas, and keep every key traceable.
- [C++ authentication for licensed software: how a secure licensing flow works](https://papelship.com/blog/cpp-authentication-secure-software-licensing): How secure C++ authentication works: key exchange, encrypted and signed traffic, server-side license and HWID checks, integrity checks and server-side data.
- [C# software licensing without hard-coded secrets: keep keys out of your .NET assemblies](https://papelship.com/blog/csharp-software-licensing-without-hard-coded-secrets): Hard-coded secrets in .NET assemblies are easy to extract. Learn how C# software licensing with server-side strings and files keeps them out of your build.
- [Client-side protection vs server-side secrets: where software security really lives](https://papelship.com/blog/client-side-protection-vs-server-side-secrets): What client-side protection can and can't do, why server-side strings, files and variables change the economics of cracking, and how to split the two.
- [Anti-reverse-engineering software: why static blacklists aren't enough](https://papelship.com/blog/anti-reverse-engineering-software-beyond-static-blacklists): Why process and window blacklists only catch known tools, and what behavioural checks and AI-assisted detection add to anti-reverse-engineering software.
- [A software protection stack for C++ and C# products, layer by layer](https://papelship.com/blog/software-protection-stack-cpp-csharp-products): Build a software protection stack for C++ and C# products: licensing and HWID, integrity checks, anti-debug, blacklists, server-side data and qPAnalyzer.

## Comparisons

- [PapelShip vs Gumroad](https://papelship.com/compare/gumroad): Gumroad is A checkout for creators selling digital products.
- [PapelShip vs Podia](https://papelship.com/compare/podia): Podia is An all-in-one platform for courses and communities.
- [PapelShip vs SendOwl](https://papelship.com/compare/sendowl): SendOwl is One of the first tools for selling digital downloads.
- [PapelShip vs Shopify](https://papelship.com/compare/shopify): Shopify is A general e-commerce platform for physical retail.
- [PapelShip vs Whop](https://papelship.com/compare/whop): Whop is A marketplace for communities and memberships.
- [PapelShip vs Sellix](https://papelship.com/compare/sellix): Sellix is A storefront for selling digital goods.
- [PapelShip vs Lemon Squeezy](https://papelship.com/compare/lemon-squeezy): Lemon Squeezy is A merchant of record for software and digital products.
- [PapelShip vs Payhip](https://papelship.com/compare/payhip): Payhip is A storefront for creators selling downloads and memberships.
- [PapelShip vs Paddle](https://papelship.com/compare/paddle): Paddle is A merchant of record for SaaS and app companies.
- [PapelShip vs Sell.app](https://papelship.com/compare/sellapp): Sell.app is A storefront builder for digital products.
- [PapelShip vs KeyAuth](https://papelship.com/compare/keyauth): KeyAuth is An API for validating license keys.
- [PapelShip vs LicenseSeat](https://papelship.com/compare/licenseseat): LicenseSeat is A managed licensing service.
- [PapelShip vs PWF Auth](https://papelship.com/compare/pwf-auth): PWF Auth is A free license-key and user-auth API.
- [PapelShip vs Keygen](https://papelship.com/compare/keygen): Keygen is An API-first licensing platform for engineering teams.
- [PapelShip vs Cryptolens](https://papelship.com/compare/cryptolens): Cryptolens is An enterprise licensing platform, now Devolens.
- [PapelShip vs LicenseSpring](https://papelship.com/compare/licensespring): LicenseSpring is A licensing and entitlement platform for software vendors.
- [PapelShip vs Cryptlex](https://papelship.com/compare/cryptlex): Cryptlex is A cloud licensing and activation service.

## Optional

- [Full version of this file](https://papelship.com/llms-full.txt): Pricing tables, the startup program, solution details and every help center answer.
- [Blog RSS feed](https://papelship.com/blog/rss.xml)
- [Sitemap](https://papelship.com/sitemap.xml): Every page in all 12 languages.
- [Terms of Service](https://papelship.com/legal/terms-of-service): The agreement that governs your use of PapelShip, the storefront and qPapel licensing.
- [Privacy Policy](https://papelship.com/legal/privacy-policy): How PapelShip collects, uses and protects your information across the platform, qPapel and stores.
- [Cookie Policy](https://papelship.com/legal/cookie-policy): Which cookies and similar technologies PapelShip uses, and how you can control them.
- [Refund Policy](https://papelship.com/legal/refund-policy): How refunds work for purchases from seller stores and for PapelShip plans, and what to do if a seller doesn't help.
- [Acceptable Use Policy](https://papelship.com/legal/acceptable-use-policy): What you may and may not sell, build or do with PapelShip, qPapel, our APIs and PapelAI.
- [Know Your Customer (KYC) Policy](https://papelship.com/legal/kyc-policy): How PapelShip verifies the sellers who use the platform, today and when PapelPay card payments launch.
- [Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Policy](https://papelship.com/legal/aml-policy): How PapelShip prevents money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions breaches on the platform.
- [Community Guidelines](https://papelship.com/legal/community-guidelines): The standards of behaviour we expect from everyone who buys, sells and builds on PapelShip.
- [Intellectual Property Policy](https://papelship.com/legal/intellectual-property-policy): How to report copyright or trademark infringement in a store on PapelShip, and how merchants can respond.
- [Vulnerability Disclosure Policy](https://papelship.com/legal/vulnerability-disclosure-policy): How security researchers can report vulnerabilities in PapelShip and qPapel, and what we ask in return.
- [Meridian](https://papelship.com/themes/meridian): An orderly, trustworthy storefront for established stores.
- [Masconi](https://papelship.com/themes/masconi): Present your collection like a fashion magazine.
- [Brawn](https://papelship.com/themes/brawn): Sports nutrition, shopped by goal.
- [Creamery](https://papelship.com/themes/creamery): A warm, artisanal storefront for cheese and dairy.
- [Keystone](https://papelship.com/themes/keystone): For game keys, gift cards and digital codes.
- [Vanguard](https://papelship.com/themes/vanguard): A cinematic, premium storefront for digital products.
- [Arsenal](https://papelship.com/themes/arsenal): A gaming hub layout for dense catalogues.
- [Circuit](https://papelship.com/themes/circuit): A bold, neon identity for technology brands.
- [Nightfall](https://papelship.com/themes/nightfall): A dark, powerful opening for gaming stores.
- [ShipFlow](https://papelship.com/themes/shipflow): A modern store for software and SaaS products.
- [MarketPro](https://papelship.com/themes/marketpro): A multi-category digital marketplace layout.
- [Ship](https://papelship.com/themes/ship): Simple, fast and focused.
- [Bioplus](https://papelship.com/themes/bioplus): A professional link-in-bio page with your store inside.
- [Obsidian](https://papelship.com/themes/obsidian): For those who want full control in code.