Platform Readiness Assessment 6 questions · ~5 minutes Written response within 1 business day

Digital product, marketplace or platform — let's see what needs to be in place.

Step 1 of 7 — What you sell
What does your platform sell?
Select the option that best describes your core offering.
Games or in-game items
Web shops, in-game economies, key/skin stores, game studios
Online courses or tutoring
Recorded or live learning, EdTech platforms, tutoring marketplaces
Digital files or creative assets
Templates, fonts, stock media, design assets, audio
Software, SaaS or APIs
Subscriptions, usage-based billing, developer tools, AI products
Marketplace or creator platform
Third-party sellers, creator monetisation, fan subscriptions
Several of the above or other
Mixed model or something not listed — tell us at the end
Step 2 of 7 — Platform model
Do third-party sellers list products on your platform?
This determines your legal classification under EU VAT law — the most consequential decision in platform architecture.
Yes — sellers list and sell their own products
My platform takes a commission or platform fee on their sales
No — I sell my own products or services
One seller: me. No third-party vendors on the platform
Planning to add sellers later
Currently single-vendor but the roadmap includes a marketplace layer
Step 3 of 7 — Money flow
Who collects payment from the customer?
This determines whether a payment licence applies and how your OSS VAT is reported. The payment flow is designed before the company is registered.
My platform collects, then pays sellers out
We hold the full customer payment, even briefly, before disbursing
Sellers collect directly — I just connect them
Customer pays the seller; my platform never touches the money
Not decided yet
We're still designing the payment flow — this is one of our open questions
Step 4 of 7 — Customer geography
Where are your customers located?
EU customers trigger OSS VAT obligations from the first euro once you cross €10,000/year — regardless of where you are incorporated.
Mainly European Union
Most buyers are in EU member states
EU plus worldwide
Mixed EU and non-EU customer base
Mainly outside the EU
Few or no EU customers currently
Not live yet — planning stage
Customers are hypothetical; we're designing before we build
Step 5 of 7 — Current stage
Where is your platform right now?
This helps us calibrate the assessment to your actual situation — the risks at planning stage differ from those at €100k/month.
Idea or planning stage
No company or product yet — designing before building
MVP or early beta
First users, pre-revenue or very early — compliance questions are starting
Live, under €50k / month
Growing, compliance obligations are becoming real and costly to ignore
Live, €50k+ / month
Scaling — a structural gap at this stage is expensive to fix retrospectively
Step 6 of 7 — Your main concern
What brought you here?
Select up to three — this shapes the focus of your written assessment.
Select up to 3
Platform classification — am I a deemed supplier?
Intermediary or seller of everything on my platform? The consequences reach every later layer.
Payment flow and licensing
Collecting from customers, paying sellers out, staying outside the payment licence perimeter
Product VAT map — what tax applies to what?
Each product component — subscription, add-on, bundle, live session, in-game item — may carry a different VAT rate and place of supply
Platform contracts and agreements
Terms of Service, Seller Agreement, Payment & Payout Terms, Privacy & Refund Policies — the full contractual layer
Estonian company and banking setup
OÜ formation, bank account, payment-provider onboarding, VAT/OSS registration, accounting configuration
VAT, OSS filing and DAC7 reporting
Quarterly OSS returns across 27 EU states, annual accounts, seller income reporting by 31 January
Full architecture from zero — I'm building a new platform
Pre-launch or early stage: I need the complete structure — classification, payment flow, VAT map, contracts, company setup and ongoing compliance in sequence
Step 7 of 7 — Your details
Where should we send your assessment?
You'll receive within 2 business days
✓Likely platform classification — intermediary or deemed supplier
✓The 3–5 legal and tax risks most relevant to your model
✓A recommended implementation path — what to do first
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Written assessment arrives within 1 business day: classification, risks, next steps
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