Route international payments to the cheapest gateway automatically.
Small business owners face high transaction fees and poor customer support from Stripe when processing international payments.
PayRouter integrates your checkout with multiple low-fee providers (e.g., Adyen, Rapyd) and dynamically routes based on customer location/currency for max savings. It provides a unified API/dashboard, bypassing Stripe's high intl fees. Superior support via live chat and setup wizards.
Small business owners processing international payments
Real-time smart routing across 5+ gateways, no code changes needed.
professional
Single API endpoint that routes to optimal gateway.
Pre-built connections to Stripe, Adyen, Rapyd, etc.
AI selects cheapest route per tx based on geo/currency/fees.
Track routes, savings vs Stripe, success rates.
Unified webhooks for all gateways.
No-code wizard to connect gateways and embed checkout.
Auto-fallback to backup gateways on failures.
Test routing strategies.
User-defined routing logic.
Predictive fee forecasting.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| provider | text | No |
| api_key | text | No |
| is_active | bool | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| country | text | No |
| currency | text | No |
| preferred_gateway_id | uuid | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| route_id | uuid | No |
| fees | int | No |
| status | text | No |
Relationships:
/api/checkoutProcess payment with smart routing
/api/gatewaysAdd/connect gateway
/api/routesList routing rules
/api/transactionsFetch transaction history
/api/webhooksHandle gateway webhooks
No custom rules
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 80 | 4% | $102 | $1,224 |
| Month 6 | 600 | 8% | $1,536 | $18,432 |
PayRouter auto-selects the best gateway – seamless, smart, and Stripe-compatible.
Target Shopify/ WooCommerce app stores with 'international payments' search, offer free Pro for 3 months to first integrators. Share on Hacker News 'Show HN' and cold outreach to 50 devs on LinkedIn.
Global coverage
Complex setup, no auto-routing
Plug-and-play routing across providers
Easy for US
High intl fees, no routing
Optimizes over Stripe without full switch
Network effects from shared routing data improving predictions for all users.
Gateway proliferation (Rapyd, etc.) creates routing opportunity amid Stripe dominance fatigue.
Gateway API downtimes
Multi-fallbacks and monitoring
Dev preference for single gateway
No-code focus + free tier
Routing logic complexity
Start simple, iterate
Gateway affiliate fees low
SaaS sub model primary
Success: 5 interested in beta
Success: 10% fee savings proven
Success: 10 Pro users
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