Getting started
Welcome to Hlawula
Hlawula is a merchant of record for South African and African software companies. We sell your product to customers worldwide as the legal seller, so tax, payments, failed renewals and chargebacks are ours to handle. You build the product and receive payouts in rand.
Seller
Hlawula MoR (Pty) Ltd
Paid by apple pay
Every sale is made by Hlawula MoR (Pty) Ltd, registered in South Africa and VAT registered with SARS. Your customers see your product and our name on the invoice. Behind the scenes, PayFast or Peach moves the money into our FirstRand account, and a payout job sends you the net over the RMB API.
Start here
Quickstart
Create a checkout session and take a test payment in five minutes.
How merchant of record works
What we take on as the legal seller, and what stays with you.
What Hlawula handles
Tax in 16 systems
We calculate VAT, GST and sales tax per buyer country, collect it, and file the returns.
Eight payment methods
Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, cards, Capitec Pay, Absa Pay, Nedbank Direct EFT and Pay by bank.
Subscriptions and dunning
Renewals with scheduled retries, so failed payments are recovered before customers churn.
Payouts in rand
Weekly payouts, net of tax, card processing and our 5% fee, with every line itemised.
What stays with you
| Hlawula | You |
|---|---|
| Charging the customer and issuing the tax invoice | Building and running the product |
| Registering for, collecting and remitting VAT and GST | Income tax on what we pay out to you |
| Refunds, chargebacks and payment disputes | Customer support for how the product works |
| Card and bank payment processing | Setting your prices and plans |
This is a working demo