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SaaS · checked 11 November 2026
Pick one painful workflow you know, sell it before you build it, and charge from the first customer.
Talk to people with the problem, get a few to commit as design partners or pre-pay, then build the thin version that does one job. Razorpay takes 2% a transaction in India, and Stripe India charges 3% on cards issued outside India. Exported software services are zero-rated under GST, so file a Letter of Undertaking each financial year rather than paying IGST upfront.
The steps 1 answer
Tools that do it for you
- Razorpay Payment GatewayCollecting from customers in India
- StripeCard payments from customers abroad
The readingMost used across these answers
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- GST Compliance for Startups: ITC, IMS, Registration, Deadlines Read
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The terms
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