Back when Stripe was just getting started we locked in a partnership deal that most payment processors today can only dream about. That early bet helped to shape everything about how we built registered.store. We have a registered European trademark,trusted promoters in the field, MVP infrastructure designed for the long haul and processing fees that let us pass real value to the businesses using our platform. Building in e-commerce right now is expensive. Between platform cuts, payment fees and compliance overhead, margins disappear fast. We've spent years quietly solving that — so the founders who come to us don't have to.