Do I, as the operator, ever hold customer money?
No. The customer pays the merchant's own address. In wallet pay your fee goes to your address in the same transaction. In exchange pay you only ever receive the merchant's prepaid fee credit, which is your own service revenue.
Do I need a licence to run this?
That depends on your jurisdiction and your business model. The software avoids custody, which is the usual trigger, but prepaid fee credit and your local rules still need a lawyer's review. This is not legal advice.
Does MIKODES take a cut or run anything?
No. The fee hook ships empty, no MIKODES address is set anywhere, and MIKODES does not operate any instance. You host it, and your fees go to your addresses.
Why would a merchant use my checkout instead of Shopify or a free plugin?
Some shouldn't. Shopify Payments accepts USDC on Base natively, and free non-custodial WooCommerce plugins exist (checked 2026-09-22). Your market is the merchants they don't reach: regions where USDT is the working dollar, and niches that card processors refuse. Those niches carry sanctions exposure, which is why the screening hook is built in.
What happens when a merchant's fee credit runs out?
New invoices for that merchant stop offering exchange pay. Wallet pay keeps working, because its fee is collected inside the payment itself.
Can customers pay straight from Binance or OKX?
Yes, through exchange pay. They withdraw the exact amount shown, and the checkout explains how to set the amount the recipient receives. Transfers between two accounts on the same exchange never reach the chain and cannot be detected.
Which chains and tokens work today?
Solana with USDC and USDT. The Base USDC router is written and tested locally but not deployed to mainnet. Tron is on the roadmap.
Will wallets warn my customers?
Possibly, at first. Phantom shows a "domain is new or has not been reviewed" notice for new domains, and every operator deploys on their own domain. Phantom has a review form for this.
Which languages does the checkout support?
English and Slovak, each in light and dark themes.