# How to Accept Payments for a Desktop App (macOS and Windows)

DevFeed: [How to Accept Payments for a Desktop App (macOS and Windows)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-accept-payments-for-a-desktop-app-macos-and-windows-9527.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dodopayments.com/blogs/accept-payments-desktop-app/>)

Author: Ayush Agarwal

Published: 2026-03-24T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Dodo Payments Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dodo-payments-blog.md>)

Topics: [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [macOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/macos.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Electron](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/electron.md>), [Tauri](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tauri.md>), [C++](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/c-plus-plus.md>), [C#](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/csharp.md>), [Swift](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/swift.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [desktop](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/desktop.md>), [electron](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/electron.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [license-keys](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/license-keys.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [payment-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/payment-processing.md>), [payments](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/payments.md>), [tauri](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tauri.md>), [tax](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tax.md>), [verify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/verify.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

A guide to accepting payments in desktop applications for macOS and Windows. It explains direct sales, license-key delivery, activation and validation APIs, offline functionality, and tax compliance, with Dodo Payments presented as the payment platform.

## Source excerpt

Complete guide to selling desktop applications with payment processing, license key delivery, and activation. Covers Electron, Tauri, and native apps with Dodo Payments.