https://gocushy.com/blog Selling in the agentic era — MCP checkouts, order bumps and one-click upsells on your own Stripe, cross-border tax, affiliates, and AI agents that run your sales. en Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200 https://gocushy.com/blog/thrivecart-alternative-2026 Comparing ThriveCart to gocushy: bumps, upsells, affiliates, and tax on your own Stripe — operated by your AI instead of another dashboard. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200 https://gocushy.com/blog/thrivecart-alternative-2026 https://gocushy.com/blog/samcart-alternative SamCart vs gocushy — what changes when your checkout, upsells, and subscriptions are operated by an AI agent on your own Stripe. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200 https://gocushy.com/blog/samcart-alternative https://gocushy.com/blog/sell-digital-products-with-chatgpt A complete walkthrough: connect ChatGPT to a real checkout with bumps, upsells, tax, and receipts on your own Stripe — in about ten minutes. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200 https://gocushy.com/blog/sell-digital-products-with-chatgpt https://gocushy.com/blog/stripe-payment-links-vs-funnel When a Stripe payment link is enough — and when you need order bumps, one-click upsells, tax, affiliates, and invoices around it. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200 https://gocushy.com/blog/stripe-payment-links-vs-funnel https://gocushy.com/blog/what-is-mcp-checkout MCP lets AI agents operate real software. Here is what happens when the software is your checkout — and how to make that safe. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200 https://gocushy.com/blog/what-is-mcp-checkout https://gocushy.com/blog/merchant-of-record-vs-own-stripe Lemon Squeezy, Paddle, and Gumroad take the tax burden — and the customer relationship. What you trade away, and the own-Stripe alternative. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200 https://gocushy.com/blog/merchant-of-record-vs-own-stripe https://gocushy.com/blog/stripe-order-bumps-one-click-upsells Three ways to add bumps and one-click upsells to Stripe checkout — DIY code, cart platforms, or one sentence to your AI agent. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200 https://gocushy.com/blog/stripe-order-bumps-one-click-upsells https://gocushy.com/blog/vat-gst-digital-products-own-stripe Reverse charge, tax IDs, sequential invoices — how cross-border tax on digital products actually works when you sell on your own Stripe. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200 https://gocushy.com/blog/vat-gst-digital-products-own-stripe https://gocushy.com/blog/affiliate-program-own-stripe Server-side attribution, 30-day holdbacks, refund clawbacks, and paying affiliates from your own accounts — the ledger model explained. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200 https://gocushy.com/blog/affiliate-program-own-stripe https://gocushy.com/blog/claude-ai-agent-runs-your-sales Set up Claude to operate your products, offers, affiliates, and refunds — and the guardrails that make handing over the keys sane. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1200 https://gocushy.com/blog/claude-ai-agent-runs-your-sales