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Sell online in France, from a shop that speaks French
Describe your business in French and Cornerrr writes your boutique en ligne in French: products, pages, a request form and a Stripe checkout in euros. Here’s what French customers expect and the rules to know before your first order.
- Free to build and preview
- Payments by Stripe
- No transaction fees from Cornerrr
Selling online in France
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Standard VAT rate
- 20%
- Popular ways to pay
- Credit and debit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay
- Web address
- Free yourname.cornerrr.com, or your own .fr
- Language
- French
- Payments
- Your own Stripe account
Payments
How people in France pay online.
Most French shoppers pay by bank card, and most French cards carry the Cartes Bancaires (CB) logo, which Stripe accepts with other cards. Apple Pay is common on phones, and paying in three or four installments (“paiement en 3 ou 4 fois”) is a familiar option for larger baskets, through Scalapay or Klarna. PayPal is widely used in France as well, but it isn’t available through Cornerrr’s checkout today. Pay by Bank and SEPA Direct Debit cover payments straight from a bank account.
Before you start
Selling online in France: what to know.
Mentions légales
French law (the LCEN) asks every professional website for mentions légales: your name or company name and legal form, address, email and phone, your RCS or RNE number, your VAT number where it applies, and your web host’s name, address and phone. Add them as a page linked in the footer.
CGV for consumer sales
If you sell to consumers, your conditions générales de vente must be on the website: prices, delivery, payment, the right of withdrawal, legal warranties and how disputes are settled. Cornerrr’s AI drafts a terms page you can adapt with your adviser.
A consumer mediator
Businesses that sell to consumers in France must offer access to a free consumer mediation service (médiateur de la consommation) and give its name and website in their CGV and on their site. Join one before you open.
TVA and the franchise en base
Under the franchise en base you charge no TVA while sales of goods stay under €85,000 a year (€37,500 for services), with a higher tolerance threshold in the year you pass it. Then you charge 20%, or a reduced rate, and show consumer prices TTC, including TVA, in euros.
Droit de rétractation
Customers have 14 days from delivery to change their mind. Give them the withdrawal information and model form before they order and refund within 14 days. From 19 June 2026, EU rules add an online withdrawal function on the website itself; Cornerrr adds one (“Renoncer au contrat ici”) to your store’s footer and emails an acknowledgement of receipt; mention it in your withdrawal information.
Written in French
The loi Toubon requires French for the description of products and services, terms and invoices offered to consumers in France. Write your pages in French; a foreign brand name or term is fine with a French explanation next to it.
Soldes have official dates
The word “soldes” may only be used during the two official sales periods each year, in winter and summer, and a reduction must be measured against your lowest price of the previous 30 days. At other times, call it a promotion.
General information, current as of October 2026, not legal or tax advice. Rules and rates change, so check them with an accountant or adviser, or the official sources, before you rely on them.
Cornerrr
Built for businesses in France
Prices in euros
Set your store’s currency to EUR and your products, shipping rates and checkout use it. Cornerrr works with about 140 currencies, one per web address.
VAT at checkout
Turn on Stripe Tax in your Stripe account and Cornerrr asks it to work out VAT for each order at checkout, on any paid plan. You can collect business customers’ VAT numbers too.
Your words in French
Describe your business in French and Cornerrr writes your pages in French. Stripe Checkout shows in French too. A few built-in cart and account labels are still in English today.
Local ways to pay
Checkout is Stripe’s own, so the local payment methods you turn on in Stripe show up for the customers who can use them, next to cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay.
Local tips
Make it feel local
Ship the way French shoppers know
La Poste’s Colissimo is the usual choice for small parcels, Chronopost for express, and many shoppers are used to collecting parcels at a pickup point (point relais) such as Mondial Relay. Name your carrier and delivery times on your shipping page.
Use vous unless your brand is young
Most French shops address customers as vous; tu works for a young, playful brand. Describe your business in French with the tone you want, and ask the assistant to keep every page the same.
Show the details that reassure
French buyers check who is behind a shop. A .fr address, a French phone number, clear delivery costs and visible CGV and mentions légales pages do more for trust than a long About page.
Keep forms short, as the CNIL expects
France’s data regulator, the CNIL, expects you to collect only what you need. Ask for a name, email and the details of the order on your request form, and leave out birth dates or phone numbers unless you really use them.
How it works
From a few words to your website, live.
Step 1: Describe your business
A sentence or two is enough: what you do, who it’s for and how people buy from you.
Step 2: We build it while you watch
Cornerrr writes your pages, adds your products or services, and picks the colours, fonts and look. It takes about a minute.
Step 3: Connect payments
Link a Stripe account, or create one in a few minutes. Your customers pay you directly.
Step 4: You’re live
Publish on your free Cornerrr web address, or use your own. Change anything later by asking.
Pricing
Free to build. Simple plans to go live.
Build and preview for free, no card needed. Every paid plan starts with a 14-day free trial, and Cornerrr adds no transaction fees. Plan prices are in US dollars; your customers pay you in EUR.
Starter
Go live and start selling.
$19a month
Most popular
Growth
For growing businesses with subscriptions and deliveries.
$49a month
Pro
For several stores and bigger catalogues.
$99a month
Questions
Good to know
Can my website be in French?
Yes. Describe your business in French and Cornerrr writes the website’s words in French, and Stripe’s checkout page is shown in French. A few built-in labels on the cart and account pages are still in English today, though you can rename the add-to-cart and checkout buttons.
Do I need a SIRET number to sell online?
If you sell regularly, yes: selling online is a business activity. Register as a micro-entrepreneur or a company through the guichet unique (formalites.entreprises.gouv.fr) and you get a SIREN and SIRET. This is general information; check with an expert-comptable.
Can customers pay in three installments?
Yes. Turn on Scalapay or Klarna in your Stripe Dashboard and they appear at checkout for eligible orders, while Stripe pays you the full amount. Alma isn’t available through Cornerrr’s checkout, so those two are the installment options.
Does Cornerrr write my CGV and mentions légales?
Cornerrr’s AI drafts terms, refund, shipping and privacy pages for you to edit, and you add a mentions légales page with your own details. They’re drafts, not legal advice, so have your CGV checked by a professional.
Do I need any technical skills?
No. You describe your business in your own words and Cornerrr builds the website. Afterwards you change things by clicking, or by asking the assistant in plain words.
How much does it cost?
Building and previewing your website is free, with no card needed. To go live and take payments, choose a plan from $19 a month. Every paid plan starts with a 14-day free trial; a card is needed to start it.
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