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Polar

Read Polar orders and subscriptions into your forecast, net of tax and fees.

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How the data flows

From Polar to a forecast you can trust

Polar

Your live source data

Source

Secure connect

Read-only, disconnect anytime

Access

Your model

Mapped to your own drivers

Model

Reports & forecasts

Built to refresh from source, no CSVs

Reports

Illustrative data flow, as designed. Not a guarantee.

What flows in

Data from Polar into your model

Designed so you choose the fields that matter. Everything else stays out.

Orders & payouts

Designed to bring in Polar orders with tax and platform fees separated, so gross sales and the payout that reaches your bank sit on separate lines.

Subscriptions & MRR

Polar subscriptions, plan changes and cancellations are designed to become MRR and churn drivers in your model.

Checkouts & refunds

Built to compare checkouts started with orders completed, which gives your checkout conversion rate, and to take refunds off revenue.

What you can model

What Polar data helps you decide

For the question a merchant-of-record setup raises: how much of each sale reaches your bank?

Revenue after tax and fees

Because Polar collects sales tax and VAT for you, the model is designed to separate what customers paid from what you keep.

Checkout conversion as a driver

Built so you can change the checkout conversion rate in a scenario and see the effect on monthly revenue and runway.

MRR without the tax

MRR designed to come from your Polar subscriptions, excluding the sales tax and VAT Polar collects on your behalf.

Setup

Three steps, no CSV exports.

Connect Polar once and your forecast is built to read its latest data each time it refreshes.

Step 1
Connect
Sign in with the account that owns your Polar data and approve the connection. Startup Suite is built only to read your data.
Step 2
Map
Pick the Polar products and subscription plans to include in your model.
Step 3
Sync
Your model is built to refresh from Polar automatically, and nothing is written back.

Security & permissions

Your data stays yours

Read-only by design: Startup Suite is built never to change anything in Polar.
Built so you can disconnect Polar at any time.
We never sell your data.

Polar questions

Connecting Polar, answered

What founders ask before connecting Polar.

Will my MRR match what Polar shows?

It should as long as both count the same things. Because Polar is your merchant of record, the model is designed to report MRR excluding tax and show Polar's fees as a separate line.

What does merchant of record mean for my numbers?

Polar sells to your customers on your behalf, collects and pays the sales tax, then pays you out after its fee. Your forecast needs to show that payout, not the gross order value.

Can it change anything in my Polar store?

No. Startup Suite is built to read your orders and subscriptions into the model and never change products, prices or customers.

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