Legal texts
What has to be in place before the first real sale — including the tax question that hits you as the seller.
The texts belong up front, not afterwards
Imprint, privacy policy, terms and the right-of-withdrawal notice are maintained in the backoffice and reachable during checkout. For digital content the notice about the early expiry of the withdrawal right is added — without it the period keeps running although the course has long been watched.
The uncomfortable part: VAT
Because you settle directly through Stripe rather than through a marketplace, you are the seller. That means you carry the VAT yourself. For digital products sold to private customers in the EU the destination country applies; whether and from when you must register there depends on thresholds and the reporting scheme.
This is explicitly not legal advice and is not presented as such: this question belongs with your tax adviser before the first cross-border sale. It is the price of having no platform take a cut.
Order of operations
Add the texts · check the withdrawal notice · clarify the tax position · then switch Stripe live.