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Re: Stripe Checkout in more languages

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Post by ilikerashers »

turk- wrote: post #18
ilikerashers wrote: post #10

How is this news? Is it 2004? I meet industry sales people who are baffled why some companies insist on Stripe despite the cost. HackerNews promotion is clearly a powerful force.

When you are a working on a side project 10-15 hours a week and need to integrate payments, being able to integrate stripe in a few hours is a game changer. Imagine having only 10-15 hours a week to work on something but spending 40 hours just on payments.

I agree with that. I recommend them for quick projects myself. Big companies however....

Re: Stripe Checkout in more languages

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Post by ilikerashers »

pc wrote: post #20
ilikerashers wrote: post #10

How is this news? Is it 2004? I meet industry sales people who are baffled why some companies insist on Stripe despite the cost. HackerNews promotion is clearly a powerful force.

I'm one of Stripe's cofounders. It's about the functionality, not the promotion. The whole premise of Stripe is that a richer, more powerful stack of APIs -- rather than the bare-bones electrical outlet to the credit card networks that existed before -- is a better solution for most businesses. Whatever success (and any recognition) we've had to date follows from that; not the other way around. I wish something like…

Agreed. Payments has been a quite stinky industry with lots of dodgy monopolies (see government payment providers for particularly bad examples). I'd just like to see a more balanced debate on payments. Its a very busy industry with plenty of niches which Stripe clearly fits, but it's also a very boring industry. I get surprised seeing this heavily promoted on a site I use for opinion and news.

Re: Stripe Checkout in more languages

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Post by ilikerashers »

nathancahill wrote: post #19
ilikerashers wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeap, done a ton of them. Alot get it right, some wrong. Many of them have caught up. The biggest problems you can run into are usually support orientated which I rarely see anything about here.

That's absolutely true and I think support is an area that they are going to invest in soon. I had a client that wanted to process $250k/year with them, but didn't sign up because they couldn't get someone on the phone. Not even sales, let alone support!

...and thats when it becomes a normal payment provider. I worked for one that invested far more in its call centers than its APIs. It actually worked very well for them!

Re: Stripe Checkout in more languages

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Post by CoachRufus87 »

ilikerashers wrote: post #21
turk- wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When you are a working on a side project 10-15 hours a week and need to integrate payments, being able to integrate stripe in a few hours is a game changer. Imagine having only 10-15 hours a week to work on something but spending 40 hours just on payments.

I agree with that. I recommend them for quick projects myself. Big companies however....

Big companies can negotiate fees.

Re: Stripe Checkout in more languages

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Post by revelation »

pc wrote: post #20
ilikerashers wrote: post #10

How is this news? Is it 2004? I meet industry sales people who are baffled why some companies insist on Stripe despite the cost. HackerNews promotion is clearly a powerful force.

I'm one of Stripe's cofounders. It's about the functionality, not the promotion. The whole premise of Stripe is that a richer, more powerful stack of APIs -- rather than the bare-bones electrical outlet to the credit card networks that existed before -- is a better solution for most businesses. Whatever success (and any recognition) we've had to date follows from that; not the other way around. I wish something like…

Uh, frankly, all you are offering is yet another credit card gateway. There are large countries out there where credit card usage is much much lower compared to debit cards.

So it's cool you're translating stuff, but none of it matters if customers can't pay. It's 2015, you need PayPal level of compatibility.

Re: Stripe Checkout in more languages

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Post by matthewarkin »

nemoniac wrote: post #23
joaq wrote: post #2

Can't wait for Stripe to be available in more countries.

Can't wait for Stripe to be available in more countries without having to have a US bank account to set it up.

You only need a US bank account to open a US Stripe account, other countries don't require a US bank account
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