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I think that aside from the lack of support for marketplace, like https://www.wepay.com/developer/usecases/marketplace Stripe is awesome. Any plans to add marketplace support in the near term? Also are you guys PCI compliant yet?
A bit of a rant here, but it's crazily difficult to do so many interesting things when you don't live in top-20 country (Lithuania here)
Stripe? Nope.
BrainTree? Nope.
Recurly? Nope.
Something else... Likely, Nope.
And so, the only way to get paid is to deal with some of the most expensive and oldest gateways and merchant accounts.
Oh, and:
Hulu? Nope.
iTunes? Nope, but we do have App Store.
Netflix? Nope.
Spotify? Nope.
Pandora, Rdio, ... Nope.
...Amazon? Mostly nope.
And so, the only way to buy or stream media is to buy CDs and DVDs for crazy prices.
Sigh. Rant is over.
Stripe, I know that may take years, but please, don't forget the little guys.
US only. Well, I kind of knew it before even hitting FAQ. A bit of a rant here, but it's crazily difficult to do so many interesting things when you don't live in top-20 country (Lithuania here) Stripe? Nope. BrainTree? Nope. Recurly? Nope. Something else... Likely, Nope. And so, the only way to get paid is to deal with some of the most expensive and oldest gateways and merchant accounts. Oh, and: Hulu? Nope. iTunes?…
"You don't need a merchant account or gateway." That's a killer feature right there. I've been considering using Braintree for a project, but seeing this is really making me reconsider.
Yeah, I was referred to Braintree when I was building http://limelightapp.com/ and I really liked them. However, using them required getting a merchant account, and getting a merchant account required getting a business license, and getting a business license cost $60 and a few hours going on a trip to City Hall and the Court House. Once I had that, Braintree still had to take a couple days to get the underwriting ap…
But, even then...as you said, I still had to jump through tons of hoops and even though they were very, very helpful and super attentive - they even bent over backwards for me by going to multiple underwriting banks to increase the likelihood that my business would be underwritten. When one of the banks rejected my application, their decision to go to multiple ones definitely seemed prescient.
But even then, the entire process still took at least a week - with LOTS of paperwork back and forth being printed out, scanned, emailed, etc.
Little did I know...I didn't NEED a merchant account. I just want to accept credit cards securely and not be gauged by the fees.
Stripe does both perfectly...the fees are pretty competitive - no monthly and no merchant account headache.
Avoid it if you can, at all costs, and just go straight to Stripe.
Stripe pretty much takes payment processing kicking and screaming into 2011. Merchant accounts are a serious drag. I've opened a few and they've been nothing but headaches (especially if you're young—nobody trusts you.) Couple that with getting a gateway account, dealing with credit checks, monthly fees, monthly minimums, slow people in the payments industry, PCI compliance... Stripe takes payments and put them behin…
Anyway, just thought I'd offer a good experience to the mix.
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Do you do recurring billing? It's not clear with a quick view of the documentation. Or do you expect that individuals are provided sufficient information to build their own (easy?) recurring systems? If you do, we'll look at moving immediately. We'd not only be saving money but your API doesn't confuse the hell out of my like what we're currently using.
You got it. We don't handle the recurring stuff for you, but we give you back a token that lets you bill your customer cards on a recurring basis. We have other customers who are doing this on their own.