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Re: Stripe launches in Australia

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Post by elithrar »

jsmeaton wrote: post #19
elithrar wrote: post #13

The currency support that hit the AU beta a month or two ago was the big one for me, but the low rate (1.75% + 30c for Australian cards) is a nice touch for those who might normally smash their heads against a bank's merchant API, PayPal or someone like eWay (who I don't have nice thoughts about).

What would be an example of a traditional rate with other merchants in Australia?

eWay is $49/setup + 2.9% + 30c per transaction at the low end (http://www.eway.com.au/pricing/popular-plans), which is their closest option to Stripe. Now, trying to read their API docs is another thing entirely: they give you a PDF with a couple of examples and that's it - http://www.eway.com.au/docs/api-documentation/token-payments...

PayPal Express Checkout starts at 2.4% + 30c (across all trans). One might use PayPal for other reasons than just their fees (i.e. your user demographic) but their API is still a mess.

Re: Stripe launches in Australia

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Post by shimms »

girvo wrote: post #4

Finally! Where I work we're already discussing moving every (all 6 of them) project that we're working on at the moment over to Stripe. I'm so happy, this was a great start to my Tuesday morning!

Can I ask why Stripe and not Pin? I've been using Pin for a number of different projects and have been really happy with it.

Curious why Stripe seems to be the default alternative to PayPal/eWay etc, even though Pin has been established in AU for a while now.

Re: Stripe launches in Australia

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Post by thejosh »

jsmeaton wrote: post #19
elithrar wrote: post #13

The currency support that hit the AU beta a month or two ago was the big one for me, but the low rate (1.75% + 30c for Australian cards) is a nice touch for those who might normally smash their heads against a bank's merchant API, PayPal or someone like eWay (who I don't have nice thoughts about).

What would be an example of a traditional rate with other merchants in Australia?

Commonwealth Bank provides MIGS, a low rate I've seen is 0.7%+transaction fee.

Once stripe has 2 day turn around time for bank payments like in the US, we'll be switching for our clients who use PIN.

Bank transfers in AU don't cost anything either.

Re: Stripe launches in Australia

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Post by dahx4Eev »

thairu wrote: post #8
SupremumLimit wrote: post #7

I wonder if Stripe is planning to launch in New Zealand any time soon - it's very close to Australia :) I'm really keen to stop relying on Paypal for accepting payments.

We are working on New Zealand, but don't have an immediate ETA for an New Zealand beta. Sign up at https://stripe.com/global to be notified when we launch

How about Hong Kong? Is it on the roadmap?

Re: Stripe launches in Australia

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Post by Pephers »

pc wrote: post #6
Pephers wrote: post #5

Awesome! Can't wait until Stripe is launching in Denmark, hopefully soon!

We actually launched our Danish beta earlier this morning: https://twitter.com/stripe/status/491224812958650370 . You can sign up for an invite over at https://stripe.com/global .

Wow, that's so cool! I was already signed up for the beta, so I'll be crossing my fingers for an invite.

Re: Stripe launches in Australia

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Post by SupremumLimit »

jbardnz wrote: post #16
SupremumLimit wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are you using now?

Using Paypal at the moment, as te_chris said PX pay is decent but requires a merchant account which is expensive and slow to setup. As far as I am aware their aren't any other decent solutions. Kiwipay could be good but at the moment it isn't really suitable for anything more than casual payments.

Aside from merchant account setup, last time I looked (4 years ago), Payment Express worked out to be really expensive when charging in USD. I think it was in part due to merchant account/currency conversion charges by the bank. It was significantly more expensive than Paypal. I don't know if the situation has changed since then.

Re: Stripe launches in Australia

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Post by jbardnz »

SupremumLimit wrote: post #28
jbardnz wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Using Paypal at the moment, as te_chris said PX pay is decent but requires a merchant account which is expensive and slow to setup. As far as I am aware their aren't any other decent solutions. Kiwipay could be good but at the moment it isn't really suitable for anything more than casual payments.

Aside from merchant account setup, last time I looked (4 years ago), Payment Express worked out to be really expensive when charging in USD. I think it was in part due to merchant account/currency conversion charges by the bank. It was significantly more expensive than Paypal. I don't know if the situation has changed since then.

I know that the only bank that allows international currency transactions is BNZ so they are likely fairly expensive seen as they have an monopoly on it.

Re: Stripe launches in Australia

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Post by SupremumLimit »

lemming wrote: post #18
SupremumLimit wrote: post #7

I wonder if Stripe is planning to launch in New Zealand any time soon - it's very close to Australia :) I'm really keen to stop relying on Paypal for accepting payments.

Has anyone tried http://swipehq.com ? Their website looks good and the cost looks ok too.

I think it might be OK for one-off payments, but I couldn't find anything other than manual setup of recurring payments on their web site. Price wise it's comparable to Paypal though. The trouble for me is that it doesn't integrate with my shopping cart (getdpd.com).
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