Nice work peeps! Definitely needed for Australia.
Stripe launches in Australia
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Re: Stripe launches in Australia
#32Will anyone who signed up for pin be moving to stripe?
Probably not: in the past, Pin has matched stripe's pricing so we'll see if they do it again.
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#33I 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 looked at it in some detail but they were a pain to assess. Wouldn't give me any details of the API or feature set unless I created an account... for a non-refundable $200 fee. I pointed out how ridiculous this was, and they said that if I went through their signup process and committed to paying the $200, they would let me look at the documentation without actually paying the fee. It was all so vague and ad-hoc I found it pretty hard to trust whatever might be behind the curtain.
(edit: Looks like fee is now $99, and there's a little more detail on their developers page.)
PX pricing is actually pretty good if you've got high transaction volume. But it's terrible for small biz. Most people I know default to Paypal.
Please Stripe, please come to NZ fast. You've been talking about it for more than a year. I know we must look like smaller-poorer Australia, but I promise there are people here who'd use you!
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#34For anyone from Stripe reading this, having a '401k' plan for Australia makes no sense, but is listed on the AU hiring page.
I guess they just mean a superannuation plan.
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#35Nice work peeps! Definitely needed for Australia.
Yep, amazingly during BETA a major competitor dropped its monthly fee ;).
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#36fantastic news! I just finished a Stripe integration a day or two ago. Everything I had heard about stripe was true. I've done eWay, PIN and now Stripe integration and Stripe is hands down the easiest to get up and running.
Subscriptions in particular are very well designed. Their documentation is outstanding. I was up and running with a multi-tiered subscription setup in 1 day. The checkout flow is particularly awesome.
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#37For anyone from Stripe reading this, having a '401k' plan for Australia makes no sense, but is listed on the AU hiring page.
I guess they just mean a superannuation plan.
Which is a statutory requirement. So not a big surprise, really. I wonder if an open vacation policy is legal too.
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#38The 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).
Any idea when similar currency support is coming to Canada? It only does CAD/USD right now.
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#39What actually prevents Stripe from just being international?
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Is it just the 2 day settlement that would make you switch?