Ready-made Stripe Checkout for freelancers

Post by nik736 » Tue, May 08, 2018, 6:32 PM UTC

true_religion wrote: post #41

_rknLA wrote: post #17

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It is dramatically easier to send someone a bank transfer in Europe (and I'd imagine, the rest of the world) than it is in the US. All you need is the recipient's IBAN (and sometimes BIC, which is usually already in the IBAN), and boom, you can initiate a transfer from your bank to theirs, for free. It blows my mind that banks in the US still haven't figure out how to do this.

Do you really just need one number to initiate transfers in Europe? US banks do have IBANs, but you still need an account number in order to finish up the process.

Post by tarstarr » Tue, May 08, 2018, 7:06 PM UTC

DavideP86 wrote: post #42

dbielik wrote: post #7

Stripe recently launched this feature themselves! https://stripe.com/us/billing You can set up subscriptions/invoices and send a stripe-hosted link (pay.stripe.com) for the customer to enter their billing. And you don't need to do _any_ coding. So, I'm not sure what the benefit of this is over using Stripe directly. Am I missing something?

This is a good question. I will try to align the main differences (in my opinion): 1. Stripe invoice is part of the recurring billing process and isn’t intended for one-time charges. 2. Like other services, Stripe provides a payable invoice, instead, Wirize is a pre-integrated payment checkout. 3. Stripe invoice is available in the US only at the moment, instead, Wirize supports 20+ countries. Please let me know if y…

Post by dumbfounder » Tue, May 08, 2018, 7:21 PM UTC

graeme wrote: post #40

dumbfounder wrote: post #35

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Why do we need a law to allow this? If there is a law that disallows it we would need to repeal that law. I am not aware of such a law though. I thought that merchants choose not to do this because it is seen as nickle-and-diming people, and they don't want the negative sentiment. Taking credit cards is just a cost of doing business. That said, lots of gas stations offer discounts for cash.

Here's a case in Canada: https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/business/merchants-may-soon-as... Badically, credit card processing agreements prohibited fees. But as a matter of public interest a lawsuit was brought and fees were allowed. This is still quite recent so we haven't seen any effects. "Just a cost of doing business" is the point. Europe saves 2% annually compared to our system. A 2% private tax is very large.

Post by joelrunyon » Tue, May 08, 2018, 8:11 PM UTC

tomcatfish wrote: post #62

joelrunyon wrote: post #24

"free till beta" I hate this stuff. Either make it free or let me pay you for it. What sucks is switching over to it because you think it's saving money, then having them change the fee structure and you have to switch back.

Would you rather pay for an unfinished product? They see value in allowing you to benefit from any utility while giving them testing data and a canvass of the market while they fill out the product. Charging now would cause a sense of entitlement in users that they probably aren't ready to handle yet

Post by desireco42 » Wed, May 09, 2018, 2:32 AM UTC

DavideP86 wrote: post #50

desireco42 wrote: post #11

Stripe checkout is so easy that I find it very few reasons to use services like this. I do appreciate convenience and I am not a person who likes to build everything by itself, but this is not a problem I or many of my friends have. If others feel different, please chime in and explain your situation.

Hi desireco42, Thanks for your comment. The main difference is that if you go with Stripe directly, you need to integrate the checkout on your personal website, and it requires some code skills, and of course a functional website. Instead, Wirize is a ready-built tool (basically you don't need anything I pointed out above). Anyway, you're totally right, Stripe is very easy to use, but if you've just some one-time pay…