What is Stripe?
Stripe is a complete payment platform that allows businesses to accept online payments, manage subscriptions and automate financial processes. With a powerful API and ready-made integrations, Stripe is the standard for e-commerce, SaaS companies and platforms worldwide. From startups to Fortune 500 companies — Stripe processes millions of transactions per day.
Why Stripe is useful
Processing payments is complex: different payment methods, currencies, regulations and fraud prevention. Stripe handles all of this with one platform that manages everything — from checkout to payout to your bank account.
- 135+ currencies: Accept payments from customers around the world
- All payment methods: Credit cards, Bancontact, iDEAL, SEPA, Apple Pay, Google Pay and more
- Developer-first: Excellent API and documentation for seamless integration
- Built-in fraud detection: Stripe Radar automatically protects against fraud
Time savings with Stripe
Stripe automates the entire payment process — from the moment a customer pays to the reconciliation in your accounting. No more manual processing.
Stripe Checkout
Ready-made payment page you can integrate in minutes. Optimised for conversion on every device.
Subscriptions
Manage subscriptions with automatic invoicing, prorated upgrades and dunning for failed payments.
Stripe Invoicing
Send professional invoices and receive payments online. Automatic reminders for open invoices.
Stripe Connect
Build a marketplace or platform with split payments and automatic payouts to sellers.
Hidden features that often go unused
Many businesses only use Stripe as a simple payment button. The real power goes much further:
- Stripe Billing: Complex invoicing scenarios with metered billing, prorating and coupon systems.
- Revenue Recognition: Automatic revenue recognition according to accounting rules.
- Stripe Tax: Automatic VAT calculation and collection for international sales.
- Payment Links: Generate payment links without code — share via email, chat or social media.
- Webhooks: Real-time notifications for every payment event for automation.
- Stripe Sigma: SQL queries on your payment data for custom reports and analyses.
Integrations with other tools
Stripe integrates with virtually every tool in your stack thanks to its extensive API and hundreds of ready-made connectors:
WooCommerce
Zapier
Exact Online
Mailchimp
- E-commerce: WooCommerce, Shopify, WordPress — payments directly in your webshop.
- Accounting: Exact Online, Xero, QuickBooks — automatically synchronise transactions.
- Automation: Zapier, Make — trigger workflows on payments, subscriptions and refunds.
- CRM: HubSpot, Salesforce — link payments to customer profiles.
- Email: Mailchimp, Brevo — segment customers based on payment behaviour.
Set up Stripe payments?
I can help you integrate Stripe into your website or application and connect it to your accounting. Book a free consultation to discuss your options.
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