Why use Stripe?
Stripe is an online payment solution for businesses. Use Stripe to accept a wide variety of payment methods worldwide, expand your sales internationally, and collect payments internationally.
Stripe simplifies the online payment experience for both your customers and your business: SEPA Direct Debit, credit card payments, etc.
How does Stripe work?
Payment platform
Stripe has a platform that will allow you to create any type of product for one-time payments, subscriptions etc.
Checkout
Stripe Checkout is a pre-built, optimised hosted payment page that you can easily set up and add to your site without a line of code. Whether it's one-time purchases or subscriptions, Checkout will allow you toaccept online payments quickly and securely, no matter what product you're selling!
Customised payment interface
Stripe offers a number of UI features that allow you to design your payment pages to reflect your business. For example, you can offer a different design depending on the countries in which you sell your products.
Billing system
Stripe simplifies the billing process to get paid faster using Stripe Invoicing. You can create and automate the electronic invoicing process hosted by Stripe, without having to code. The API and advanced features limit the risk of non-payment: auto-collection, push notifications, invoice reminders, payment reconciliation, risk, etc.
Subscription
Stripe allows you to manage subscriptions, for example for a SaaS tool or an e-learning platform. Stripe will then take care of direct debit and send invoices every month.
API Stripe
Stripe has an API that allows it to connect to any web application: payment management, business operations, financial services, etc.
Commercial management
Stripe's interface offers many commercial features:
- Fraud and risk management
- Customised reports
- Identity check
- Automatic tax calculation
- Automated accounting
Stripe and Webflow
Your Webflow site can become a web platform or e-commerce site by connecting Stripe. The tool has a direct integration with Webflow, which simplifies its use. Connect Stripe and Webflow to offer a simple, automated and cross-border payment solution.
Conclusion on the tool
Benefits of Stripe
- Many features
- API
- Secure and RGPD compliant
Disadvantages of Stripe
- A large number of features that make its use more complex