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Braintree doesn't ignore the EU like Stripe. Use Braintree.
by jwr 10y ago
Braintree doesn't ignore the EU like Stripe. Use Braintree.
- eps 10y agoYou misspelled Paymill, which is in fact an exact and shameless clone of Stripe. Braintree is similar, but it evolved from an pre-Stripe type of an older convoluted platform. They still had tiered pricing just a couple of years ago. It is also owned by PayPal, so that alone can be a factor for some people to sidestep it.
- jwr 10y agoYes, there is also Paymill. And frankly, I don't care if something is a "shameless clone". I do care about whether I can do business. Ever since Stripe was created, it did not want my business, and to this day I cannot use Stripe. Which is why I use Braintree and tell people to use Braintree or Paymill.
- kyriakos 10y agoI am using Braintree but the more options the better.
- jwr 10y agoWhile I agree in general, for the moment the fact is that Stripe doesn't care about our business, while others do. I am emphasizing this because Stripe seems to get a lot of goodwill here on HN, in spite of them basically ignoring large parts of the world. If you point that out, people will jump to excuses and explanations (laws are complicated, etc) — which is fine, but facts are facts: as it is now, Stripe doesn't want my business.
- kyriakos 10y agoYou are right about that and even if stripe opens for business here tomorrow it doesn't mean we will switch away from Braintree. Another common issue raised on HN is that Braintree is owned by PayPal which at least to me means absolutely nothing since I never had an issue with either companies.
- briandear 10y agoHow does Stripe ignore the EU? It's available in quite a lot of countries here. Perhaps you mean 'ignore my specific country in the EU.'