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These services that are layers on top of Stripe really rub me the wrong way. I’m sure it’s useful to many people who want to take credit card payments but don’t

by Cenk 8y ago

These services that are layers on top of Stripe really rub me the wrong way. I’m sure it’s useful to many people who want to take credit card payments but don’t know how to code up a Stripe integration themselves, but I really dislike the idea of having another middle-man between the user and Stripe.

dbielik 8y ago
I agree, and they've also built this themselves for people who don't know how to embed/integrate it.
- WhiteOwlLion 8y ago
  i don't know what kind of freelancer you are... but even a non-techie should be able to create their own checkout page using stripe tools. seriously, it is not hard
  - samb1729 8y ago
    And yet Stripe decided it was worth the effort to make this easier for people. I doubt they invested engineering hours into an offering that no one asked for or needed.
    - norova 8y ago
      Just clarifying, this isn't a Stripe product.
amelius 8y ago
But note that, strictly speaking, Stripe itself is also a middle-man.
DavideP86 8y ago
Hi Cenk, Thanks for your comment. In order to integrate your own Stripe Checkout, don't you need a website? If so, you're going to have different middle-men like a hosting provider, domain provider, maybe a developer etc.. You're going to pay these services on a monthly basis, and theoretically just to get some payments. It's an alternative, and maybe a lot cheaper and faster than the one above. What do you think?