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I've been using the UK beta for a few months. Honestly, the API docs and Gem are so good you don't need a book. From sitting down can looking over the docs to
by smickie 13y ago
I've been using the UK beta for a few months.
Honestly, the API docs and Gem are so good you don't need a book.
From sitting down can looking over the docs to charging my debit card for a monthly subscription took about an hour (and I'm not even that good with ruby, if you're a pro you could do it in half an hour I reckon).
- aculver 13y agoI totally agree that Stripe is easy to get started with and I believe their documentation is the best in the industry. But, as someone who processes payments in the six figures annually with Stripe, I feel there is definitely still room for a book like Pete's, in the same way that there was a place for a book about design patterns even among talented and experienced developers. His book builds on the platform, rather than replacing the documentation. I manage a drop-in Rails engine for adding Stripe subscriptions to an app (http://github.com/andrewculver/koudoku http://github.com/andrewculver/koudoku) and the number one piece of feedback I get is that people wish they had heard of it before they integrated Stripe subscriptions in their app. This tells me that there is room for gems like mine and books like Pete's in the little ecosystem Stripe has created.
- rhuppert 13y agoI'm happy to say that I will not be a member of this "before" group. Thanks for pointing it out today. I look forward to using your gem and buying Pete's book.
- agduncan 13y agoI was of the understanding that UK debit cards are not currently supported. Has this recently changed?
- smickie 13y agoIt's payment systems that are supported. Not debit or credit cards. My debit card is from Visa, and Visa is a supported payment system. I think that's why he makes a point of saying American Express in the blog post too, it's one of the more obscure payment systems in the UK. On a side note, I remember my mother, who runs a corner shop, giving anyone who pays on AmEx the evil eye because they have a higher merchant fee in the UK and it takes a few extra days to clear. I wonder if Stripe UK have the same fees for AmEx...
- siddarthcs 13y ago(I work at Stripe.) Yep, we have the same fees for American Express transactions: 2.4% + 20p + VAT per successful charge.
- yapcguy 13y agoCan you tell us the corporate structure of Stripe? Does Stripe have "operations" in the Republic of Ireland? Will Stripe shuffle UK sales/transactions through Dublin in order to avoid paying corporation tax in the UK? Quite a lot of people in the UK are sick of companies coming across the Atlantic and playing international tax games.
- samwillis 13y agoI think if Stripe decided to base their EU operations in ROI it would be quite legitimate as their founders, the Collison brothers, are Irish.
- vidarh 13y agoIf a company genuinely operates out of Ireland, sure. The issue that's caused a lot of grief is that a lot of companies set up what pretty much accounts to shell companies in Ireland, with the bare minimal operations they can get away with, and route massive amounts of revenue through it in creative ways that have nothing to do with where the actual operations and revenues of the company are. Especially the "double Irish with a Dutch sandwich" arrangement has drawn a lot of ire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement
- Irishsteve 13y agoI know you havent mentioned anyone specifically. But companies such as Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft employ hundreds if not thousands of people here.
- aroch 13y ago
- k-mcgrady 13y agoI think Visa Debit works but Maestro is unsupported.
- pc 13y agoMaestro is fast becoming redundant, so we decided not to push for support: "This effectively means that practically no UK banks will be issuing Maestro cards, except in Northern Ireland." —http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maestro_(debit_card) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maestro_(debit_card)
- sjtgraham 13y agoThe Maestro scheme mandates 3D secure for e-commerce transactions too. I don't think Stripe has any 3D secure integration, does it?