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Just got accepted into the Australia Beta, its working awesome.

thetron 13y ago
Thanks for mentioning this! I had completely missed the announcement. That's really exciting, I wonder if pin.net.au will adjust their pricing to match Stripe's. Good to have some healthy competition locally.
- tomcorrigan 13y ago
  Pin will need to drop its prices to below stripe's or drastically improve the product. I started in integrating pin payments into my SaaS app and gave up when I realised pin would send an ugly email to my customers _every_ time I charged them. Ugh, no thanks.
thejosh 13y ago
What is required for a client to use Stripe? A merchant account? We're using eWay for those with merchant accounts, and PIN/PayPal for small busineses without.
- pc 13y ago
  No need for a merchant account or anything like that -- Stripe handles everything from accepting the payment to depositing the money in your bank account.
  - thejosh 13y ago
    Awesome, thanks for the answer. Looks like we'll be integrating in Stripe into our eCommerce system for our clients once we get into the BETA. :)
    - pc 13y ago
      Email me for an invite! patrick@stripe.com.
      - thejosh 13y ago
        Have done, thanks!
janekk 13y ago
D'oh, I had no idea, and here I am already having spent months talking to NAB in order to charge USD and support AMEX. Stripe seems a lot cheaper too in terms of fees. Stripe AU supports AMEX and USD charges, right?
- thairu 13y ago
  Stripe AU supports AMEX (as well as Visa and MasterCard!), but is currently only for AUD charges. We are actively working on adding USD support, and hope to roll it out soon. Email me @ thairu@stripe.com if you would like a beta invite.
  - janekk 13y ago
    Thanks thairu, patrick has sent me an invite. USD charging is definitely essential for SaaS selling to the US.
- ghiculescu 13y ago
  pin.net.au supports USD. Doesn't support AMEX yet though, which is a bit annoying.
  - elithrar 13y ago
    Braintree does Visa, MC and AMEX - both in AUD and USD. Braintree in Australia uses a NAB account up back to allow multi-currency deposits, which is nice. Stripe in Australia makes me very happy though, and I may have gone down that route for the brand alone if I hadn't already integrated Braintree into my app (with a nice library, to boot).
    - janekk 13y ago
      Braintree did not do AMEX in USD, last I talked to them a couple of months ago. How did you get this working? I'm very interested!

Thanks for mentioning this! I had completely missed the announcement. That's really exciting, I wonder if pin.net.au will adjust their pricing to match Stripe's. Good to have some healthy competition locally.

tomcorrigan 13y ago
Pin will need to drop its prices to below stripe's or drastically improve the product. I started in integrating pin payments into my SaaS app and gave up when I realised pin would send an ugly email to my customers _every_ time I charged them. Ugh, no thanks.

thejosh 13y ago

What is required for a client to use Stripe? A merchant account? We're using eWay for those with merchant accounts, and PIN/PayPal for small busineses without.

pc 13y ago
No need for a merchant account or anything like that -- Stripe handles everything from accepting the payment to depositing the money in your bank account.
- thejosh 13y ago
  Awesome, thanks for the answer. Looks like we'll be integrating in Stripe into our eCommerce system for our clients once we get into the BETA. :)
  - pc 13y ago
    Email me for an invite! patrick@stripe.com.
    - thejosh 13y ago
      Have done, thanks!

janekk 13y ago

D'oh, I had no idea, and here I am already having spent months talking to NAB in order to charge USD and support AMEX. Stripe seems a lot cheaper too in terms of fees. Stripe AU supports AMEX and USD charges, right?

thairu 13y ago
Stripe AU supports AMEX (as well as Visa and MasterCard!), but is currently only for AUD charges. We are actively working on adding USD support, and hope to roll it out soon. Email me @ thairu@stripe.com if you would like a beta invite.
- janekk 13y ago
  Thanks thairu, patrick has sent me an invite. USD charging is definitely essential for SaaS selling to the US.
ghiculescu 13y ago
pin.net.au supports USD. Doesn't support AMEX yet though, which is a bit annoying.
- elithrar 13y ago
  Braintree does Visa, MC and AMEX - both in AUD and USD. Braintree in Australia uses a NAB account up back to allow multi-currency deposits, which is nice. Stripe in Australia makes me very happy though, and I may have gone down that route for the brand alone if I hadn't already integrated Braintree into my app (with a nice library, to boot).
  - janekk 13y ago
    Braintree did not do AMEX in USD, last I talked to them a couple of months ago. How did you get this working? I'm very interested!