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What countries would you like to see supported? (You can sign up in a number of European countries today: https://stripe.com/global. https://stripe.com/global.)
by pc 13y ago
What countries would you like to see supported? (You can sign up in a number of European countries today: https://stripe.com/global. https://stripe.com/global.)
- mootothemax 13y agoFor myself, Poland. I've also had clients in Italy and the Czech Republic make similar noises (although, I must confess, I know comparatively little about their local alternatives).
- polskibus 13y ago+1 for Poland (and the rest of Central Europe! Remove the obstacles - you'll be first from the West there instead of competing with others elsewhere in Europe(PayPal, etc.)
- vsl 13y agoNot really: PayPal is there and so is SaaSy/FastSpring. (I'm currently using FastSpring from Czech Republic and would love to have the Stripe option.)
- polskibus 13y agoPayPal didnt really get much traction in PL. Never heard about FastSpring. There's a local alternative PayU, which is the most used option for payment integration.
- pc 13y agoOk, good to know -- thanks!
- whatevsbro 13y agoCould you please make a blog post about the difficulties involved in serving new countries? Obviously it's related to bullshit regulations, artificial barriers to entry and so on, but it would be lovely to know any specifics.
- pc 13y agoWe've actually considered doing this. Why would you like to see it, out of curiosity? Just because it'd be interesting, or in order to better understand why we're taking so long? :-)
- kawsper 13y agoBoth actually :)
- DavidChouinard 13y ago+1 for this. I trust you're working hard on these problems, but can't fantom why it takes so long. I'm really curious about what bureaucratic mess is hidden under the hood of currencies.
- whatevsbro 13y ago> Just because it'd be interesting, or in order to better understand why we're taking so long? :-) Both, but mostly the latter. It's been.. how many years since you started? And the whole damn world has wanted to use Stripe HOW bad? :P .. So yeah. What's taking so long? Why aren't you everywhere already? Anywhere you go, there will be lots and lots of businesses just desperate to use Stripe, right? It would make sense for you to spread everywhere as soon as humanly possible, but you've always been strangely silent about what's keeping you from doing exactly that. I know it all boils down to: "Because governments are making it difficult for us to start serving new countries". But I do want more details.
- rurounijones 13y agoHow about a generalised list of things you need to do for each country. 1) Decide country 2) Hire finance lawyer for that country 3) Deal with banks / APIs 4) Make applications to governments etc. Give us some example timeline based on past experience etc for each step, maybe with some anecdotes when Stp X was particularly difficult /easy with country Y.
- biscotti 13y agoI'll second the Czech Republic - I've a client that would love it if you could - right now, they're Paypal only.
- frik 13y agoAustria, Switzerland (both central europe, next to Germany)
- ishansharma 13y agoAny chance of coming to Asia (specifically India). Payments are a pain here!
- Keyframe 13y agoWhat countries would you like to see supported? How about all of EU countries?
- stephenson 13y agoWould love support for Denmark!
- rlm 13y agoSeconded! An alternative to www.nets.eu and PayPal would be great.
- workhere-io 13y agohttp://adyen.com/ http://adyen.com/ and https://paymill.com/ https://paymill.com/ are also available in Denmark (although it'd be nice to have Stripe, too).
- nubela 13y agohow about Singapore?
- richardw 13y agoSouth Africa. Almost an EU member. Probably.
- instakill 13y agoSouth Africa please.
- lerouxb 13y ago+1 for South Africa
- workhere-io 13y agoDenmark.
- lobo_tuerto 13y agoI'd really like to see support for Mexico. Integrating with you is far better than the other only available option here.
- kyriakos 13y agoCyprus here. We actually have a monopoly with only 1 credit card processor. Very old fashioned, no competition to speed up things. the joys of being a small market...
- mamcx 13y agoWish for latin america (I'm in colombia). We truly have it worse.
- jorangreef 13y agoSouth Africa please.