Payments — Ship Fast ⚡️

You don't have to use Stripe, but you'll need a merchant account for accepting payments.

• Create a new account on Stripe and activate payments (boring, I know.. see you in a bit!)
• In your [Settings], [Public Details], add your website URL
• In your [Settings], [Branding], add your logo & colors
• In your [Settings], [Customer Emails], turn on emails for successful payments & refunds
• In your [Settings], [Customer Portal], activate link to customer portal (in case you need later)
• In your [Payments], [Fraud & Risk], [Rules], make sure the firsrt 3DS rule is enabled. I also turn on the second one (recommended). Make sure to block payments if CVV fails (check below)
• In your [Developers], copy your public & private keys and add them to STRIPE_SECRET_KEY & STRIPE_PUBLIC_KEY in .env.local & in your prod deployment
• In your [Developers], [Webhook], [Add Enpoint]. Set your domain + /api/webhooks/stripe. Select [checkout.session.completed] event (or more if needed). Copy the signing secret and add it to STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET in .env.local & in your prod deployment
• To use Stripe in dev, turn on [Test Mode] on Stripe, and repeat the 2 steps above with your test keys & webhook secret (follow the Stripe tutorial to install the CLI)
• (optional) in [Balance], [Manage Payouts], set a specific date of the month to receive your payouts (I use the 10th of each month)

Example: Create Checkout

From the fron-end, use the apiClient (/libs/api.js) to POST our API at /stripe/create-checkout with the priceId & success/cancel URLs

Stripe webhooks

Our API listens to Stripe selected webhooks events & update the user accordingly. The /api/webhooks/stripe endpoint is where you do the business logic (add user to a plan, add credits, send email with paid e-books etc.)