Accept Stripe
without building the integration
Stripe is a developer-oriented payment processor available to businesses in a defined list of countries and able to charge in a wide range of currencies. Alongside cards it exposes the local methods that actually convert in each market — SEPA debit in Europe, iDEAL in the Netherlands, Alipay in Asia — through one API.
- USD
- EUR
- GBP
- Region
- Global
- Methods
- 5
- Credentials
- Server-side only
- PaymentHood fee
- None
- Status
- Live
What is Stripe?
- Coverage
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Businesses can register in a defined list of countries, which is far shorter than the list of places Stripe can take a card from. Charging is supported in a wide range of currencies, and the available local payment methods differ per market.
Among the markets Stripe serves — their own list is authoritative (opens in new tab).
- Currencies
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- USD
- EUR
- GBP
Among those supported. Which ones your account can charge in depends on its registered country.
- Fees
- Set and billed by Stripe, and published on their pricing page (opens in new tab). PaymentHood adds nothing on top, at any volume.
- Official resources
- Website (opens in new tab) · Developer docs (opens in new tab)
Written against Stripe's own documentation on . This page deliberately states no fees, no counts and no completeness claims, because those change without notice — for anything you are about to build on, Stripe's own documentation (opens in new tab) is the authority.
Stripe payment methods
Every method below runs through the same PaymentHood checkout. Turning one on or off is a dashboard setting, not a code change.
Cards
Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, JCB and UnionPay
Digital wallets
Apple Pay, Google Pay and Link
Bank debits and transfers
SEPA Direct Debit, ACH, BACS and local bank rails
Local methods
iDEAL, Bancontact, Alipay, Przelewy24 and others by market
Buy now, pay later
Klarna, Afterpay and Affirm where Stripe offers them
Stripe fees and pricing
Two separate bills, and only one of them exists.
- What PaymentHood charges
- Nothing on your Stripe transactions. No percentage and no per-transaction cut, at any volume. Every payment feature is free, and the optional Premium plan only adds white-label checkout branding.
- What Stripe charges
- Stripe sets its own rates and bills you directly. PaymentHood never sits between you and that invoice, so switching to or from Stripe changes what you pay Stripe and nothing else.
- What moves the rate
- Payment providers price per market and per method rather than as a single global figure. It settles in USD, EUR, GBP, and cross-currency transactions are not priced the same as domestic ones. It also accepts 5 different payment methods, and card, transfer and wallet rails each carry their own cost.
- Where to check the figure
- Stripe publishes current rates on their pricing page (opens in new tab). That is the authority, not this page. We deliberately quote no numbers here, because a rate that has quietly changed is worse than no rate at all.
How PaymentHood works with Stripe
A direct Stripe integration is not just an API call. These are the parts every team ends up rebuilding — and the parts PaymentHood ships already done.
- Credentials
- Restricted secret key, held server-side in PaymentHood and never exposed to the storefront
- Webhook security
- Signature on the Stripe-Signature header, verified with the endpoint secret before an order is released
- Payment verification
- Server-side PaymentIntent status re-check against the Stripe API before fulfilment
- Idempotent charge creation, so a retried request never double-charges a customer
- Automatic failover to another configured provider when Stripe is unreachable
- One reconciliation view across Stripe and every other provider you run
- Provider credentials never reach the storefront or the customer's browser
- Adding or switching a provider later is a dashboard change, not a re-integration
Stripe integrations by platform
Install the free PaymentHood plugin for your store, then enable Stripe in your dashboard.
How to connect Stripe
Open your Stripe account
Register directly with Stripe and complete their onboarding. Funds settle from Stripe into your own bank account — PaymentHood never holds merchant money.
Add the credentials to PaymentHood
Paste your Stripe API credentials into the PaymentHood dashboard. They are stored server-side and never exposed to your storefront.
Enable it at checkout
Install the PaymentHood plugin for your platform, paste your PaymentHood API key, and Stripe appears as a payment option. Test in sandbox, then switch to live.