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Connect Stripe to Your Store

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Stripe is an American payment gateway that allows e-commerce sites to receive payments on their sales website. It is the best software platform for doing business on the internet. This software is processing billions of dollars every year for businesses around the world. Below is a guide on connecting Stripe as a payment gateway for your online store. This article will walk you through how to connect your Stripe account to ShopBase store.

In this section

A. Set up your Stripe account

B. Connect Stripe Account by Open Authorization

C. Deactivate your Stripe account

A. Set up your Stripe account

1. Create your Stripe account
Go to Stripe register page
Fill in the required fields, then create your Stripe account. You can skip the first question by clicking Skip for now, then confirm your email registered to confirm your account.
2. Confirm your Stripe account

To confirm your Stripe email and account:

Check your email inbox and look for a confirmation email sent from Stripe (by support@stripe.com) named Confirm your Stripe email address!
Click the confirmation link in this email and log in with your credentials recently created

Your Stripe account is now confirmed. You should now activate it to be able to receive money via this Stripe account.

3. Activate your Stripe account

To receive payments from your customer, you have to provide some details , such as your address and your bank account. This data is secured by Stripe and won't be shared with anyone.

To activate your Stripe account:

Log in your Stripe account and click the Activate your account link in the left menu.
Complete all the fields according to the instructions. It's OK to activate your account as an individual, you don't need a company ID. Stripe may review your account later but you are able to activate it immediately.
The activation form varies based on your country, so select that first!
Once completed, click Activate account.
Your Stripe account may still need to be reviewed by Stripe. It's automatic, and it should be a very quick process.
After the automatic activation process, you may need to provide additional information to Stripe for identity verification. If you get this notification, click on Review on the dashboard as shown below. If you are not prompted for additional information, you can move to the next step.

B. Connect Stripe Account by Open Authorization

When connecting Stripe from non-supported-by-Stripe countries (such as Vietnam and China), you must use IPs and change proxy to USA location via VPN. After the connection is finished, you can use your IP as normal. You can check here if your country is supported.

Go to your ShopBase store admin > Settings > Payment providers.
In Stripe section, click Add account.
Click Add account and you will be redirected to Stripe to create an account.
Choose Authorize access to this account and you've done.

C. Deactivate your Stripe account

After connecting your Stripe account to the store, you can deactivate it anytime in 2 ways and still be able to re-activate it later.

In the Payment providers dashboard > Toggle the active Stripe account to deactivate.
Or in the Stripe management dashboard, click Deactivate.

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