Stripe Checkout

What&#x27;s new here? This was released a while back?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=19739630" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=19739630</a>

Starting to compete directly with a lot of their customers. Big change in strategy.

Stripe checkout has existed for awhile, which might not be obvious seeing it on the frontpage of HN.<p>It does make Stripe integration much quicker, which usually takes quite awhile especially when many users only need basic functionality when starting out.<p>However it&#x27;s still intended for people that know how to do at least a little development, so I wouldn&#x27;t call it a competitor to Shopify and so on.

I really wish Stripe would either support Elixir or drastically improve the quality of their docs.<p>As it is, every guide I see assumes the use of one of their few officially supported languages.<p>It doesn&#x27;t have to be that way. For a web API, the strings sent back and forth in HTTP requests and responses can be generated by any server-side language.<p>Edit: Here is an example, the first guide linked from that page: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;stripe.com&#x2F;docs&#x2F;payments&#x2F;accept-a-payment?integration=checkout" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;stripe.com&#x2F;docs&#x2F;payments&#x2F;accept-a-payment?integratio...</a><p>As you&#x27;ll notice there&#x27;s a toggle for language in Step 1 &quot;Set up Stripe&quot;. The options are: Ruby Python PHP Java Node Go .NET. Note that CURL is <i>not</i> an option. The entire guide presupposes you&#x27;re using one of 6 languages Stripe has blessed.<p>This has been the case for every guide on every similar Stripe product announcement I&#x27;ve seen shared here over the past year and a half.

As much as i loved integrating Stripe before i have to say it is pretty expensive for micro-transactions in Europe (less than 5€). They charge a base fee of 0.25€ +1.4% so this pretty much kills the business margin. We went with a local payments company in Spain (paycomet) because they could offer a flat 17€ fee a month.

Correct me if I&#x27;m wrong here, but there doesn&#x27;t seem to be anything new with this release but a landing page?

Seems like a direct response to shopify. I like the competition. Interesting how the design language is so similar, too. Seems there&#x27;s been a solid convergence in the payment space around simplified payment flows. As a developer and a user I&#x27;m very happy with this trend.