Stripe integration
Connect your Stripe. Your clients pay you, not us.
Your clients pay you directly, into your own Stripe account, under your own agreement with Stripe. SoloBase never receives, holds or moves that money, and takes 0%.
Live · Your own Stripe · 0% on every plan
SoloBase never receives, holds or moves that money, and takes 0%.
What you can sell
The ways a client pays you, and nothing in between.
Paid access to a Client Hub
Set a price on a Client Hub. A client pays, and they are in, with no invitation to send by hand.
Packages
A defined piece of work at a stated price, paid by card or ACH bank payment.
Sessions, one or a pack
Sell a session on its own, or a pack of sessions at one price.
A balance on a date
A proposal’s balance due on a date bills itself on that day, with one reminder to your client.
PayPal and Venmo
A one-time payment, a booking or a paid join can also be paid with PayPal or Venmo, to your own PayPal account.
In your own currency
Prices start in the currency your Stripe account already settles in.
How it connects
Your Stripe, one key, no platform in the middle.
You keep your Stripe account. SoloBase gets a key that can only do what your checkouts and invoices need, and sets up the rest itself.
01
Create a restricted key in Stripe
In your Stripe dashboard, a restricted key with the permissions the guide lists. It takes about five minutes, test mode first.
02
Paste it into your Studio
SoloBase checks the key with Stripe, stores it encrypted, and registers the webhook on your account. There is nothing else to configure.
03
Put a price on something
A Client Hub or a package. Your client sees the price, the name of the thing, and one button.
04
They pay, and they are in
Your client pays on Stripe Checkout. When Stripe confirms the payment, their access is granted. Returning to the page is never taken as proof; only Stripe’s confirmation is.
Where the money goes
From your client to your Stripe account.
Every payment is made on your own Stripe account, so the money lands in your Stripe balance and is paid out to your bank on your Stripe schedule. SoloBase is not a party to the payment, never holds the money, and does not use Stripe Connect.
0% to SoloBase, on every plan
Stripe’s standard processing fees apply, as on any Stripe payment
Your business on your client’s statement, not ours
Your SoloBase plan is billed separately, never out of your clients’ payments
The key, plainly
What SoloBase can do with your key, and what it cannot.
It can
Send a checkout link or an invoice from your own Stripe, and keep the one webhook that tells your Studio a payment went through. You set it once; the exact list is in the guide.
It cannot
Move your money, send payouts or make transfers. SoloBase never holds your money, and refunds and disputes stay in your Stripe dashboard, where you already handle them.
Your client pays you.You pay a flat plan. That is the whole deal.
Your Stripe, plainly
Can I try it before taking real payments?
Yes. Connect a test key first: a client pays with a Stripe test card and access opens by itself. Switch to your live key when you are ready. The status bar in your Studio says which mode Stripe is in, test or live.
Do I need my own Stripe account?
For cards and bank payments, yes. The payment happens on your account, which is what keeps SoloBase out of your money. If you already take cards with Stripe, you are ready. Without Stripe, clients can pay a one-time payment, a booking or a paid join with PayPal or Venmo, to your own PayPal account.
How do I connect it?
With a restricted key, not a one-click connection. The guide at solobase.org/help/connect-stripe walks you through it, test mode first, and what to do if Stripe says no. Stuck? Write to support@solobase.org and Harris will do it with you.
Why not Stripe Connect?
Connect makes the software a platform that sits between you and your client’s payment. With your own key, the account, the customer and the payout are yours, and there is no platform fee to take.
Can I disconnect?
Any time. SoloBase removes the webhook it registered on your account and deletes the key. You can also revoke the key in Stripe yourself.
Who handles refunds?
You do, in your Stripe dashboard, as with any other Stripe payment. You are the merchant; SoloBase is not.
Get paid for your judgment, not asked for it free.
Start with your Studio Site. Connect Stripe when the first client is ready to pay.