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Stripe launches beta in Ireland

81 points| blackdogie | 13 years ago |twitter.com | reply

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[+] swombat|13 years ago|reply
They just launched in the UK, too. I integrated them in about 2 hours and took a setup fee payment (£1,200) with zero hassle within hours of getting the beta email.

Awesome stuff. Best payment provider integration experience I've ever had (and I've had a few).

[+] deskpro|13 years ago|reply
I want to use them; but they can't take $US without a US bank account (we have a $US UK based bank account) or do Amex yet. Hopefully soon.
[+] RobAley|13 years ago|reply
Do you know if they support Verified by Visa and Mastercard SecureCode? Fairly essential when doing b2c transactions with "real" goods.
[+] TomGullen|13 years ago|reply
We're on the UK beta, still a bit confused though - is it all still in test mode only?
[+] HyprMusic|13 years ago|reply
Out of interest, where did you register your interest to be part of the Beta? Apart from news articles, I've seen little official talk of the beta or the status of it.
[+] mooism2|13 years ago|reply
? I thought they were still in beta in the UK, and their front page still offers only United States and Canada as options.
[+] thibaut_barrere|13 years ago|reply
Did you try out Recurly? I'm curious to see a comparison (on the zero hassle part especially).
[+] blackdogie|13 years ago|reply
The email that was sent from stripe

We're getting in touch because you asked to be notified when Stripe was available in Ireland. Good news: we are up and running in private beta, and we're excited to invite you to take part.

As of today, you can accept Visa and MasterCard transactions. You can choose to accept payments denominated in euros, with American Express and US dollar denominated transactions coming soon. All our standard docs and features apply -- jump in at https://stripe.com/docs.*

[+] victormier|13 years ago|reply
So nice to see € there. But I would like to know if they have any roadmap for expanding to other countries. I'm from Spain and about to start a business, and I would love to set up payments with stripe and would like to know if it will be available in my country when we launch. Any information?
[+] rmc|13 years ago|reply
y'know, we're supposed to have a common single market here in EU (and especailly within the eurozone). But it just seems like there is all these little examples of it not being a single market. ☹
[+] maris|13 years ago|reply
Great to see Stripe expanging in Europe! We at Sellfy (http://sellfy.com/) just rolled out GPB support for Stripe UK users looking to sell their downloads. I guess the Euros for Ireland are next.
[+] Kudos|13 years ago|reply
I got my invite last week and integrated it over the weekend, but I need to hold off until I can accept USD.

According to John at Stripe "Unfortunately, right now you'd need a US-routable dollar account to accept payments in USD. We're planning on having better native support for charging USD in the future, but have no timeline on it right now."

I'm planning on opening a US bank account when I'm in SF in August, if anyone knows how I can do that from Ireland instead let me know.

[+] blackdogie|13 years ago|reply
I guess adding multi-currency is another level of complexity, but something that I think users in Europe would want. Also exchange rates stuff probably has regulatory stuff with it too. I don't see anywhere on the stripe interface to add a 2nd bank account for a different currency. Does anyone have any tips on what banks to open a US a/c when I'm there next (I don't have a SSN).
[+] spellboots|13 years ago|reply
As mentioned above, I spoke to them at their hack day in London at the beginning of April, and they said they expected to solve this in 1-3 months. So hopefully within the next 6 weeks if we're optimistic!
[+] logotype|13 years ago|reply
Am I the only one who get really tired of the endless copying and imitating of Apple UIs? Look at the picture in the tweet, every single element from the gradient in the switch button, text shadows, color tones of icon and background to the section gradients. Sure, it looks nice, no doubt. But it's so un-original!
[+] zura|13 years ago|reply
Why these kind of payment services take quite long to add a new country?

What procedures are there?

[+] firloop|13 years ago|reply
For starters, getting a local bank account for the country, making sure that you are following local banking regulations and accounting rules...
[+] conradfr|13 years ago|reply
I'm in France and interviewed with two payment solutions last week (just coincidence) and ask if they knew about Stripe and its fantastic api & solution and nobody was.

I guess Stripe will have to cross the Channel at some point.

[+] thairu|13 years ago|reply
We definitely want to cross the Channel, but can't say much about timelines as yet
[+] rdl|13 years ago|reply
Wow, this is awesome. Finally!