Connect your Stripe account

Connecting a Stripe account is essential for using Easycart. You don't need to do this if you only use our other tools. A Stripe account allows payment processing.

If you don't have a Stripe account yet, you can create one during the Easycart connection process.

Connecting your Stripe account

There are three different ways to connect your Stripe account, all leading to the same result:

• For new accounts, it is part of the onboarding process available on the Home page in the Creator Portal:
  

• When publishing your first product (by clicking the Publish button). If your account is not yet connected, we will prompt you to do so and guide you through the necessary steps.
• When going through the optional process of importing products from Stripe. You can initiate it here.

Next steps for connecting your Stripe account

You will be redirected to Stripe to either connect or create a new account (it's the same process; if you don't have an account yet, you can create one and connect it immediately).

Stripe will guide you through adding a new business. You can also register as an individual. In the next step, Stripe will ask what you plan to sell. Likely, you'll choose digital products (even if unsure now), then select Not right now for Stripe Tax.

Once your account is successfully created or connected, you'll return to Easycart to create or import products. Congrats, your account is now set up, but we recommend following the next steps in the setup guide. You can now proceed to create a new product or import Stripe products.

Importing products from Stripe

If you wish to import existing products from your Stripe account, you can do it in two ways:

• From the setup guide on the homepage
  

• If you don't have an Easytools account yet, use the dedicated creator

The import creator will guide you through the necessary steps. Existing products on your Stripe account will be copied to Easycart without changes. No modifications will be made to your Stripe account, so no worries! The import process may take a few minutes, so refresh the products page after a while. They should appear there.

Initial Stripe account setup

Right after connecting or creating your account, log in to the Stripe interface and ensure the account is correctly configured.

1. Check your account settings in the Account Settings tab. Ensure the address is correct.
2. Fill in details, especially the website and links to privacy policy and terms in the Public Details section. This is crucial as some payment operators may refuse transactions without proper data. You can generate legal documents using Easylegal. Click here to generate documents.
3. Ensure payouts are set to the correct account in this tab. Stripe charges additional fees for currency conversion. It's more cost-effective to receive payouts in the same currency you sell products. Check this table and try to choose an option where payouts are free (FREE). Below, you'll find information on payout frequency. Initially, it's every 7 days or manually. After processing a sufficient number of transactions, Stripe will enable payouts every 3 days and later — daily.
4. Finally, go to this tab and ensure all customer messages are disabled. Why disable messages? All transactional messages will be handled and sent by Easycart. You'll also find an important option here for subscription sales. If you sell subscriptions, you can set when renewal notifications are sent in this place. This option, Upcoming renewal events, is set to 3 days by default. You can change it or disable these messages entirely in the product settings on Easycart.

Main benefits of Stripe

• Largest payment infrastructure — Stripe is the global leader in online payment processing, providing solutions to millions of businesses like Booking, Shopify, and Salesforce.
• Focus on conversions and UX — Stripe's API offers far more capabilities for us, as EasyCart creators, in terms of providing features to clients than Polish operators.
• Data security and compliance — Payment providers often face legal, compliance, and security issues. Stripe ensures the highest level of compliance.
• All customers are yours! — Easycart acts as an overlay on your Stripe account. This means all customers, payment methods, purchases, and subscriptions remain on your account! If you decide Easycart isn't for you, you can use Stripe natively or switch to one of hundreds of other solutions!
• Scale globally with ease — Stripe supports payments worldwide, offering support for 135+ payment methods and currencies, optimized in 35+ countries. Now you can easily scale your products, and sales and statistics are in one place.
• Security and compliance - Highest security level, using AES-256 for card data encryption, meeting standards like PSD2 (SCA), PCI DSS Level 1, SSAE18/SOC 1 and 2.

Popular questions and answers:

Why do we use Stripe?

Easytools uses Stripe for payment processing. Stripe is one of the best payment systems globally. Easycart provides a highly converting interface and post-transaction support.

Benefits of using Stripe include:

• Quick setup
• High sales conversions
• Global transaction support

To use Easycart, you need a Stripe account. It's a simple and pleasant process, guided step by step. Besides Easytools fees, you incur Stripe's fees, including their commissions and other charges.

Why are Stripe's fees high?

At first glance, Stripe's fees seem high. However, this comes with high-quality services. In practice, businesses switching to Stripe earn more despite higher fees. Why? Stripe supports many payment methods, has no unnecessary redirects, and operates reliably with a high SLA. Even with a 1% lower fee, if your operator has monthly technical breaks, you lose due to transaction processing downtime. Stripe also offers a friendlier onboarding process, requiring fewer documents, and the account is ready for the first sale in minutes. Stripe also allows fee reduction, usually for accounts with over $50k monthly turnover. Here is Stripe's fee and commission table.

Can you connect another payment operator?

Currently, Stripe is the only available payment processor in Easytools. We plan to expand options to more providers in the future. We're working on creating a Payment balancer, allowing you to switch to another provider without negative impacts on users, helping save on fees or in case of technical issues or payment shutdowns. Learn more here.

What data does Stripe require?

To start using payments in Easytools, you need a Stripe account. The process is simple and quick, done during the account connection step. Stripe requires your business data; you can also register as an individual. The entire process takes only a few minutes. Once you have a Stripe account and start processing payments, Stripe will conduct a KYC procedure, asking for documents. This is a safe process and necessary for selling but not required from the start.

Who can create a Stripe account?

You can create an account as a business or an individual. During the KYC process, Stripe will require your personal documents, but this doesn't happen immediately. It's a safe and proven procedure.

Are there any restrictions on selling through Stripe?

Like any operator, Stripe has a list of restricted products. You can check it here.