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Set up a Stripe account and immediately start building your integration.

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Common use cases

Accept simple payments as a startup

Enable Stripe payments for your business without writing code.

Sell subscriptions as a SaaS startup

Launch a pre-built subscriptions integration as a SaaS startup.

Build a subscriptions solution for an AI startup with a usage-based pricing model

Create a customized payments integration to handle billing for usage-based pricing models.

Accept in-person payments for a direct retail business

Accept card payments for your in-person business.

Send invoices to collect payments for an online business

Send invoices to customers who want to pay through bank transfers.

Migrate to Stripe

Learn how to migrate your customers to Stripe.

Start building

Create a Stripe account

Create and activate a Stripe account.

Set up your development environment

Get familiar with the Stripe CLI and our core SDKs.

Get your API keys

Get your API keys and learn about authentication.

Quickstarts

Review a list of all Stripe integration quickstart guides.

Use Stripe without writing code

Accept payments with Stripe by using shareable links or sending an invoice.

Build on Stripe with LLMs

Use LLMs in your Stripe integration workflow.

More resources

Browse sample projects

Use one of our sample projects to get started integrating Stripe.

Test your integration

Test your integration before you go live with Stripe.

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  • Support site

    Learn the answers to common account questions and get troubleshooting tips and tricks.

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