Using Stripe for my Small Business
Updated January 22, 2020
Using Stripe for my Small Business
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Stripe
I am the founder and director of a Christian ministry that provides life coaching services to young women. I use Stripe to process payments for all of our coaching clients. Using Stripe is an important tool used daily in my line of work. It connects to my scheduling software and makes payments a breeze for my clients.
- Stripe does a great job of integrating with the scheduling software I use, Acuity Scheduling.
- Stripe painlessly processes payments from my clients and gets funds directly to my bank account.
- Stripe allows my clients flexibility in payment options.
- Stripe does take a processing fee off the top, which I understand (but don't necessarily love).
- If there was any way to get my payments faster, that would be amazing.
- For the small fee I pay for processing services, it's nice to have so many flexible payment options for my clients.
- The automation of deposits into my account makes it well worth a small fee. I plugged my information into my settings and haven't had to think twice.
I use both options pretty interchangeably, to be honest. Both Paypal and Stripe connect to the scheduling software I use and prefer (Acuity Scheduling), so I don't have any problem switching between the two. I've also used Venmo for these same purposes, but much prefer Stripe for the integrations, automation, and online dashboard functionality.