Stripe - payments for developers
The way in which developers can accept payments is always on my mind. It’s mainly out of pure curiosity because the thought of charging for apps brings with it a terrifying amount of responsibility—much more than my 9-2am slot for side projects can handle. Nevertheless, I keep my eyes open for services that might help.
Enter Stripe, a new service that “makes it easy to start accepting credit cards on the web today.” And they’re not kidding—you can get started before even seeing a sign up screen. Stripe supports one-time payments, subscriptions, you name it. It also handles customer and credit card storage using a dead-simple API that “gets out of your way.” I love it. So much that I’m dying to find a reason to use it. Check it out and give her a whirl.
