Connecting Stripe to Your Website
Stripe is our recommended Payment Provider as it has two clear advantages over Paypal. Firstly it allows you to accept pre-authorised payments from your guests and secondly it doesn’t whisk your guest away from your website to its own website to make payment.
Sending us your Stripe details so we can connect your Stripe Account to your Website
Locating Your Stripe Credentials
Your Stripe Dashboard
This should be the page you first see after logging into your Stripe account
Select ‘Live’
Make sure the toggle switch for test/live mode that you’ll see at the top of your screen is not selected. We don’t want Test mode activated.
Click on ‘Developers’ at the bottom-left of your screen.
To the right of the ‘Overview’ tab, select ‘API keys’
Locate the ‘Developers’ section
We will need your Publishable Key which can be copied and pasted from this screen into an email. Please don’t take screenshots.
We also need your Secret Key to complete the connection. If you already have a secret key setup it won’t be possible to copy this – you will need to create a new key by clicking on the ‘Create secret key’ button. After doing this you just have one opportunity to copy it before it is made secret. If you fail to copy it though don’t worry you can simply repeat the process to create another Secret Key
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Stripe Charge
Stripe Charges for UK customers
Standard UK cards (most cards including American Express) : 1.5% + £0.20.
Premium UK cards (commercial Visa/Mastercard) : 1.9% + £0.20.
International cards issued outside the UK and Europe : 3.25% + £0.20.
European cards : 2.5% + £0.20.Above prices correct at April 2023.
What Makes Owners Websites So Different?
We at Owners Websites are Holiday Home Owners as well as Website Designers.
Our services have been developed to suit Holiday Home Owners – and not just customers looking for Website Design. We provide all the features you need (or may need in the future) to successfully manage your holiday home’s website and to deliver bookings to your website.