Payments with Stripe

1. Initiate a Stripe Account:

• Register for a new account on Stripe's website. Complete all necessary steps to finish setting up the account.

2. Enable Payment Processing:

• After account creation, provide your business details and bank information to enable the processing of payments.

3. Update Website Information:

• Go to Settings and select Public Details.
• Enter your website's URL to link Stripe back to your site.

4. Customize Stripe’s Appearance:

• Within Settings, access Branding.
• Upload your company's logo and select a color scheme that represents your brand.

5. Configure Email Notifications for Customers:

• In Settings, look for Customer Emails.
• Activate email notifications for both successful payments and refunds to ensure your customers are well-informed.

6. Set Up the Customer Portal Access:

• Find Customer Portal under Settings.
• Turn on the portal link, which might be necessary for future use.

7. Implement Anti-Fraud Measures:

• Search for 'rules' and navigate to Fraud Prevention > Rules.
• Activate the primary 3DS rule for security, and consider enabling the second recommended rule.
• Set it to reject payments when the CVC check fails.

8. Switch to Test Mode:

• Activate Test Mode in the Stripe dashboard to simulate transactions without actual monetary exchanges.

9. Generate a New Product:

• In Stripe, create a product and note its price ID (e.g., price_1ju5GD464564).
• Incorporate this price ID into your config.stripe.plans[0].priceId in the config.js file.

10. Integrate API Keys:

• Retrieve your public and private API keys from Developers in Stripe.
• Add these keys to STRIPE_SECRET_KEY & STRIPE_PUBLIC_KEY in your .env.local file.

11. Set Up Local Webhook Testing:

• Follow the instructions under Developers, Webhook, Test in local environment in Stripe.
• Once logged into Stripe CLI, use a specified command to forward webhook events to your API.

 
stripe listen --forward-to localhost:3000/api/webhooks