Integrating with Stripe will add the ability for your organization to collect payments for courses OR collect donations from Members within the platform. It is quick and easy to set up.

Follow the steps below to set up your instance, and begin collecting payments for courses or collecting donations. 

NOTE: You must have Community Manager privileges to set up Stripe in the Community Platform.

• Navigate to Community Settings from the Community Menu.
• Select the Commerce tab and click on Setup Stripe Account.
• You will be prompted to input your Stripe account information or create an account, if you don’t have one.

Note that Setting up a Stripe account is a multi-step process that will require several prompts for business and ID verification. We recommend you have this information ready before beginning. We also recommend you review this Stripe support article to ensure you meet the Stripe requirements before setting up the account. 

• Once the Stripe account has been set up, you will again go to the Commerce Tab in the left side Navigation.
  • Note you might need to refresh your browser to update the Status from Onboarding Started to Accepting payments.
• Then the Donations toggle option will appear:

• For donations, turn on the toggle to enable this functionality for the Community.
• Once this is complete, a Donate button will appear in the top right corner.

• To collect payment for courses, simply designate the amount required per course. (you do not need to turn on the donate feature to accept payment for courses)