Review on Stripe by Douglas Cachazo
Stripe: A payment platform that emerges on the hunt for the queen Paypal.
I have no doubt that paypal is still the most important payment processing company in the world, but I applaud the fact that similar companies are still emerging, and this is the case of stripe which we can say that due to its dizzying growth it is already another giant in the industry.
The importance of competition lies in two key words: commissions and services. If you already have at your heels companies with lower commissions and excellent service, you should undoubtedly make more effort to remain the leader, otherwise have no doubt that you will be dethroned. Stripe has a vertiginous growth and an excellent service adding to that its commissions are smaller than that of the giant.
Unfortunately the company does not yet operate in my country, but to register I put USA as my location because I have a bank account in that country and family business, I still have to complete a rigorous process of activation and verification of account and must provide a series of data that are required, however you can do not as a company but as a personal which will be faster activation, until the process is completed can not send and receive payments on the platform.
To receive payments for my professional fees in the computer area I have always used Paypal, once I finish my account activation process I will be able to have this excellent platform for it.
But before completing my activation process I took the freedom to make a rigorous research process on the platform, to be objective about its virtues, strengths and weaknesses.
Its main objective is to receive payments and make transfers via Internet from its platform to any part of the world, whether you are a person or a company, but not everything is there. The platform has evolved and diversified in the services it offers. Possibility of payments in person through points of sale in the countries where it operates, option to install its API with which you can receive payments from your company's website without many complications. It has a debit card that stripe makes available to you, there are also many financial services among the most prominent I can mention the option of providing economic financing to entrepreneurs or small businesses if you meet the requirements and if your project is accepted. For which a payment plan will be developed according to the possibilities.
Summarizing and for the above mentioned I must guarantee that it is a recommendable payment platform with low commissions and a variety of very interesting services. I have no doubt that it will be as good as the one I have traditionally used, and the best thing is its continuous evolution
Pros
- Already among the best payment platform worldwide
- Large client portfolio
- Low commissions
- Variety of financial services
- Debit card available
- Works with more than 140 coins
- Accepted in many countries worldwide
Cons
- It does not yet operate with full functionality in South American countries
