Hey everyone,
Just dropped a new workshop on my channel that might interest you! I dive into building a payment system where customers can buy credits and redeem them for products or services on your site:
I cover all the tools I use and, more importantly, show how you can integrate Stripe with your Glide Apps. Plus, I break down how to use the Glide API to make credits appear instantly in your portal.
Check it out and let me know what you think!
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Great job for your video!
I just wanted to share a couple of insights regarding the Stripe payment integration. From my experience, it seems that the payment link isn’t entirely seamless. Specifically, it only allows two metadata fields—an email and an ID and to scale up a marketplace it’s not enough.
Additionally, if a user edits the prefilled email when clicking the payment button, it causes the process to fail since the email field isn’t locked. This creates some issues on the Stripe backend, as each transaction results in a new customer being created in Stripe, leading to a lot of duplicate entries in the customer data.
Thanks again for the valuable content, perfect to start with stripe!
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Yeah, you can get around that by making API calls outside of Stripe Payment Links.
It’s a lot more complex to set up though for this example though.
I haven’t add issues with multiple customers being created, but editing the email address is an issue with payment links.
I believe that for any app, having a seamless payment process is crucial, especially when dealing with more than just a small number of transactions. Otherwise, you may run into complications like handling email issues and other potential setbacks. Utilizing Stripe’s API, along with its customer portal and checkout sessions, provides a more professional solution compared to using payment links—especially when managing single-use plans or subscriptions. While it is admittedly more complex to implement, your video is an excellent starting point for setting up Stripe.