About: Scott

I think the chorus would be a lot louder if people knew how much better and cheaper Stripe is than PayPal Pro with the Recurring Payments add-on. PayPal’s total fees are $60/month in addition to the per-transaction fees. Stripe is FREE for all the same functionality, and the per-transaction fees are about the same.

In other words, using Stripe instead of PayPal Pro/Recurring would produce an annual savings of $720, and you can still use PayPal subscription buttons for free if you have members who prefer PayPal. With savings like that, I’d happily pay a premium for an S2member/Stripe plugin, in addition to the S2member Pro fee.

When you need to do payments, cancellations, or refunds manually, the user interface on Stripe.com is WAY faster and easier to use than the one on PayPal.com. That’s because Stripe was created for developers, by developers, who understand good user interface design.

The only downside is that Stripe is only available to US-based merchants. (Correction: They’ve added support for merchants in Canada, UK, and Ireland, and they are adding more!) But merchants in those countries can accept credit card or debit card payments from anywhere in the world.

Jason, you might want to survey S2member Pro users to gauge their interest in Stripe integration, as well as their willingness to pay a premium for it. I certainly would.

Thanks!