Payments · Free plan

Stripe on your store, for customers anywhere.

Cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay, settled to your own Stripe account. SitesPlaced takes 0% commission and the integration is on the free plan.

By Manan Agrawal, Founder · Updated August 26, 2026

Stripe is built into every SitesPlaced store on the free plan. You connect your own Stripe account by pasting a restricted key with four permissions — never your master secret key — and we register the order-notification endpoint for you, so there is no signing secret to copy. Customers pay on Stripe's own hosted page, which brings Apple Pay, Google Pay and the bank-approval step UK and EU cards require. Money settles to your Stripe account; SitesPlaced charges 0% commission.

Plan

FreeFree plan

Where

Dashboard → your store → Settings → Payments & invoices → Stripe

Setup time

about 5 minutes (with an existing Stripe account)

What Stripe does on a SitesPlaced store

Cards and wallets, worldwide

Credit and debit cards plus Apple Pay and Google Pay on phones that support them. Turn on Klarna, Afterpay or Link in your own Stripe dashboard and they appear at your checkout with nothing to change here.

A restricted key, not your secret key

We ask for a key limited to four permissions. It cannot move your money, read your customer list or change your account. We tell you exactly which boxes to tick.

No signing secret to copy

The usual sticking point — creating a webhook and pasting a whsec_ value — is done for you at connect time. It is the step people most often get wrong, and here it doesn't exist.

Sales tax, if you use Stripe Tax

Switch Stripe Tax on in your own dashboard, tick one box here, and Stripe works the tax out at checkout. We never calculate tax ourselves — you are the seller of record.

Which plan, and what it costs

  • SitesPlaced: Free plan — ₹0 to publish, 0% SitesPlaced commission.
  • Third-party fees: Stripe charges its own per-transaction fee (commonly around 2.9% + 30¢ in the US, and it varies by country and method). Stripe Tax, if you enable it, is billed separately by Stripe. Check Stripe's pricing page for current rates.

Full plan details are on the pricing page. Plan tags on every SitesPlaced page mirror the real entitlement gate in the product, as of August 26, 2026.

How to set up Stripe

Where: Dashboard → your store → Settings → Payments & invoices → Stripe. Takes: about 5 minutes (with an existing Stripe account).

  1. Create a restricted key in Stripe

    In Stripe open Developers → API keys → Create restricted key. Set Checkout Sessions to Write, PaymentIntents to Read, Webhook Endpoints to Write and Refunds to Write. Leave everything else as None.

  2. Paste it into your store

    In your SitesPlaced dashboard open your store, go to Settings → Payments & invoices and paste the key into the Stripe card. We validate it with Stripe and set up order notifications automatically.

  3. Switch it on at checkout

    Tick “Customers can pay by card”. A Card payment option now appears at checkout alongside any other methods you offer.

  4. Place a test order

    Open your live store and buy something. The order appears in the Orders tab marked paid once Stripe confirms the payment.

Good to know

  • Stripe and Razorpay can both be connected. Indian customers get UPI through Razorpay; overseas customers pay by card through Stripe.
  • Stripe is not available to new merchants in India, so this is aimed at stores selling in dollars, pounds or euros with a Stripe account opened in a supported country.
  • You are the seller of record, so sales tax is yours to handle. In the US, states can require you to collect it once you pass a threshold — commonly around $100,000 or 200 orders a year, though it varies.
  • Refund from your Stripe dashboard and the order is marked refunded automatically. If it included digital downloads, the download link stays live until you disable it — a refund isn't always a withdrawal of the files.
  • Disconnect removes the key and deletes the notification endpoint we created on your Stripe account.

Other payments integrations

Razorpay, Shiprocket, Shipmozo, WhatsApp API, Meta CAPI: all built in.

Razorpay, cash on delivery, WhatsApp checkout, Shiprocket and Shipmozo are on the free plan. The ₹499/month Ecommerce plan adds the Meta integrations: Pixel + Conversions API and WhatsApp Business API alerts, bring your own credentials, plus your own domain, branding removal, AI and analytics. No app store, no per-integration fees.

Payments

  • Razorpay

    UPI, cards, net banking and wallets at checkout. SitesPlaced takes 0% commission; Razorpay's standard gateway fee applies.

    Free
  • StripeNew

    Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay from customers worldwide. Connect your own Stripe account with a restricted key — payments land in your Stripe balance and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission.

    Free
  • PayPalNew

    Customers pay with their PayPal balance or a card. Connect your own PayPal app — the money lands in your PayPal balance and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission.

    Free
  • Cash on delivery

    COD at checkout with an optional COD charge you set.

    Free
  • WhatsApp checkout

    Order via WhatsApp for buyers who prefer to chat before paying.

    Free

Shipping

  • Shiprocket

    Push orders to Shiprocket, get AWB numbers back, and show live tracking on your Track Order page.

    Free
  • ShippoNew

    USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL and Royal Mail labels for US, UK and international orders — around 5¢ a label with no monthly fee, billed to your own Shippo account.

    Free
  • ShipmozoNew

    Courier selection, pickup scheduling and tracking status synced back to each order.

    Free

Fulfilment

  • Qikink

    Print-on-demand for India — t-shirts, hoodies and mugs printed and shipped domestically from your own Qikink account.

    Free
  • PrintifyNew

    Print-on-demand t-shirts, hoodies, mugs and posters. Link a product to your own Printify catalogue and paid orders are sent for printing automatically — Printify bills your account, we take nothing.

    Free

Messaging

  • WhatsApp Business APINew

    Every new order sends you an alert and the customer a confirmation, from your own WhatsApp Business number via Meta's Cloud API. Bring your own credentials.

    ₹499

Marketing

  • Meta Pixel + Conversions APINew

    Your own Pixel on the storefront plus server-side Purchase events from the order record, deduplicated, so Instagram and Facebook ads report real sales. Bring your own credentials.

    ₹499
  • Custom head code

    Paste Google Analytics, Clarity or any tag into your live site.

    ₹499

Growth

  • Custom domain

    yourbrand.com with one-click DNS setup for most Indian registrars.

    ₹499
  • ChatGPT & Claude (MCP)

    Create and edit your store by chatting with your AI assistant.

    Free
  • Store import

    Bring a catalogue in from Instagram, your existing website, a PDF, dm2buy or Shopexer.

    Free

Frequently asked questions

Is Stripe free on SitesPlaced?

Yes. The integration is on the free plan and SitesPlaced charges 0% commission. Stripe's own per-transaction fee still applies, as it would on any website.

Do I have to give you my Stripe secret key?

No, and you shouldn't. We ask for a restricted key with four specific permissions. It cannot move money or read your customers. If any website builder asks for your full sk_live_ key, that is a reason to say no.

Where does the money go?

Into the Stripe account you connect, on Stripe's normal payout schedule. SitesPlaced never holds your funds and cannot pay itself from them.

Do Apple Pay and Google Pay need extra setup?

No. Customers pay on Stripe's hosted page, so both appear automatically on supported devices.

Can I use Stripe for Indian customers?

For rupee payments Razorpay is the better fit because it supports UPI, which is how most Indian customers prefer to pay. Use Stripe for overseas card payments.

Sell worldwide from a free store

Build the store free, publish it, and connect Stripe from Settings whenever you're ready to take card payments.

Build my store free

0% SitesPlaced commission on every plan.