Step by step
- Sign in to your Stripe account at dashboard.stripe.com (create one first if you have none).
- Open Developers › API keys.
- Safest: press Create restricted key, name it SubClik and give Write access to Prices, Payment Links and Checkout Sessions (leave the rest as None). Or reveal the Secret key.
- Copy the key (it starts with
rk_live_orsk_live_). - In SubClik open Administration › Integrations, tab Getting paid, paste it into Stripe secret key or restricted key and press Connect.
- It is checked with Stripe and stored encrypted. You see "Stripe connected".
How it works
Each issued invoice gets a card payment link while Make a card payment link for each issued invoice is ticked.
The customer pays from the link or from their customer portal; the invoice is marked paid here.
The link switches off when the invoice is paid another way.
Messages
"That does not look like a Stripe secret key (sk_live_… or a restricted key rk_live_…)."
"The key needs write access to Payment links, Prices and Checkout sessions."
"Stripe refused that key."
Tips
- Test mode keys (
sk_test_,rk_test_) work the same way with Stripe's test cards.
Questions
Who pays the card fees?
Stripe charges its fees to your Stripe account, as usual. SubClik adds nothing.
Can customers pay in the portal?
Yes. Unpaid invoices show a Pay by card link in the customer portal when Stripe is connected.
Works together with
- Connect GoCardless (Direct Debit)Collect invoices by Direct Debit into your own GoCardless account. Customers sign a mandate once; each invoice is then collected on its due date and marked paid here.
- Integrations: connect your other systemsConnect your own Xero or QuickBooks, collect money with your own GoCardless or Stripe, put jobs in your calendar, send alerts to Slack, Teams, Google Chat, Zapier or Make, and let your own software read data with API keys.
- The customer portalYour customers sign in to see their machines per site (status, toner, last readings), their service calls with the engineer's visit, the toner sent and their invoices. They can send meter readings, report a fault with a photo, order toner and pay online.
- Record a paymentRecord money received against an issued invoice: amount, date, method and reference. Part payments are fine.
- Turn Direct Debit collection or card links on or offPause automatic Direct Debit collection or card payment links without disconnecting, or paste a new key when one stops working.