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ahw  ·  3094 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Update: Donations

I noticed that Stripe is Hubski's payment provider. Do you think people would be more willing to use the payment form if it used Stripe's embedded checkout form, rather than it's current custom form?

It's primarily a phycological affair but when I look at the current barebones payment form it definitely evokes a slightly awkward feeling that might put some people off.





rob05c  ·  3094 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, we might change it to that. I didn't go with it, as per my comment below, because it doesn't support an 'amount.'

But I'd already wondered about that, before you said anything. Technically, it's all on your web browser, and your computer. Any programmer can look at the source and see it's never sent to our servers. But I think most people think of websites as not being on their computer, so yeah, I can see it making non-technical people more comfortable.

mk  ·  3094 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's a good point. There were some limitations in their embedded form that made it necessary to use our own. I believe it had to do with automatically linking the donation to a user account (so you can see what you have donated). But there may have been others. rob05c

Perhaps we can put 'powered by Stripe' or something under it.

ahw  ·  3094 days ago  ·  link  ·  

After mousing over the payment provider link to Stripe (and having a peek at the page source), I felt confident in using it myself but that might not work for everyone. Just my feelings.

user-inactivated  ·  3094 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Fortunately, they do accept prepaid credit cards. So if people are still a bit uneasy about using their own card, that is an option.

ahw  ·  3094 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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user-inactivated  ·  3094 days ago  ·  link  ·  

From the horse's mouth . . .