14 posts
Payments
Articles and guides about Payments.
How to Add Payment Processing to Your App
A practical guide to adding payments to your application, Stripe integration, webhook architecture, subscription billing, marketplace payouts, and common gotchas.
How to Handle Refunds and Disputes in Your App
Learn how to build refund and dispute handling into your app the right way. Covers chargebacks, automated workflows, and protecting your revenue.
Testing Payment Flows: Stripe, Webhooks, and Edge Cases
Payment flows have more edge cases than any other feature. Learn how to test Stripe integrations, webhook handlers, and the failure scenarios most teams miss.
Multi Currency and International Ecommerce
How to architect an ecommerce system for multiple currencies, localized pricing, tax compliance, and international payments. Lessons from projects handling cross border transactions.
PCI Compliance for Apps That Process Payments
A practical guide to PCI DSS compliance for applications that process payments. Covers SAQ levels, tokenization, secure architecture, and cost breakdowns.
Usage Based Billing Architecture for SaaS Products
How to architect a usage based billing system that accurately tracks consumption, handles edge cases, and integrates with payment providers. Covers metering, aggregation, and invoicing.
Subscription Billing Architecture: Stripe, Trials, Downgrades, and Edge Cases
How to architect subscription billing with Stripe that handles trials, downgrades, proration, failed payments, and the edge cases that break most implementations.
Building an Affiliate System for Your Product
A practical guide to building an affiliate system for your SaaS or digital product. Covers tracking architecture, commission models, payout workflows, and fraud prevention.
How to Build a Donation and Fundraising Platform
A technical guide to building a custom donation and fundraising platform with payment processing, campaign management, and donor engagement tools.
Stripe vs Paddle vs LemonSqueezy for SaaS Billing
Comparing Stripe, Paddle, and LemonSqueezy on pricing, tax handling, developer experience, and merchant of record models. A practical guide for SaaS billing.
Building Fintech Software: Compliance, Architecture, and Cost
Building fintech software means navigating compliance, security, and complex architecture. Learn what it costs, what regulators expect, and how to ship without getting shut down.
How to Build a Subscription Box Platform: Architecture, Billing, and Fulfillment
A technical guide to building a subscription box platform from scratch. Covers billing architecture, fulfillment logistics, and the tech decisions that separate platforms that scale from those that break.
How to Build an Event and Ticketing Platform
Technical guide to building a custom event and ticketing platform with seat selection, payment processing, QR code validation, and real time inventory management.
How to Build Custom Invoicing Software for Your Business
Guide to building custom invoicing software with automated billing, payment processing, tax calculations, and accounting integrations for growing businesses.