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Connecting Cardivo & Stripe and setting up
Connecting Cardivo & Stripe and setting up

Cardivo uses Stripe to process payments securely. You can connect your existing account or create a new Stripe account when you sign up.

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Written by Roohbir Singh
Updated over 2 months ago

What is Stripe?

Stripe is one of the world's leading (and in our opinion, the best) payment processor. Cardivo is built to work with Stripe so you get all the power and security of Stripe when using Cardivo for your gift cards.

How can I connect my Stripe account to Paythen?

Step 1: Create your free Cardivo account here.

Step 2: Once you sign up, we'll ask you to connect your Stripe account (or create a new one in seconds)

Step 3: If you have an existing Stripe account you can log in, or if you don't have one yet, you can create one in under a minute. Stripe will ask for basic information about you and your business (takes under 2 minutes).

Step 4: Once you are logged in to Stripe, you will see the permission screen for Cardivo to connect to your Stripe account. Click on the "Connect my Stripe account" button. We need this to be able to create plans and customers linked to your Stripe account.

πŸ‘‰ You can revoke Stripe account access any time if you later choose not to use Cardivo – with one click from within Stripe or Cardivo.

Note: You must be an admin or owner on the Stripe account to be able to complete this step. If you can't see the Stripe account in the list, it's likely because you are not the account admin or owner.

That's it! You're now almost ready to use Cardivo. We'll ask you to choose a custom gift card purchase link for your account. This is what customers can access publicly to buy your gift cards.

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We'll then take you to our gift card settings page where you just need to finalize some details to have your working gift card sales page.

You can change these details any time you need. Once you save this page, you'll see your final gift card purchase page link which is now ready to share with your customers.

To maximize gift card sales, we recommend sending out an email newsletter to your mailing lists and adding a banner and/or links on your website promoting your new business cards available to purchase. If you need a hand with any of this, just reach out via the chat icon and we'll help any way we can.

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If you have any questions or need a hand getting set up, we'd love to help.

Just let us know via the chat icon or email [email protected]

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