# Stripe


- Date: 26-Jan-2012
- Author: Prateek Rungta
- Link: https://stripe.com/
- Tags: We Like, Web Development, Payments
- URL: https://miranj.in/blog/2012/stripe


A new payment solution with a single-minded focus on their customers—the developers. Stripe looks like a refreshing glass of cold water in the desert land that is internet payment gateways. Everything about them defies the current market of payment *solutions* that developers have to put up with in-order to accept payments on the web: a clear and unambiguous offering, crisp communication, good documentation and all with a straightforward (and perhaps, quite friendly) pricing.

The best thing about Stripe, however, is their approach to the payments problem. Unlike most gateways, what Stripe offers is an [API][] and not an interface which redirects back–and–forth. This gives app developers complete freedom to design and optimise the experience of accepting payments from their end-users.

Our only gripe? They're U.S. only ([for now][global]). India can [really do][rbi] [with some][india scene] good payment solutions. We can't wait to integrate Stripe (what with, hmm) as soon as they start paying out to Indian accounts.

[global]:https://stripe.com/global
[api]:https://stripe.com/docs
[rbi]:http://blog.cleartrip.com/2011/02/14/how-indias-banks-killed-the-future-of-commerce/
[india scene]:http://zaakco.com/blog/2009/09/online-payments-ecosystem-payments-in-india/