Episode Details

Wes and Scott talk about the ins and outs of accepting payments online—from choosing processors like Stripe and PayPal to handling fraud, taxes, custom checkouts, and more.

• 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
• 02:34 Payment processors
  • Stripe
  • PayPal
  • Square
  • Authorize.net
• 09:29 Checkouts
• 18:22 The checkout flow
• 23:10 Methods of accepting money
• 25:30 Brought to you by Sentry.io
• 28:34 Merchant of Record
  • Lemon Squeezy
  • Gumroad
  • Paddle
  • Beacons
• 32:51 Handling fraud, disputes, and refunds
• 41:25 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

• Scott: Parcel
• Wes: Parcels App

• Syntax YouTube Channel

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