Podia makes it easy for you to sell your digital products online!
With just a few clicks, you're able to connect a Stripe and/or PayPal accounts, so you can start accepting payments for your digital products ✨
If you connect Stripe to Podia, you will be able to accept credit card payments for products, payment plans, and recurring subscriptions via community plans. You can also accept alternative payment methods, such as Google Pay, Apple Pay, iDeal, Stripe Link, etc.
If you connect PayPal to Podia, your customers will be able to purchase your products through PayPal.
PayPal is available on the Shaker plan.
Accepting payments in Podia
Ready to dive in? Let's get started!
Connecting Stripe and/or PayPal to your account
The first step to start accepting payments in Podia is to connect Stripe and/or PayPal accounts.
In the sidebar menu, click on Settings.
Locate the Payments settings group and click on Edit next to the Payments option.
Click on Connect next to each platform to connect your Stripe and/or PayPal accounts.
Authenticate your account by logging in to your Stripe/PayPal accounts and authorizing the connection to Podia.
Suggested reading 📚
Connecting Stripe and PayPal to your Podia account
Setting up your prices
After you have successfully connected a Stripe and/or PayPal account to your Podia account, you're good to start setting up a price for your products and/or community subscription plans! 🎉
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Set the price of your product
How to create a new subscription plan
Start selling!
After you have connected Stripe/PayPal to your Podia account and set up the prices for your products/subscription plans, it is time to start selling!
All the balance from purchases made through Podia will go straight into your Stripe or PayPal accounts, depending on the platform the customer used to complete the purchase.
And that's it! You're all set! 🎉
FAQ
Do you support other payment gateways other than Stripe and/or PayPal?
Do you support other payment gateways other than Stripe and/or PayPal?
At this time, only Stripe and/or PayPal are supported, but we are looking to support more payment gateways in the future!
With Stripe you also get to accept alternative payment methods, such as Google Pay, Apple Pay, iDEAL, Stripe Link, etc.
We are unable to process payments through SEPA debit, Bancontact, Afterpay, Klarna, Razorpay, or Payoneer at this time.
Do you take any transaction fees from my sales?
Do you take any transaction fees from my sales?
Podia might charge a transaction fee depending on the plan you're on.
Here are the fees we charge for each sale based on each plan:
Mover: 5% transaction fee
Shaker: no transaction fee
Please note that additional fees from Stripe and PayPal might apply.
Please note: To keep in line with regulatory and compliance requirements, Podia is unable to collect application fees through Stripe for Brazilian-based, Malaysia-based, Indian-based, Thailand-based or Mexican-based accounts.
Can I use external checkouts with Podia?
Can I use external checkouts with Podia?
On our Shaker plan, we offer an integration with Zapier, which is a tool that helps automate processes between platforms so you could use an alternative system for your purchases and have the customer information sent directly to Podia, which would, in turn, give them access to the correct products.
Do you support bank transfers as a payment option?
Do you support bank transfers as a payment option?
Using Stripe Link, you can accept payment via bank transfers. Otherwise, you could accept these transfers externally and manually enroll customers into the correct products.
Still need help? If you have any questions, send an email to [email protected] or click the purple help icon to send us a message 😄