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title: "Take Payments with Stripe · Mousepad Guide"
description: "Connect your own Stripe account, set up checkout on your Mousepad site, test payments before going live, and pick the right site type for your shop."
url: "https://mousepad.app/guides/payments"
---

# Take payments with Stripe

Let customers pay online through Stripe's secure checkout, into your own Stripe account.

Updated October 29, 2026

## How payments work

Mousepad uses Stripe Checkout. Customers pay on Stripe's secure checkout page, so card details never touch your site, and the money goes to your own Stripe account.

Your app marks an order or booking as paid only after Stripe confirms the payment.

## Set it up

1. Make a Stripe account if you don't have one.
2. Ask in the chat, for example “Let customers pay for their order online.”
3. If Mousepad asks “Let your app save information?”, say yes. Payments need your app's Cloud to keep orders.
4. When the card “Add your Stripe secret key” appears, paste the key from your Stripe account and choose Save. Mousepad may also ask for a Stripe webhook secret, which lets your app confirm each payment.

Your keys are kept in your app's Cloud. Only your app can use them; the AI never sees them. Until you add them, your app shows that payments aren't connected yet.

## Test before you go live

Stripe gives every account test keys. Add those first and pay with Stripe's test cards to try the whole flow without real money. When it works, replace them with your live keys in Cloud → Secrets.

Some customers still like to pay in person. Ask for “pay at pickup” or “pay in person” as a choice next to paying online.

## Pick a site type for your shop

A site that takes payments saves orders, so you choose its type when you first publish. Basic falls asleep when nobody is visiting and wakes on the next visit. Standard, on Plus and Pro, is always on.

[More on business apps and payments](https://mousepad.app/business-apps)

## More guides

- [Publish your site and connect your domain](https://mousepad.app/guides/publish)
- [Take bookings from your real hours](https://mousepad.app/guides/bookings)
- [Get found on Google and in AI answers](https://mousepad.app/guides/search)
- [Invite your team](https://mousepad.app/guides/team)
- [How credits work](https://mousepad.app/guides/credits)

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## Use cases

- [Restaurants and cafés](https://mousepad.app/use-cases/restaurants)
- [Salons and beauty](https://mousepad.app/use-cases/salons)
- [Contractors](https://mousepad.app/use-cases/contractors)
- [Home services](https://mousepad.app/use-cases/home-services)
- [Fitness studios](https://mousepad.app/use-cases/fitness)
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- [All use cases](https://mousepad.app/use-cases)

## Resources

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