Wave with Stripe integration
Hello Dear DevDojo team.
I am really surprised that after so much time, we are not having yet the choice to switch between Paddle and Stripe. It is not a secret for many that Paddle tech support is really, really bad (maybe it is just my opinion, but it was backed up by a bunch of DEV friends I have stumbling across Paddle).
Besides that, many countries in Europe see the use of Paddle as a barrier to use at all Paddle or have to work on their own to integrate Stripe as the Paddle option is either not supported or not a preferred payment gateway choice for many project owners.
As such, I have got my old project 8.38 with Stripe but it is the time to move on to upgrade to 10 or to use a fresh version of Wave where I can transfer all my custom code and implement again the Stripe as a replacement for Paddle.
Would there be any quick start repo where I can get the latest wave version that would be already integrated with Stripe so that I don't have to do my manual switching?
I've seen the fix 38 from Bobby, which means that we already have the code to transition in a repo, so are there any specific reasons why the DevDojo team is sticking with Paddle and not providing at least both as a choice?
Any quick starting with Wave latest available + Stripe will be amazing as this is why I loved so far the community - there are curious people in a similar situation that don't mind sharing solutions and resolve issues upon arriving :)
Thanks in advance for anything shared, even if it s in your perso REPO's...
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Hey!
Yes indeed, the best way to switch for the moment is to cherry-pick the changes from the Pull request #38.
We do plan to actually switch Wave to use the cashier package for both Paddle and Stripe so that users when initially setting up Wave will be able to choose between which provider they want to use.
I was just waiting for the stable version of the Paddle v2 integration with the cashier paddle package to be released by the Laravel team before starting the work on that. I believe that there is already an alpha release available and I will probably be working on that during the holidays or the being of the new year!
Thanks for sharing that feedback!
Best,
Bobbt
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Hello Bobby. Thanks very much for replying quickly and promptly sharing the plans. If you don't mind me asking, what is the driven decision to start with Paddle? From what I know so far, Stripe provides one of the best and simplest API/features, full of many free or premium extras. I don't want to neglect the value of Paddle but from what I've seen, experienced etc. they are not really well positioned in many countries across Europe, the lack of support was one of the key reasons driving me, personally, away from them and few other perks I have had.
The point is not to blame, but just to extract what can be of some value of Paddle over Stripe unless it was just the simplicity of integration for which from what I see, you had it all sorted already for both...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in case we don't get in touch until, and I will take the time to thank the entire DevDojo team on behalf of the community for the relentless work and flawless releases.
Looking forward to the official Stripe/Padlock release altogether ;)
Hey hey!
Happy holidays!
As an EU citizen, fully agree here! Thanks for pointing those things out, such feedback is supper valuable for further planning!
I believe that the main decision back in 2020 when Wave v2 was released was that Paddle was just getting started, they had some very clean API + much lower fees than Stripe. Also dev tools were beginning to form around Paddle like a Cashier package and etc.
But I do agree that being able to choose between Stripe and Paddle during the initial setup will be great for the community.
Hello Bobby.
Coming back to the stripe topic, are there any news that I might have missed as I am in a need to implement now Stripe payments and I would need at least some instructions if there is no actual version that supports Stripe yet? :)
Hey!
For Wave v2 it would be best to cherry pick the changes for that PR.
But we would also be working on Wave v3! And there we plan to implement Stripe as well.
Feel free to join the Wave v3 discussion and make any suggestions!