Why BeargrassAI runs client payments on Stripe instead of bolting on another till that never talks to the website. About six minutes.
A site that gets you found is unfinished if taking money still means a phone call, a separate login, or a tool the owner does not trust. Stripe is the payments network we chose so deposits, invoices, booking holds, and card-present sales can live on the same spine as the site: serious infrastructure, clear receipts, and a path that scales when the business grows.
Serious rails for ordinary shops
Stripe processes payments for companies of every size. For a rural maker, a venue, or a trade, that means card security, dispute tooling, and settlement discipline without inventing a payments company from scratch. You keep a Stripe account in your name. BeargrassAI builds the checkout, booking, and till surfaces that sit on top.
We do not store card numbers on our servers. Stripe does that work. Our Privacy Policy says so in plain language.
Connect, so the money goes to you
On the BeargrassAI Commerce Stack, charges run through Stripe Connect. The customer pays. Stripe settles to the connected business. BeargrassAI's platform fee is transparent in the all-in rate we quote (today 4.6% + 30¢ for card payments, with BeargrassAI's carve inside that number). You see one clean rate. We win when you sell, not by hiding a second meter.
That design matches how we price the relationship: a modest monthly Stack, and upside when Commerce is live. See Pricing.
Aligned with the booking and the counter
Booking a bay, taking a deposit, ringing a walk-in, and settling a balance should not be four different products. Stripe is the money layer under those flows so the website, the till, and the confirmation email agree on what was paid. When SPIM-Commerce is on for a client, prices and stock stay in the commerce plane; Stripe moves the dollars.
Cloudflare and Stripe together
The site runs on Cloudflare. The money runs on Stripe. Together they are the infrastructure partners under BeargrassAI: enterprise-grade hosting and payments, delivered as a managed relationship for productized small businesses.
Ready to talk about Commerce on the Stack? Contact Mark.