Payments
A simple way to get paid by your customers. Connect your Stripe account, create a payment button, and paste it on your website. The money goes straight into your Stripe account.
Overview
Payments is for taking a one-off card payment from your customers - a deposit, a fixed-price product, a "pay what you owe" link, or a simple buy button. There is no payments dashboard to manage inside SoftSolz. You connect Stripe once, create a button, and from then on Stripe handles the money and keeps the record. You see every payment in your own Stripe dashboard.
- Connect Stripe - link your Stripe account so you can take card payments.
- Create a payment button - give it a name and a price, or let the customer enter the amount.
- Copy and paste - drop the ready-made snippet onto your website.
- Get paid - customers pay on a secure Stripe page, money lands in your Stripe account.
1. Connect Stripe
Open Payments in the sidebar and click Connect Stripe. This opens Stripe's secure onboarding. Either sign in to an existing Stripe account or create a new one - it is free to set up. Follow Stripe's steps to confirm your business details and bank account.
Once Stripe approves your account, you are ready to take payments. You only do this once.
2. Create a payment button
In Payments, choose New payment button. Give it:
- A name - what the customer is paying for, for example "Studio booking deposit" or "Annual membership".
- A price - choose one of two options:
- Fixed amount - you set the price, for example a "Pay £50" button.
- Let the customer enter the amount - good for "pay what you want" or "pay what you owe". You can set an optional minimum.
You can also style the button to match your site, all shown in a live preview as you change them:
- Show your business name - displays your workspace name with the button.
- Button and text colour - pick any colours, or leave them on the default dark button.
- Text under the button - add a short reassurance line, for example "Secure payment by card".
Save the button. SoftSolz generates a ready-made snippet you can copy.
3. Paste it on your site
Each button comes with a copy-ready snippet. Click Copy, then paste it into your website wherever you want the button to appear - a product page, a checkout page, a booking page.
That is the whole setup. There is nothing to configure afterwards. When a customer clicks the button, they are taken to a secure Stripe payment page that shows your business name and logo, they enter their card details, and they are returned to your site once they have paid.
Where the money goes
Every payment goes directly into your own Stripe account - SoftSolz takes a 0% platform fee. Stripe is the system of record: it processes the card, holds the funds, and pays out to your bank account on Stripe's normal schedule.
To see your payments, refunds, and payouts, open your Stripe dashboard. SoftSolz does not keep a separate payments list - everything lives in Stripe, where you already manage your money.
Other places to share it
A payment button is really a secure web link, so you are not limited to your website. The same button can go in:
- An email or invoice reminder.
- A chat message or social post.
- Behind a QR code on a poster or receipt.
Anywhere you can share a link, you can take a payment.
Editing and pausing buttons
You can change a button's name or price at any time from the Payments page - the change applies straight away.
If you no longer want a button to take payments, set it to inactive. The button stops accepting new payments without being deleted, so you can switch it back on later.
FAQ
Do I need a developer? No. Creating a button and copying the snippet is done entirely inside SoftSolz. Pasting it onto your site is the only step that touches your website, and most site builders make that easy.
Where do I see my sales? In your Stripe dashboard. Stripe shows every payment, refund, and payout.
Does SoftSolz take a cut? No. SoftSolz charges a 0% platform fee. Standard Stripe card processing fees still apply, the same as any Stripe payment.
How do refunds work? Refunds are issued from your Stripe dashboard, where the payment lives.
Can I test before going live? Yes. Your workspace has a sandbox for trying things out without real charges. See Sandbox vs live.
Reference
Building a deeper integration? See the developer guide for endpoints and events: