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How do I connect Stripe so I can take card payments?

Last updated on Oct 20, 2026

How do I connect Stripe so I can take card payments?

Go to Settings › Payments and click Connect with Stripe. Finish Stripe's steps, and when you come back the status shows Connected with charges and payouts enabled.

Happli uses Stripe for every card payment: online deposits at booking, and at the desk for deposits, checkout, tips, tax and no-show fees.

Connect

  1. Click Settings in the top bar, then Payments (under Money).
  2. In the Stripe card, click Connect with Stripe.
  3. Stripe opens. Sign in to your Stripe account or create one, and fill in your business and bank details.
  4. When you finish, Stripe sends you back to Happli with "Stripe sent you back — your connection status is up to date below."
  5. Check that Stripe account shows Connected, with charges enabled and payouts enabled.

What each status means

  • Not connected: no Stripe account is linked yet. Click Connect with Stripe.
  • Pending: you started but didn't finish on Stripe. Click Continue on Stripe.
  • Action needed: Stripe needs more information before payments can start. Click Continue on Stripe and finish what it asks for.
  • Connected: you're ready. If Stripe still needs a little more before you can take cards, you'll see Finish Stripe setup. Click it.

"Your Stripe link expired"

If you took a break partway through, you may see "Your Stripe link expired before you finished. Connect again to pick up where you left off." Click the button again. You won't lose what you already entered.

Getting paid

Stripe pays out to the bank account you added in Stripe, on Stripe's schedule. Stripe's processing fees apply. You can see payouts and fees in your Stripe dashboard.

Tips

  • Connecting alone charges nothing. Deposits and no-show fees only start once Stripe has enabled charges and you've turned them on. See How do deposits and no-show fees work?
  • On the same page, Payment types lists the ways clients pay in the studio, like cash or Venmo. Staff pick one when they click Mark paid.
  • Never share your Stripe login or account number in chat. We never need them.

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