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by pc 4344 days ago
We actually launched our Danish beta earlier this morning: https://twitter.com/stripe/status/491224812958650370. You can sign up for an invite over at https://stripe.com/global.
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Any plans for NZ? As you can see with the success of EFTPOS here, we have a history of adopting new payment technologies quickly. I personally have an idea that's just waiting for a proper mobile payment system.
That is awesome! In a project I'm doing we are currently assessing payment gateways and Stripe comes in as a clear first, but since it wasn't previously available for Denmark we had dumped it. Looks like we might not have to do that now!

The alternatives were a bit lacking in Denmark for the kind of payment flow we need. It is reminiscent of the one from Airbnb where the fees are collected in two steps - first from the customer and then for the merchant. We went through Braintree, Paypal, and Paymill among others, but there wasn't a good fit. And it was surprisingly hard to find information about the different payment gateways for a specific country. Really hope we can get access to this beta!

How do you draw invites for the beta and do you do the drawing more than once?

Wow, that's so cool! I was already signed up for the beta, so I'll be crossing my fingers for an invite.