The EASY way to set recurring payments (Stripe subscriptions)

Stripe subscriptions are a pain (API, webhook, lifecycle...).

But there's an easy way. And it requires a few dozen lines of code!

We'll build a monthly/yearly pricing table for a SaaS, and let customers subscribe and handle their subscriptions. The tech stack:

- React
- Tailwind
- NextJS (API endpoint for the webhook)
- Stripe Payment Link
- Stripe Customer Portal

00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Subscription 101
01:35 - Accepting payments
05:34 - Grant/revoke access
13:33 - Manage subscriptions
15:10 - Production setup
15:39 - Pre-signup checkout
16:01 - Thoughts on subscriptions...

[deathdefier]

This is absolutely the gold standard of modern MERN stack SaaS, thank you so much brother you're a legend <3

[productivecitizen]

The timing on this video is superb. I’ve been learning NextJS slowly so this really helps connect the dots to setting up my first product

[tarasdarchuk]

Great content!
Would love to watch a video about legal side of a startup. How and where you register a company, pay taxes etc?

[kasper]

I am making my first SaaS and this video + your content are helping me a lot, God bless your heart, Thanks man.

[reidevanson]

GOLDEN information, wow - I moved to asia 3 months ago and started learning web development for the first time. I'm three months into learning so far and I've learned things like, HTML CSS JS - NodeJS Express EJS and SQLite. I am working on building my first saas product which I know for sure has a lot of untapped potential but my technical skills aren't there yet to achieve this. I am having trouble with Authenticating and managing databases and handling subscriptions like this video! I am aiming for 1 year or under to have the technical skills to ship my first app. Your videos inspire and help so much. Thanks

[rubenlara]

You are right. This is a video that anyone trying to configure and use Stripe quickly should see. Thank you!

[neutrno]

i'm amazed you did not event plug shipfast or zenvoice - they fit perfectly into this video!

[ElLevidente]

Would be great to see a video on the logic behind why customers are more likely to convert on a large one time payment rather than small monthly

[terry_swd]

Great video, Marc. I'm currently working on a SaaS and plan to integrate Stripe just as you described. So far I've only used it for single product purchases on my other web app, but never for a subscription yet. Keep up the great content!

[anothernumber]

This is very helpful! I spent the whole day messing around with webhooks and this simplifies things a lot!! thank you Marc.

[dan_rad]

No way it's that dude from Indie Page and Twitter. I just wanted to setup stripe subs for my latest project :D

[i_am.leslie]

great video man, where you been all my life. Thanks for the inspo. Hmmm this SaaS stuff is slowly calling my name

[adomicarts]

This is very good Marc. Continue to sharing these type of contents.

[vladimirstepanov]

wow the first step by step tutorial. we need more :)

[AlexHarmsworth]

Hi Marc, would be interested to know how you're handling international sales with regard to tax (VAT, GST). Are you using Stripe's tax features/filing partners?

[lightmaaaster]

Cool tutorial! One tip tho, instead of zooming in and moving the camera around, just show where to click with your cursor, it would be easier to follow.

[aricwilliamsdeveloper]

I was up till 3 am trying to get this to work... failure.... I wake up to youtube recommending this

[timo]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks, Marc!

[rushabhajain]

Would be great if you create more videos like this 🤩

[OskarArvidsson]

Hey Marc, great video, question for you. I know nothing about coding etc. I want to implement what you did with someone cancels their subscriptions and then down the line they want to subscribe again. Is there a way to do this without using the full coding system? That is if a previous customer buy a new product, is it possible for them not to create a new customer in Stripe?