Do I need a Stripe account?

No. PayGlue works with Stripe connected and without it.

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Written By AndréLast updated about 4 hours ago
  1. PayGlue works either way, even though Ghost wants Stripe connected for its built-in membership features.

With Stripe connected, PayGlue runs alongside it. Your existing Stripe subscriptions keep running, your customers pay through whichever provider you chose, and PayGlue marks the resulting members as comped so Ghost treats them as paid.

Without a Stripe account, which is the case when Stripe does not operate in your country, PayGlue records access with a label on the member and the paywall script checks that label instead of Ghost's own gating.

Two payment paths feeding one Ghost member list. Stripe subscribers go through Ghost's own billing; buyers at another provider go through PayGlue and the Ghost Admin API. The member list is then protected either by Ghost's own visibility settings or by the PayGlue paywall overlay.

Both cases side by side: Ghost and Stripe: with it or without it.

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