Connect your own Stripe account

You are the seller

Each author connects their own Stripe account. Readers pay you, not Lanternbee. Your name is on the sale, and the money goes to your Stripe balance.

Connect Stripe

1. Go to Store settings, Payments.
2. No Stripe account yet? Pick Where your business is based and choose Create a Stripe account. Already sell with Stripe? Choose Connect an existing Stripe account and sign in.
3. Stripe asks for details about you or your business and your bank account. When you finish, it sends you back to Lanternbee.

The page then shows where your account stands:

• Ready: readers can pay you, and Stripe sends the money to your bank.
• Setup not finished: choose Finish Stripe setup to carry on where you stopped.
• Stripe needs more details: Stripe has paused part of your account. The page lists what it still needs, in plain words.
• Disconnected: the account was disconnected from Lanternbee. Connect it again to take payments.

Until your account is ready, the checkout button in your store reads “This shop can’t take payments yet”. Free books still work: readers get them without paying. See how readers get their books.

What Lanternbee takes

Nothing, on every plan. Lanternbee takes no fee on your sales. See plans and fees.

Stripe charges its own processing fee on each payment. That fee is set by Stripe, not by us, and depends on your country and the card.

Your Stripe Dashboard

Choose Open Stripe Dashboard to see your balance, payouts and tax reports in Stripe. See payouts and refunds.