Appetier + Stripe integration

What works

With your access: Paste the publishable and secret keys from your Stripe dashboard into the console. Appetier creates charges and reads payment status on your own Stripe account. Card numbers stay with Stripe, and you pay Stripe's own rate, 2.9% + 30¢ for a standard US online card.

On our own: Without Stripe, card checkout runs on Appetier Pay, and any processor works.

What it does

Processes cards at checkout and reports your payouts. Card numbers stay with Stripe.

Who it's for

Restaurants that already run on Stripe and want to keep it.

Keep Stripe for direct orders

Appetier Pay is the simplest way to take cards, and there is nothing to connect. A restaurant that already runs on Stripe can keep it instead. Card payments run on your own Stripe account, so payouts land where they always have. You pay Stripe's own rate, 2.9% + 30¢ for a standard US online card, and Appetier adds nothing. Appetier keeps the order, a token for the card, the card brand, and the last four digits. It never keeps the full card number or the security code.

Guests pay inside your storefront

At checkout, the guest types the card into a Stripe form inside your storefront. Only a token reaches Appetier. An order counts as paid only after Stripe reports that the payment for that exact order succeeded. A request that carries raw card digits is refused.

Wallets and saved cards

Wallets and saved cards run on the same Stripe account. Apple Pay and Google Pay come through as card wallets and are recorded that way on the order. Signed-in guests can save a card for next time. Stripe stores the card, and Appetier keeps only the token.

What Stripe charges, and what it handles

Stripe's published US rate for online cards is 2.9% + 30¢ per successful charge. International cards add 1.5%, and currency conversion adds another 1%. Those fees come out of your Stripe payouts, the same as anywhere else you use Stripe. Disputes and chargebacks are between Stripe, the guest's bank, and you. Appetier makes no dispute decisions. Your payout schedule is set in Stripe too. Appetier's own fee is separate, and it's billed once a month to your saved card.

A declined card keeps the same order

A declined card doesn't create a second order. The guest keeps the cart, the name, and the address, enters another card, and the second try pays the order the first one made.

Why checkout can say too many attempts

Appetier caps new-card tries each hour for each address to slow card testing. A saved card never counts toward the cap. Past the cap, checkout shows a too many attempts message.

What you paste into the console

Two keys from your Stripe dashboard: the publishable key and the secret key. The console labels each field. A saved change reaches checkout within about a minute. The secret key is stored encrypted for your brand and never shown again.