Spawned Stripe Deploy Guide: Integrate Payments in 3 Steps
This guide details the process for deploying a Stripe payment gateway on your Spawned-launched token. It enables you to accept credit card payments for your token or NFT sales directly, bridging Web3 and traditional finance. The integration is managed through the Spawned dashboard, requiring no prior Stripe developer experience.
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The Problem
Traditional solutions are complex, time-consuming, and often require technical expertise.
The Solution
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Why Add Stripe to a Spawned Token?
Bridge the gap between crypto and cash.
Integrating Stripe with your Spawned token project solves a core problem: accessibility. While your token exists on Solana, many potential users and supporters do not own crypto. A Stripe gateway lets them buy your token or related NFTs with a credit card, expanding your audience significantly.
For creators, it consolidates revenue streams. The 0.30% creator fee from secondary trades on Spawned is complemented by direct primary sales via Stripe. All funds settle in your connected Stripe account, simplifying accounting. For token holders, the 0.30% ongoing reward mechanism from Spawned trades continues unaffected, while new buyers entering via Stripe increase the token's liquidity and utility.
Recommendation: Deploy the Stripe integration if your target audience includes non-crypto natives, you're selling premium NFTs or access passes, or you want a streamlined, compliant method for collecting fees. It's less critical for purely DeFi-focused tokens targeting existing degens.
What You Need Before You Start
Ensure you have these items ready to complete the deployment without delays.
- A live token launched on Spawned. You cannot add Stripe during the initial launch phase; it must be post-graduation. Learn about the launch process.
- A Stripe Express account. A standard Stripe account works, but Express is optimized for platforms like Spawned and has faster onboarding.
- Your Spawned project dashboard login credentials.
- A clear plan for what you're selling: a fixed amount of your token, a specific NFT collection, or a subscription/access pass.
- Your AI-built website from Spawned (or another site) where the checkout will be placed.
The 3-Step Deployment Process
Connect, configure, and embed.
Follow these steps in your Spawned project dashboard.
Fee Structure: Stripe vs. Pure Crypto
A clear look at the cost of convenience.
Understanding the costs is crucial for pricing your product. Here’s how fees compare when a user buys via Stripe versus buying the token directly on a DEX.
| Fee Type | Stripe Checkout Purchase | Direct DEX Purchase (e.g., Raydium) |
|---|---|---|
| Payment Processing | Stripe: 2.9% + $0.30 | Solana Network Fee: ~$0.0005 |
| Platform Fee | Spawned: 1% of sale | Spawned: 0.30% creator fee per trade |
| Holder Rewards | Not applied on primary sale | 0.30% distributed to holders per trade |
| Total Approx. Cost | ~3.9% + $0.30 | ~0.60% (for buyer & seller combined) |
Key Takeaway: Stripe is more expensive per transaction, but you are paying for access to a billion+ credit card users, compliance, and fiat settlement. The 1% Spawned platform fee on Stripe sales supports the integration infrastructure. Price your product accordingly, or consider it a customer acquisition cost.
Next Steps After Deployment
Your integration is live. Here’s how to manage and optimize it.
- Monitor sales in real-time from both the Spawned 'Integrations' tab and your Stripe dashboard.
- Configure payout schedules in Stripe. Funds are typically available in your bank account within 2-7 business days.
- Use Stripe's built-in tools for invoicing, tax calculation (VAT/GST), and fraud prevention.
- A/B test different button placements and wording on your website to improve conversion.
- Consider creating multiple Stripe products (e.g., a 'Starter Pack' of 5000 tokens and a 'Supporter Pack' of 25000 tokens) to cater to different buyer levels.
Real-World Use Cases for This Integration
From theory to practice.
This isn't just a technical feature; it's a business tool. Here are specific examples of how creators use Spawned's Stripe deploy.
Gaming Guild Selling Membership NFTs: A Solana gaming guild launches its $GUILD token on Spawned. They then create an NFT that acts as a membership pass, granting access to private Discord channels and early game builds. They deploy Stripe to sell this NFT for $49.99. Hundreds of gamers who don't own SOL can buy in instantly, funding the guild's treasury via Stripe payouts.
Creator Monetizing a Community Token: An artist launches a community token $ART on Spawned. They use the AI website builder to create a portfolio site. They add a Stripe button selling '1000 $ART + Digital Print' for $25. This lets fans directly support the artist and join the token community, all without navigating a crypto exchange.
Project Pre-Launch Access Sale: A team building a new DeFi protocol on Solana first launches a social token $KEY on Spawned. Before their main product launch, they use Stripe to sell 'Early Access Keys' (bundles of $KEY tokens) to fund development. This provides immediate, trackable fiat revenue while building a holder base.
Ready to Accept Real-World Payments?
Your Spawned token has potential beyond the crypto echo chamber. Adding a Stripe payment gateway is the most direct path to monetizing that broader audience.
If you haven't launched your token yet, start there: Launch your token on Spawned. The process takes minutes and costs just 0.1 SOL. Once live, return to this guide to add Stripe.
If your token is already live on Spawned, log into your project dashboard now. Navigate to 'Integrations' and begin the 3-step process. Your first credit card sale could be just hours away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
No, there is a short processing delay. When a purchase completes, Spawned's system places the transaction in a queue. Tokens or NFTs are typically distributed to the buyer's connected wallet address within 2-5 minutes. Buyers receive an on-screen confirmation and an optional email receipt via Stripe immediately.
No. The Stripe integration is a native feature of the Spawned platform and only works with tokens launched through Spawned. This is because the integration relies on Spawned's smart contracts and dashboard to coordinate the token transfer after a successful Stripe payment. If you launched elsewhere, you would need to build a custom integration.
It supports all countries and currencies that your connected Stripe Express account supports. Stripe supports over 135 currencies. The price you set in your Spawned dashboard is in USD, but Stripe will dynamically show the buyer a converted price in their local currency at checkout and handle the conversion.
Spawned does not charge an additional monthly fee for the Stripe integration. You pay only the per-transaction fees: Stripe's standard processing fee (e.g., 2.9% + $0.30) and Spawned's 1% platform fee on the sale amount. This is separate from any monthly fee your Stripe account plan might have.
Stripe handles sales tax/VAT/GST calculation, collection, and reporting for you, based on your business location and the buyer's location. You configure tax settings directly within your Stripe dashboard. The amount remitted to you from a sale is net of both the processing fees and any collected taxes. You are responsible for reporting this income appropriately.
Yes, but you initiate them from your Stripe dashboard, not Spawned. When you issue a refund in Stripe, the funds are returned to the buyer's card. You must then manually send the corresponding tokens or NFTs back from your wallet to the Spawned treasury address listed in your dashboard for the system to re-list them. The process is not fully automated for refunds.
No. The 0.30% ongoing holder reward is a mechanism applied to secondary market trades (swaps) of the token on decentralized exchanges. A primary sale via Stripe is not a secondary trade. However, the new tokens entering circulation via Stripe increase the overall pool, and if those buyers later trade on a DEX, holder rewards are generated from those subsequent trades.
Spawned's system is designed to handle this. If a transaction is delayed, it remains in the pending queue. The system will retry until it succeeds. The buyer's purchase is already confirmed by Stripe, so their payment is secure. They may experience a longer wait for token delivery, but they will receive them. You can monitor pending distributions in your Spawned dashboard.
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