Spawned Stripe Guide: Accept SOL & Fiat for Your Token
This guide explains how to connect your Spawned token project to Stripe, enabling you to accept SOL and traditional payments directly. By integrating, you can capture the 0.30% creator revenue on trades from a broader audience and simplify your payment processing. We cover the technical setup, fee structure, and benefits for token developers.
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The Problem
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Why Integrate Stripe with Your Spawned Token?
The verdict is clear: integration opens your token to the entire web2 payment ecosystem.
Integrating Stripe with your Spawned token project is a strong move for any developer aiming to expand their revenue streams. The primary benefit is accessibility: you can now accept payments from users who don't own crypto, directly converting their fiat to SOL for your token launch. This does not affect your core Spawned economics. You still earn the 0.30% creator fee on every trade, and your token holders continue to receive their 0.30% reward. The integration acts as a bridge, capturing value from a wider market without adding complexity to your token's smart contract or fee structure. For most projects, the setup time (around 30 minutes) is worth the potential to significantly increase your initial launch volume and ongoing trade volume.
Stripe Integration vs. Crypto-Only: What Changes?
Understanding how Stripe changes your payment flow is crucial. Without Stripe, buyers must already possess SOL in a self-custody wallet like Phantom. With Stripe, a buyer can use a credit card; Stripe converts the fiat to SOL and executes the purchase on Spawned on their behalf.
Key Differences:
- Buyer Experience: Stripe allows familiar credit/debit card checkout. Crypto-only requires wallet connection and prior asset ownership.
- Settlement: With Stripe, you receive SOL in your project wallet. The buyer does not directly interact with the Solana blockchain, though the trade is recorded.
- Your Fees: Your 0.30% creator fee is unchanged. Stripe charges its standard processing fee (e.g., 2.9% + $0.30) on the fiat conversion, which is paid by the buyer, not deducted from your creator revenue.
- Your Control: You manage the integration via Spawned's dashboard, setting payment options. The token's core parameters—like the 0.30% holder reward and the 1% post-graduation fee—are fully managed by Spawned and remain untouched.
This setup is ideal for communities like those from gaming token projects where fans may not be crypto-native.
Step-by-Step: Connect Stripe to Your Spawned Project
A technical walkthrough to get payments flowing in under an hour.
Follow these steps to enable Stripe payments. Ensure your token is live on Spawned and you have admin access to both your Spawned project dashboard and a Stripe account.
- Access the Integrations Panel: In your Spawned project dashboard, navigate to the 'Revenue' section and select 'Payment Gateways'.
- Initiate Stripe Connection: Click 'Connect with Stripe'. You will be redirected to Stripe's OAuth page to authorize Spawned.
- Configure Stripe Account: If new to Stripe, complete their business verification. For existing accounts, ensure your payout details are current.
- Set Payment Options in Spawned: Return to Spawned's dashboard. Choose which currencies to accept (e.g., SOL, USDC) and set any purchase limits.
- Embed the Buy Widget: Use the code snippet or embeddable widget provided by Spawned. You can place this on the website built with your included AI website builder, or on any other site.
- Test the Transaction: Use Stripe's test mode and a test credit card to simulate a purchase. Confirm SOL arrives in your project wallet.
- Go Live: Disable test mode in your Stripe dashboard. Your integration is now active.
Understanding the Fee Structure with Real Numbers
Let's use a concrete example. A buyer wants to purchase $100 worth of your $GAME token.
- Scenario (Crypto-Native Buyer): They have SOL. They trade $100 of SOL for $GAME on the Spawned platform. You earn a 0.30% creator fee, which is $0.30 from this trade.
- Scenario (Stripe Buyer): They use a credit card. Stripe charges its fee (assume 2.9% + $0.30 = $3.20). To get $100 worth of $GAME, they are charged $103.20. Stripe converts $100 to SOL and executes the trade on Spawned. You still earn your $0.30 creator fee on the $100 trade value. The Stripe fee is not your cost.
Your revenue from the 0.30% creator fee is identical. The difference is volume. By removing the barrier of owning crypto first, you likely facilitate more $100 trades. This is especially powerful when combined with the perpetual 1% fee after your token graduates from Spawned to the open market, as more initial holders mean a larger fee base long-term.
Key Benefits and Practical Use Cases
This integration solves specific problems for token creators.
- Onboard Web2 Communities: Perfect for influencers, artists, or game developers launching a token for an existing fanbase that may not use crypto. They can support you with a credit card.
- Simplify Event & Merch Sales: Sell token-gated access or community merch directly through a Stripe checkout page on your Spawned-built site, bundling a token purchase with the item.
- Boost Initial Launch Volume: During your token's launch phase on Spawned, offering a fiat on-ramp can significantly increase the initial pool size, benefiting all early holders.
- Consolidate Revenue Streams: See your 0.30% creator fees from Spawned trades alongside other Stripe revenue (e.g., subscription, product sales) in one dashboard for simpler accounting.
- No Extra Website Cost: Host your payment portal on the professional website created for free with Spawned's AI builder, saving $29-99/month on web hosting fees.
What to Do After Integration
Once Stripe is connected, your work shifts to optimization and promotion.
- Promote the New Payment Option: Announce to your community that they can now buy your token with a credit card. Update your social media links and project documentation.
Ready to Accept Card Payments for Your Token?
Expanding your token's accessibility is a direct path to higher volume and increased creator fees. The Spawned Stripe integration is built to be developer-friendly and economically sensible, preserving your core tokenomics while removing major barriers to entry.
If you haven't launched your token yet, start by creating your token on Spawned. The 0.1 SOL launch fee includes the AI website builder where you'll host your Stripe checkout. If your token is already live, log into your Spawned project dashboard and navigate to the 'Revenue' section to begin the Stripe connection. Start capturing your 0.30% creator fee from a much larger audience today.
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Frequently Asked Questions
No, it does not. Your token's smart contract and the Spawned fee structure remain completely unchanged. You continue to earn 0.30% on every trade, and holders get their 0.30% reward. Stripe acts as a separate payment processor that feeds buyers into the standard Spawned trading system.
The buyer pays the Stripe fee. It is added on top of their purchase amount. For example, if they want $100 of your token, they might pay $103.20. Your project receives $100 worth of SOL, and you earn your 0.30% creator fee on that $100 trade value. The Stripe fee is not deducted from your revenue.
The Spawned Stripe integration is specifically for tokens launched on the Spawned Solana launchpad. If you have an existing token on another chain (like Ethereum or Base), you would need to launch a Solana version via Spawned to use this feature. You can review guides for other chains, like [how to create a gaming token on Ethereum](/use-cases/token/how-to-create-gaming-token-on-ethereum), for comparison.
Through Stripe, buyers can use major credit/debit cards and other local payment methods Stripe supports. On your end, you can choose to receive payments in SOL or USDC. Stripe handles the conversion from the buyer's fiat currency to the crypto asset you specify.
The transaction is near-instant. Once Stripe successfully processes the card payment and converts it to SOL, the trade is executed on the Spawned platform within seconds, just like a standard crypto swap. The SOL from the purchase is added to your project's liquidity pool, and your creator fee is allocated.
Minimal technical skill is required. The integration uses Spawned's dashboard and Stripe's standard connection flow. The most technical part might be embedding a payment widget into a website, which Spawned provides as a simple copy-paste code snippet. Using the included Spawned AI website builder makes this even easier.
The integration is designed for the launchpad phase. Once your token graduates and moves to the open market, the direct Stripe checkout widget tied to Spawned's launch interface may sunset. However, the increased holder base and volume generated during the launch phase will continue to benefit you through the perpetual 1% fee mechanism on the graduated token.
No. Spawned does not charge an additional fee for the Stripe integration. Your only costs are the standard Spawned launch fee (0.1 SOL) and the Stripe processing fees applied to the buyer's payment. Your revenue from the 0.30% creator fee is yours in full.
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