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Selling on your website: how it works

On Intermediate and Advanced plans your website can show buy buttons: up to 5 items on Intermediate and up to 25 on Advanced. Each button opens a payment page from your own Stripe or Square account, so the money goes straight to you. We never hold your payment keys. There is no cart, stock count or shipping system on your site.

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What a buy button is

A buy button is a link on your site, styled as a button, next to an item’s name, price and photo. You make the payment link in your own Stripe or Square account, paste it into your dashboard, and we show it on your site.

What the shopper sees

  1. They tap the button on your site.
  2. Stripe or Square opens its own payment page with your item, price and business name.
  3. They pay by card or another method your provider offers.
  4. They get a receipt from your provider, and you get a notice of the sale.

Where the money goes

Straight into your Stripe or Square account, then to your bank on your provider’s payout schedule. Your provider charges its own fee per payment. We don’t take a cut, and we never hold your money or your payment keys.

What we don’t do

  • No cart: each button sells one item.
  • No stock counts. You can limit how many times a link can be paid in Stripe, or track stock in Square.
  • No shipping system. If you ship, ask for the address in your payment link and send the item yourself.
  • Sales are between you and your customers through your payment provider. Refunds, disputes and sales tax are yours to handle (see Refunds, disputes and tax).

When to use Shopify or Square Online instead

If you sell more than 25 items, need a cart, variants like sizes and colors, or stock and shipping rates, a full store suits you better. Set one up on your own Shopify or Square account and we link to it from your site as an included edit. See Already have a Shopify or Square store?

The guides, in order

  1. Set up Stripe or Square to take payments
  2. Create a payment link in Stripe or Square
  3. Add a buy button to your site
  4. Refunds, disputes and tax

Questions

Can a shopper buy several different items at once?

Not with buy buttons. Each button is for one item, and the shopper pays for it on its own payment page. If you need a cart, use Shopify or Square Online and we link your site to that store.

Do you see my customers’ card details?

No. Shoppers pay on Stripe’s or Square’s own page. Card details and payment keys never reach us.

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Questions? Email sites@uplivra.com and a person will reply.