Help -> Admin Settings -> Stripe Integration

Starting Point: Logged into Manager as an Admin.

In order to use our online Giving & Store features, you need to have an account with Stripe (https://stripe.com), and you need to copy some information from Stripe and paste it into your Ministry Inbox Account. Below are the details.

  • Information you need to get from your account with Stripe.
    • Stripe Restricted Key
      • To create a Stripe Restricted Key, in the Stripe Dashboard navigate to the "Developers -> API keys ->" page and click "+ Create restricted key".
      • For "Checkout Sessions" select "Write".
      • For "Prices" select "Read".
      • For "Products" select "Read".
      • Click "Create key" to create the Restricted Key.
      • This is now ready for you to copy/paste as described in the bottom section below.
    • Stripe Publishable Key
      • In the Stripe Dashboard navigate to the "Developers -> API keys" page.
      • In the "Standard keys" section you will see the "Publishable key".
      • This is now ready for you to copy/paste as described in the bottom section below.
    • Stripe Customer Portal URL
      • In the Stripe Dashboard navigate to the "Settings -> Billing -> Customer portal" page.
      • Activate the "Customer portal link".
      • This is now ready for you to copy/paste as described in the bottom section below.
  • Configure your Stripe account to work with the Ministry Inbox Giving system.
    • In the Stripe Dashboard navigate to the "Settings -> Payments" page.
    • In the "Subscriptions" section, select "Limit customers to 1 subscription".
    • In the "Subscriptions" section, for the "Direct customers to manager their subscriptions on" field, select "Customer portal".
  • Additional information
    • Stripe Return/Cancel URL: You need to decide where to send people when they click the Home Icon button on your stand-alone Giving and Store pages. For example, you might send people to your current web site home page.
  • Where to paste the information in your Ministry Inbox Account.
    1. Go to "Manager -> Admin Settings -> Account Info".
    2. Paste the information into the corresponding Stripe fields.
    3. Click the Update Account Info button to save your changes.