Stripe Integration — Accepting Payments the Right Way
Set up Stripe in your Next.js app — Checkout sessions, webhooks, subscription handling, and avoiding common payment pitfalls.
At some point, your app needs to make money. That means accepting payments. And Stripe is the de facto standard for payments on the web — used by everyone from startups to publicly traded companies.
But payment integration is one of those areas where getting it "mostly right" isn't good enough. A bug in your payment flow means lost revenue, angry customers, or worse — charging someone twice. The stakes are higher than a UI bug.
In this lesson, we'll set up Stripe properly — Checkout for payments, webhooks for reliable event handling, and the patterns that keep your payment system solid.
How Stripe Works — The Big Picture
Stripe's architecture is designed around one core principle: your server never sees raw credit card numbers. This dramatically reduces your security liability
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