New customer and new purchase

Here are the steps for creating a payment link for a new customer making a new purchase of a subscription or one-time purchase.

This link is static payment link and can be reused. Thus, you can embed it on your website in a "pay with crypto" button to enable self-serve.

Create the product(s) and price in Stripe (skip if done)
On the Loop Dashboard, configure the tokens you'd like to accept for these product(s)

Now you're ready to create your payment link!

There are 3 ways to get a payment link.

(Preferred method) Using the "Quick Start" tool on Loop's dashboard where you will be walked through steps to create your checkout link
- Go to Loop's dashboard, and on the "Home" page, click "Create a checkout link for new customers"

Navigating to the "Subscriptions" or "One-time" page to grab the link associated with the given product. You will have to append to the end any additional configurations yourself (directions).
In the response of the GET Items endpoint, called url

How payment links work for a new customer

When a payment link is used:

Loop creates a new customer in Stripe, and tells Stripe about the purchase
Stripe creates an invoice based on the billing settings associated with the product and/or subscription
Loop charges the customer onchain based on the Stripe bill
Loop marks the invoice in Stripe as paid, adding the tx hash, wallet address and amount to the invoice's metadata.

These steps happen within a matter of seconds, with any delays due to chain confirmation times. The customer will be help on the payment page until the payment is confirmed.