# Taking payments

**URL:** <https://forum.youcanbook.me/t/taking-payments/35>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous\
**Created:** [November 27, 2018, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.youcanbook.me/t/taking-payments/35 "2018-11-27T06:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Nancy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.youcanbook.me/nancy/32/21_2.png) [@Nancy](https://forum.youcanbook.me/u/Nancy)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.youcanbook.me/t/taking-payments/35/1 "2018-11-27T06:00:00Z")

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I have an online service that I would like to start charging for. I have not setup any payment system online before. I saw in the support article that you have to use Stripe, is this the only option? Also I do not have an hourly rate, instead I charge by the meeting I have. Does anyone know the best way to set this up?

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**Author:** ![April](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.youcanbook.me/april/32/19_2.png) [@April](https://forum.youcanbook.me/u/April)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.youcanbook.me/t/taking-payments/35/2 "2018-11-27T06:45:55Z")

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I think you can only use Stripe. Setting up a Stripe account is super simple, as long as your business has a tax ID number. On second though you might be able to set things up under your name to start, but I am not 100% sure on that. Also not sure on your second question.

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**Author:** ![Kevin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.youcanbook.me/kevin/32/17_2.png) [@Kevin](https://forum.youcanbook.me/u/Kevin)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.youcanbook.me/t/taking-payments/35/3 "2018-11-27T07:42:02Z")

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You can setup [Appointment Types](https://support.youcanbook.me/article/223-appointment-types) which will allow you to set a specific price per meeting option. To @April’s point you can only use Stripe at this time. While there is a way to set things up on another payment processor, the [integration with Stripe is seamless](https://support.youcanbook.me/article/72-how-to-take-payments-for-your-bookings).

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**Author:** ![FrankBuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@FrankBuck](https://forum.youcanbook.me/u/FrankBuck)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.youcanbook.me/t/taking-payments/35/4 "2019-04-27T16:04:54Z")

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Is the ability to collect payments available with the free account?

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**Author:** ![April](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.youcanbook.me/april/32/19_2.png) [@April](https://forum.youcanbook.me/u/April)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.youcanbook.me/t/taking-payments/35/5 "2019-04-29T17:00:14Z")

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Hey @FrankBuck, I believe you can use the payments feature on the free account. There are some other features of the free account you can check out like SMS notifications (added cost I think). [More info on the different features between free and paid accounts here.](https://support.youcanbook.me/article/113-youcanbookme-features)