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💳 You Can Now Buy Pickful Books by Card | 11.14
Buy books by card through Stripe; they unlock in seconds. Authors are paid monthly.
Hey Pickful community,
Starting today, you can buy books on Pickful by card, not just with USDC.
🤔 Why cards
Until now there was one way to buy a book: pay with USDC on Base. Many of you told us that meant buying USDC on an exchange and moving it to a wallet first, and plenty of readers gave up right there.
Now: click “Pay by card” on the book page and enter your email and card on Stripe Checkout. No wallet, no crypto needed.
🛒 How to buy
- Sign in to Pickful, open the book, and click “Pay by card”.
- On Stripe Checkout, which shows Pickful as the merchant, enter the email for your receipt and your card details.
- Back on the book page, it unlocks within a few seconds. If it doesn’t, refresh the page.
A few details:
- Books are priced in USDC, and a card is charged the same number in US dollars: a 9.90 USDC book costs 9.90 USD.
- You need to be signed in, so the book unlocks on your account.
- Books under 0.50 USD can’t be bought by card yet (Stripe’s minimum charge).
- If you signed up with a wallet or a social login, type an email on the checkout page; that’s where your receipt goes.
- Alipay is still under review at Stripe. We’ll let you know when it’s available.
🔐 After you pay
You enter your card only on Stripe’s page. Pickful never sees or stores your card number.
A book unlocks only when Stripe confirms the payment, not based on which page you land on afterwards. If the same confirmation arrives twice, it’s still recorded once.
✍️ For authors
| USDC | Card | |
|---|---|---|
| Where the money goes first | Your wallet | Collected by Pickful |
| When you get it | Immediately | Monthly, after 30 days |
| Commission | Billed monthly | Deducted at payout |
| Paid out in | USDC | USDC |
- Nothing to set up. Pickful collects card payments for you; you don’t need a Stripe account.
- Your commission rate doesn’t change. Each book keeps its current rate, and Pickful covers Stripe’s fees.
- Your commission tier counts sales from both methods combined, so how a reader pays never affects your tier.
- The 30-day hold is there because card payments can be refunded or disputed during that window.
💬 To the community
Card payment is live on the web. If you run into any trouble paying or unlocking a book, send us a DM.
Pickful Team
11.14
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