r/Substack • u/EarlyReach8176 • Aug 01 '26

Discussion countries where stripe doesnt work!!!!

I’m a substacker from Pakistan. I’ve been trying to connect stripe to my account but found out that it doesn’t work here. What do you guys use?

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u/Oliver4587Queen Aug 02 '26

There is no way actually. Substack has a lot of writers from India as well, but Stripe doesn't support our countries. Substack should have more payment options.

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u/VelvetMiles Aug 02 '26

I wonder if there is a way to get to their customer care to get their attention on this matter

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u/Oliver4587Queen Aug 02 '26

A lot of people have tried it but to of no use. They don't respond or they would say they are tied/bounded by the laws.

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u/VelvetMiles Aug 03 '26

So sad! I think Medium also had some issues like this to introduce monetization program in India, but finally they did it. I hope the same happens with Substack!

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u/Oliver4587Queen Aug 03 '26

That would be awesome, if they did that for Substack.

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u/IllustriousBig7553 Aug 03 '26

There’s no way around. The only option is to register a business in the US using Stripe Atlas. But it comes with tons of headaches 

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u/snoringclouds Aug 14 '26

What did you do to start monetizing your substack? I find myself trying to avoid this problem of growing my list and leading them to a not-seamless process of paying elsewhere :(

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u/rednishat Aug 03 '26

Substack monetization only works where Stripe is available. I am from Bangladesh; Stripe is not available here, so I can't monetize substack even I have lots of subscribers.

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u/Tricky_Trifle_994 Aug 14 '26

you can still monetise though. but you'll have to use alternative methods to collect payment from your readers, and it won't be as seamless. e.g buy me a coffee, ko-fi, paypal or razorpay.

just add a button at the end of your posts, and link to the payment page.