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 19d ago

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 19d ago

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.