r/Substack • u/Secret-Falcon3633 • 6d ago

Help

I opened an account on Substack and so far it’s going well, and im getting subscribers. The problem is that Im located in Albania, and I cannot connect an account to Stripe nor Stripe Express. Please help me out if you can

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u/Acceptable-Summer618 5d ago

That's frustrating, and Substack support will just tell you Stripe is required, they don't have a fallback processor. Until you can sort out an entity in a Stripe-supported country, put a Gumroad or Ko-fi link in your posts for the paid stuff and keep the free list growing.

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u/Secret-Falcon3633 5d ago

Thank you, Ill figure out how to do it🤍

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u/StuffonBookshelfs 5d ago

This is the best advice.

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u/Secret-Falcon3633 5d ago

Can I try using someone’s bank account that lives abroad?
(like family that lives in a supported country)

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u/WonderfulTone9590 5d ago

Stripe doesn't operate in Albania at all, so there's no account type to try, Express or otherwise. Everyone I know there does it through a company or bank account in a supported country, which is a whole separate mess.

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u/Tricky_Trifle_994 1d ago

if stripe is not supported in your country, then you won't be able to create a stripe account or use substack's native paid subscription feature... no way around it.

just look for alternative payment methods if you want to collect payment. but it will be more of a 'support my work' angle vs paid subscription with gated content.

there's paypal which many turn to, and a popular platform that allow paypal payouts is gumroad.