Tell HN: Stripe Link closed my account without explanation

6 pointsposted a year ago
by nikolay

Item id: 41508877

7 Comments

lancecotingkeh

a year ago

Unfortunately, this is far to common with Stripe. Stripe shut down my previous SaaS without warning or explanation, and later turned it back on after admitting they accidentally shut it down. It was almost a death sentence for my business.

I built OpenPay (getopenpay.com) so you can flexibly move between payment processors without losing a cent of revenue. Happy to get you set up for free, and help you migrate from Stripe. Feel free to reach out to me at lance [at] getopenpay.com

keikobadthebad

a year ago

Sounds like they don't want to do business with you because they think you are Russian.

KomoD

a year ago

What are you basing that off of?

nikolay

a year ago

My username is "nikolay" - a popular Russian name, although most Russians spell it as "Nikolai".

nikolay

a year ago

Maybe. But I'm not Russian. I know a Mexican called Ivan.

Anyway, there's no business as literally Link is just tokenized credit card storage - it serves them, not me. I use 1Password with Privacy.com, so Link serves them and does nothing for me. But I feel offended by their hostile and unjust action!

numerosix

a year ago

Stripe is a no go. Period.

KomoD

a year ago

> Well, PayPal has real people on the phone, and, actually

And? They're just as useless and won't tell you anything.