How to Configure Cablecast with Stripe Payment Services

Cablecast Configuration With Stripe Payment

This article overviews how to link your Stripe account through Cablecast Cloud Services and shows what information Cablecast needs from Stripe to start collecting payments for your members-only content.

Prerequisites

• Active Reflect+ Subscription

Linking Your Stripe Account Through Cablecast Cloud Services

Cablecast does not store any payment information from your users. In order to accomplish this, we have integrated Stripe payment into our Cablecast Cloud Services (CCS) platform. The following steps outline how to connect your Stripe account to CCS.

• Navigate to your Organization's CCS dashboard and click Link Account in the Stripe card to being the process. Ensure your Organization has met the prerequisites above, or this card will not be accessible.

• You will be redirected to Stripe's verification portal. If you have a Stripe account, enter your login information here. Otherwise, create a Stripe account

• Once you have logged in to Stripe, select which business you would like to receive payments. If you do not have an existing business verified through Stripe, create one now.
  • If you are creating a new business on Stripe, take a look at this article for a detailed outlook on what information Stripe needs to verify payments for your business.
  • If you need more time to collect this information, feel free to come back later. Simply click on the button in the Stripe card of you Organization's CCS dashboard to continue where you left off.

• After entering and reviewing your business information, click Agree and Submit. This tells Stripe your account is ready for review.

• If you linked a pre-approved Stripe business, you'll be redirected back to CCS

• You can then click on View Dashboard from the Stripe card on your Organization's CCS overview to get redirected to your Stripe account dashboard.

Configuring Cablecast With Stripe Information

Now that you have linked your Stripe account with CCS, only a few more configuration steps are needed to start collecting payments on your Public Internet Channels.

We need to create a Membership Product in Stripe for your users to purchase. Then, we'll need to copy some Stripe information over to Cablecast.

• Navigate to your Stripe Account Dashboard
• Select your Product Catalog

• Select Create Product

• Fill out the Product form. You can enter a name, description, and attach a logo. Configure the payment details in the lower half of the form. We recommend a Monthly/Yearly recurring payment.

• Hit Add Product, then select it from your Product Catalog list.
• The first piece of info Cablecast needs from Stripe is the Stripe Membership Product Id. Copy the Product Id highlighted below, and save it for later.

• Next, return to the Product Catalog page and select the Pricing Tables tab. Select Create Pricing Table.

• This form lets you customize the checkout window customers will see when purchasing a membership. Be sure to select the product we just created from the search bar. Make any styling adjustments you would like, then hit Continue.

• Here you can configure what extra information to collect during the purchase process and what confirmation message to display. These are optional.

• Here you can attach more products to your table, giving customers the ability to change into different subscription tiers. This is also optional.

• Hit Finish. You will be redirected your new Product Table's page. Here is where we will collect the final two pieces of information Cablecast needs.
• Copy the Product Table Embed Code and save it for later. Use the Copy Code button for an easy copy to clipboard.

• Scroll down to the bottom of this page and look for the section titled Customer Portal. Hit Copy to save the Customer Portal Link.

• Now you can login to your Cablecast system and navigate to Internet Video > Restrict Access

• Make sure to toggle Enable Access Restrictions on and select a Saved Show Search from the dropdown. This is the collection of Shows that will require a Stripe payment to access on your Public Internet Channel.
• Finally, paste the information we copied from Stripe into the remaining form fields.
  • Stripe Membership Product Id: starts with prod_
  • Stripe Product Table Embed: starts with <script>
  • Stripe Customer Portal Link: starts with https://billing.stripe.com
• Hit Save.