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Alex I.

SHIROFES. — Project Manager / Sponsorship & Hospitality Lead

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Originally submitted 10/24/2026

"Ran entry payments for a whole season of dance competitions on Stripe"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Stripe Payments?

I built and operate the entry and application payment system for a series of street-dance events in Japan — including the CC, FSC and SHIROFES brands — in production since early 2026, through a spring–summer 2026 season of competitions. Entrants pay entry fees online through Stripe Checkout and Payment Links, and the flow runs inside my own event platform: registration -> Stripe payment -> automatic registration management. Checkout and Payment Links are fast to stand up — a new event's entry payment can be live the same day. Dashboard reconciliation is genuinely good: matching a payment to an entrant is a search, not a spreadsheet session. Refunds are painless, which matters when event line-ups change. The documentation and API are the best I've used, and my AI coding tools can work against it reliably. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Stripe Payments?

The fee stack adds up on small-ticket entries — ours are only a few thousand yen each. Payout timing and reserve policies can surprise you if you don't read the fine print up front. The dashboard has so many products now that finding the right setting can take a minute. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Stripe Payments solving and how is that benefiting you?

I built and operated the entry-payment system for a series of street-dance competitions in Japan, across multiple event brands including CC, FSC and SHIROFES. The system has been in production since early 2026, including a spring-summer 2026 season of competitions, with events ranging from around 50 entrants to over 1,500 participants at the largest single event. Entrants pay entry fees online through Stripe Checkout and Payment Links; I reconcile payments against entries in the Stripe Dashboard and issue refunds when brackets or line-ups change. I set up the payment flow inside my own event platform: registration -> Stripe payment -> automatic registration management. Before this system, entries were handled manually with Google Forms plus external ticketing and on-site payments. Stripe replaced that manual checking entirely and gave entrants a payment experience they already trust. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.