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Stripe Payment

The Stripe Payment Gateway setup is essential for collecting payments. 

All payments made on your alumni site go directly to your institution’s Stripe-connected bank account, and Alumnly does not take any commission.


Payment Modules on Alumnly

Alumnly currently provides five modules that allow your institution to accept payments directly into your nominated Stripe-connected bank account:

  1. Events
  2. Fundraising
  3. Shop
  4. Business Directory
  5. Membership Payments


Creating a Stripe Account

Before integrating Stripe with your alumni site, you need to create an account.
💡If your institution already has a Stripe account, you can skip this step.

  1. Go to Stripe’s website – https://stripe.com/
  2. Sign up for a Stripe account for your school or institution.
  3. Once your account is set up, obtain the Publishable and Secret API keys from Stripe.
  • These keys are required for Events & Fundraising payments.


Connecting Your Stripe Account for Events & Fundraising

The Events and Fundraising modules currently use your Stripe API Keys for payment processing.

To set this up:

  1. Go to Site Settings → Payment Gateway
  2. Enter your Stripe Live Publishable Key and Live Secret Key into the relevant fields
  3. Turn on the “Live Mode” switch
  4. Click Save

Once configured, all event registrations and fundraising donations made through Alumnly will be processed directly into your connected Stripe bank account.


Connecting Your Stripe Account for Shop, Business Directory, & Membership Payments

The Shop, Business Directory, and Membership Costs modules use Stripe’s newer Stripe Connect functionality.

This setup provides additional flexibility, including the ability to connect different modules to separate bank accounts if required.

  1. Business Directory Setup
    1. Navigate to Business Directory → Plans & Pricing
    2. Connect your Stripe Connect account
    3. Configure your monthly and/or yearly pricing for Standard and Premium listings
  2. Shop Setup
    1. Navigate to Shop → Products
    2. Click the Setup button
    3. Connect your Stripe Connect account
  3. Membership Payments Setup
    1. Navigate to Site Settings → Institution Details
    2. Turn on the Membership Settings to Paid and click Save
    3. Stripe Account for Membership Payments will be provided
    4. Connect your Stripe Connect account
    5. Configure your one-time and/or yearly pricing