Guide
How online payments work when the money is actually yours.
Taking card payments online is now table stakes for a court club. Stripe is the standard, and how it's set up decides whether you truly own your money.
The best setup connects your own Stripe account, so you're the merchant of record. Funds land in your account, and you control payouts, refunds and disputes, not a platform holding a wallet on your behalf.
Stripe settles card payments to your bank on a schedule you set (daily, weekly). There's no waiting on a marketplace to pay you out.
Full or partial refunds are issued straight from your account, ideally automated by your booking software so a cancellation inside the window refunds and frees the slot in one step.
Stripe charges a standard per-transaction processing fee (billed to your account). Good booking software adds 0% commission on top, so the only payment cost is Stripe's, not a platform's cut. Compare that to a marketplace fee.
Stripe handles PCI compliance and card data, so you don't store card numbers. Reputable booking platforms never touch the funds, they orchestrate the checkout on your account.
FAQ
Yes, and that's the point: with RocketCourt you connect your own Stripe, so you're the merchant of record and the money is yours from the moment it's taken.
Only Stripe's standard card-processing fee, charged to your account. RocketCourt adds 0% commission.
You do, from your own Stripe account, with refunds automated through the booking software where possible.
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