Get subscription payments working in your side project without building custom checkout flows.
Steps:
• Embed Stripe's pricing table component with your user's ID as client_reference_id and their email
• Set up checkout.session.completed webhook to capture subscription_id and link it to your user in your database
• Listen to customer.subscription.created, updated, and deleted webhooks to keep local subscription status in sync
• Add Stripe's customer portal link so users can manage their own subscriptions, upgrades, and cancellations
Gotchas:
• Skipping client_reference_id breaks everything—you won't know which user owns which subscription
• Don't query Stripe's API on every request to check subscription status—maintain a local copy instead
Do this today:
• Copy Stripe's pricing table script into your app and pass user ID + email
• Create one webhook endpoint for checkout.session.completed
• Store subscription_id with your user record when checkout completes
Full guide → https://shipwithai.substack.com/p/add-stripe-payments-in-4-steps-mvp?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=legion_newsletter&utm_campaign=20251108