From e86ffc5482fdee8ce09f957ef8f92e595763beae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rimian Perkins Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 10:39:32 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 63b67f6..2b97c2c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -16,9 +16,15 @@ If you too would like to sponsor this project, I'd really appreciate it. You can ## Core concepts +### Your Stripe Account + +**It is important to note:** that ultimately, your subscriptions are managed by the Stripe payment gateway. Stripe will handle the billing, etc at the required intervals and notify your Discourse Plugin when specific transactions happen on Stripe. If you were to shut down your instance of Discourse, Stripe with continue to bill your customers for your subscriptions. + +Stripe has a [portal](https://dashboard.stripe.com) where you can manage all your customers and subscriptions. + ### Subscriptions -Subscriptions are how you manage access to your website's content. There are two core components to make Subscriptions work for your Discourse application. These are **Products** and **Plans**. +Subscriptions are how you manage access to your website's content. There are two core components to make Subscriptions work for your Discourse application. These are *Products* and *Plans*. ### Products @@ -30,10 +36,6 @@ A Plan is how you charge your users for the Product. Plans have *rates*, *billin Together, Products and Plans make up Subscriptions. -**It is important to note** that ultimately, your subscriptions are managed by the Stripe payment gateway. Stripe will handle the billing, etc at the required intervals and notify your Discourse Plugin when specific transactions happen on Stripe. If you were to shut down your instance of Discourse, Stripe with continue to bill your customers for your subscriptions. - -Stripe has a [portal](https://dashboard.stripe.com) where you can manage all your customers and subscriptions. - ## Installation * Be sure your site is enforcing https.