# E-commerce & Payments, forgehouse

> Take payments without the 2 a.m. surprises. Stripe and PayPal integration, automated billing, revenue numbers that stay accurate and cart recovery that earns its keep.

These parts come from how payment systems behave in practice: billing and revenue figures stay in sync through automation, not manual reconciliation. The decision framework comes first on purpose, so you choose your payment stack before you write any integration code.

## Who this shelf is for
- Founder wiring Stripe for the first time, worried about the edge cases
- SaaS owner whose revenue numbers drift away from the billing system
- Builder choosing between payment stacks before committing code

## Where to start
There is no kit; if you haven’t chosen yet, start with the Ecommerce Stack Decision Framework, then implement with Stripe Integration.

## Skills (8)
- [Billing Automation](https://forgehouse.ai/skills/billing-automation/), Build automated billing systems for recurring payments, invoicing, subscription lifecycle, and…
- [Ecommerce Stack Decision Framework](https://forgehouse.ai/skills/ecommerce-stack-decision-framework/), E-commerce stack decision framework
- [Paypal Integration](https://forgehouse.ai/skills/paypal-integration/), Integrate PayPal payment processing with support for express checkout, subscriptions, and…
- [Pricing Strategy](https://forgehouse.ai/skills/pricing-strategy/), Design pricing that captures value instead of just covering cost, across packaging, value metric and price point.
- [Stripe Best Practices](https://forgehouse.ai/skills/stripe-best-practices/), Production-grade Stripe integration best practices.
- [Stripe Integration](https://forgehouse.ai/skills/stripe-integration/), Implement Stripe payment processing for robust, PCI-compliant payment flows including…
- [Stripe MRR Supabase Sync](https://forgehouse.ai/skills/stripe-mrr-supabase-sync/), Sync Stripe MRR into Supabase
- [Upgrade Stripe](https://forgehouse.ai/skills/upgrade-stripe/), Upgrade Stripe API versions, server SDKs, Stripe.js, and mobile SDKs.

## FAQ

### Stripe or PayPal, does the shelf cover both?
Both, separately and honestly: Stripe Integration and Stripe Best Practices for the main rail, PayPal Integration where your market demands it, and Ecommerce Stack Decision Framework to decide before you wire anything.

### What does cart recovery “that earns its keep” mean?
Recovery flows measured like a channel: Ecommerce Cart Recovery wires the abandon triggers and win-back sequence, and treats it as revenue to verify, not an email blast to feel good about.

### Can billing and MRR tracking run without me?
Billing Automation handles invoicing, renewals and the MRR sync so the numbers in your dashboard come from the payment rail itself, no spreadsheet reconciliation at month-end.

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