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If you don’t have a Stripe account yet, here’s how to set one up — it takes about ten minutes, most of it Stripe verifying your business.

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Create your account

1

Sign up

Go to dashboard.stripe.com/register and create an account.
2

Verify your email

Stripe emails you a verification link right after signup — click it before continuing.
3

Complete your business profile

Stripe asks for your legal business details, identity verification, and a bank account for payouts. This is required before your account can accept live payments — Stripe calls this “activating” your account.
The bank account you add here is where your own money lands after a client pays you. It’s separate from turning on bank payments as something your clients can pay with — that’s the next step.

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Turn on bank payments (ACH)

This is the step most people miss: enabling bank payments for your clients isn’t automatic, even after your account is fully activated.
1

Open Payment methods

In your Stripe Dashboard, go to Payments → Payment methods.
2

Turn on Bank debits

Find Bank debits and switch it on.
Stripe won’t let you turn this on until your account is fully activated with no outstanding verification requirements. If the toggle is grayed out, go back to your business profile and finish anything Stripe is still asking for.
Card payments don’t need this extra step — connecting your account is enough for those to work right away.

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Already have a Stripe account for something else?

If you use Stripe with another platform, a point-of-sale system, or your own website, you don’t need a second account — you can connect that same one to Clarely. Just make sure it isn’t already connected to another platform first; Stripe only allows one connection at a time. See Connect Stripe for what to do if that’s the case.

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What to do next

Once your account is activated and Bank debits is on, head to Connect Stripe to link it to Clarely.