Guides for Stripe setup, listing and selling, order fulfillment, and studio safety.
The exact easiest path through Stripe Express, including what to enter for the website field.
Understand what still needs to be completed when payouts stay pending.
What a sale costs, and when your money reaches your bank. Earnings build up in your connected Stripe balance and pay out once the available balance reaches $50.00.
Product links, seller pages, and in person QR usage for maker selling.
Go live quickly without losing the trust details that help conversion.
Set reusable rates and delivery timing without bloating the listing flow.
Deliver formulas, files, and services cleanly after payment.
Practical lab safety for perfumers plus FDA-aligned rules for selling responsibly.
A repeatable monthly checklist for PPE, storage, labeling, and incident readiness.
Use this when Stripe Express asks for business details, website information, or one more verification step you are not sure how to fill in.
Getting Paid
Stripe hosts the payout flow. Some sections expand, collapse, or change based on your country, business type, and the information Stripe still needs. That is normal.
Follow these five steps in order to get through without detours.
When Stripe asks for a website or where you sell, use your CheckoutFirst seller profile link or a live product page.
Keep it plain and factual. Stripe is looking for what you sell, not polished marketing copy.
Stripe's flow adapts to your answers, so what you see may differ from what another seller describes.
Use this to work out what a sale actually costs you, and when the money from it reaches your bank account.
Getting Paid
Money from a sale does not travel straight to your bank. It lands in your connected Stripe balance and stays there until the balance is large enough to be worth sending.
The platform fee depends on how the buyer found you. Both rates are charged on the sale total.
Two separate waits stack up here, and knowing the difference explains most of the timing.
Grouping earnings into fewer, larger transfers keeps the cost of moving money manageable, and that cost sits with CheckoutFirst rather than with you. You are never charged a fee for a payout, at any size. The threshold changes how often your money is sent, never how much of it you keep.
Your money is never stranded. If your balance sits below the threshold and you have not made a sale in 90 days, whatever is available is released to your bank automatically. You do not need to request it. Some countries require a shorter window, and where they do, the earlier one applies.
Your Stripe Express dashboard shows your current balance, what is still settling, and every payout that has been sent. CheckoutFirst shows your sales and revenue, while Stripe is the place to confirm exactly what has moved to your bank.
Use this before handling fragrance materials or publishing perfume goods so your workflow stays safe, compliant, and resilient.
Safety and Compliance
Treat every aromatic chemical, essential oil, and solvent as a concentrated material until your dilution, SDS notes, and handling plan prove otherwise.
Set up your workspace before opening anything. Every session starts the same way.
Know the response before you need it. Bring the product label or SDS when speaking with clinicians so they can identify ingredients quickly.
Good records and clean storage keep batches reproducible and complaints resolvable.
Understand how U.S. law categorises what you make before you publish it.
Suggestions & support
Share a friction point, feature idea, or support request. Suggestions shape what gets built. Support messages go directly to support@checkoutfirst.com.