Connecting Stripe to take payments

Rosterra processes all card payments through Stripe Connect. Your school holds its own Stripe account, so payouts go straight to your bank, not through Rosterra.

What you need before you start

• Your business EIN (or SSN for sole proprietors).
• Your business bank account number and routing number.
• A government ID for the account owner (driver's license or passport).
• The legal name and address of the business.

Stripe needs all of this to verify the account under U.S. financial regulations. Have it open in front of you before you begin.

Connecting

1. Go to /settings/billing and click Connect Stripe.
2. You are sent to a Stripe-hosted onboarding flow. Sign in to your existing Stripe account, or create a new one.
3. Fill in the business and banking information.
4. Stripe redirects you back to Rosterra. Your account is live as soon as Stripe finishes verification, which is usually instant but can take up to a business day.

What families see

Tuition charges run quietly in the background once a family has a card on file. For new enrollments and one-off purchases (event registrations, gift cards, party deposits), families land on a Stripe-hosted checkout page. The page shows your school name and brand color, not Rosterra's.

Payout schedule

Stripe pays out to your bank on its own schedule, typically every two business days. You can change this to weekly or monthly inside your Stripe dashboard. Rosterra does not touch your payouts.

Fees

Stripe charges the standard processing fee (currently 2.9% + 30 cents for U.S. cards). Rosterra does not add a per-transaction fee on top. Your subscription with Rosterra is flat per location and unrelated to payment volume.

Switching banks later

If your bank account changes, update it inside Stripe (Settings → Payouts on dashboard.stripe.com). Rosterra picks up the new account automatically because it never holds the bank details directly.