Migrate payment system to Stripe's low-code solutions

scorpiontornado commented 10 months ago

For the 2023 merch rollout, we used Stripe's custom payment flow with it's PaymentIntent API and Stripe’s Web Elements.

This has proven to be a nightmare, so for 2024 we're migrating to Stripe's low-code solutions for the checkout - either a Stripe-hosted page or an embedded form.

My preference would be to use an embedded form to make the experience more visually seamless for users and avoid redirects, but having a fully-functional integration that people trust is the priority (i.e., looks legit & well-tested).

We should also explore ways of making a better storefront - surely there's a solution out there already? Otherwise we could add quality-of-life improvements like #41 and #38 .

[ ] Decide on Stripe-hosted page or embedded form
[ ] Implement backend (see https://github.com/coopsoc/merch-backend)
[ ] Link to existing storefront frontend
[ ] Explore methods of improving the storefront - #41, #38, cleaner UI/UX etc
[ ] Ensure stripe invoices contain all product info necessary for suppliers (item, size, colour, quantity)
[ ] (To be handled elsewhere, perhaps the backend?) Write script to parse exported invoices, collate quantities and present it in a way we can send to suppliers

scorpiontornado commented 10 months ago

This is a low-urgency task, but very important. Will be handled by subcom, ideally by the 1st of June.

scorpiontornado commented 10 months ago

Might be worth turning into a GitHub Project? Add Milestones? Idk

scorpiontornado commented 10 months ago

Could use https://snipcart.com/ instead - seems to have the frontend storefront built in, might also help us with #41

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