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Connect Stripe and start collecting online
Send invoices by SMS, collect via card or ACH, money lands in your bank in 2 days. Standard Stripe fees, no markup.
4 min readAlwaysRespond uses Stripe Connect to route payments directly to your bank. We don't sit between you and your money. Stripe deposits straight to your account.
Connect Stripe
Settings → Integrations → Stripe → Connect. You'll go through Stripe's onboarding to verify your business and link a bank account. Takes about 5 minutes.
What gets transmitted
- Card payments: 2.9% + 30¢, deposit in 2 business days
- ACH: 0.8% capped at $5, deposit in 4 business days
- Apple Pay / Google Pay: same as card
Send your first invoice
From a completed job, click Invoice. Enter line items or pull from a template. Choose SMS or email delivery. Customer taps the link and pays. You get notified the moment it clears.