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# Stripe

Whether a customer actually pays you is a fact about the relationship, and it usually lives somewhere nobody in sales looks. Connecting Stripe puts invoice and payment history on the company record: what has been invoiced, what has been paid, and what is open or late.

## How to connect Stripe to Zero

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In Stripe, go to **Developers → API keys**, and select **Create restricted key**.\
\&#xNAN;*(Requires privileges in your Stripe account to create API keys.)*

<figure><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/zero-production-api-docs/images/stripe_create_restricted_key.png" alt="Stripe Developers API keys page with the Create restricted key button circled"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
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Give the key the following **read** permissions:

* Customers
* Subscriptions
* Invoices
  {% endstep %}

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In Zero, go to **Settings → Connections → Integrations** and find **Stripe integration**.

* Select **Connect Stripe Account**
* Paste the restricted API key into **Stripe Secret Key**
* Click **Connect Account**

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After connecting, you should see a confirmation in Zero that Stripe is connected.

<figure><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/zero-production-api-docs/images/stripe_integration_connected.png" alt="Stripe integration card showing Stripe Account with a green Connected status"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
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## How the integration works

Zero pulls customers, invoices and payments from Stripe and matches them to companies by customer domain. By default it syncs recent data; a fuller historical pull is available on request.

## Where the data appears in Zero

Add **Stripe properties** — invoices, subscription status, totals — to any list or view:

<figure><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/zero-production-api-docs/images/stripe_property_picker.png" alt="Add a property menu listing Stripe properties such as Total invoiced amount, Total paid amount, Open invoicing amount, Late invoicing amount, and Invoices"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

In reports, choose the **Invoices** record type to chart the same data.


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