Your own Stripe account
Client payments are made on your company's Stripe account and paid out to your bank. The money never passes through Sora Build.
Online payments for contractors: Pay by card. Get paid by card or bank.
Online payments for contractors, through your own Stripe account. Clients pay your invoices by card or bank, and Sora Build bills your plan through Stripe too.
Example invoice: a framing draw and a change order with tax, a total, and a Pay now button that takes card or bank.
Client payments
The invoice pays itself off
Send an invoice as a link. Your client opens it, pays by card or bank, and the invoice marks itself paid. No account needed on their side.
- An admin sets up payments from Settings in a few minutes
- Choose card, bank, or both for each company
- Stripe's fees, and 0.5% to Sora Build on CAD payments, come out of each payment
Stripe at a glance
Card or bank
Clients pay by card, or by bank: pre-authorized debit in Canada, ACH in the United States.
The full Stripe Dashboard
See payouts, issue refunds and answer disputes in your own Stripe Dashboard.
Your plan
One price for the office, charged by card
Free for one person. Bring the office in and it's a single price for the company, billed monthly or yearly through Stripe's secure checkout. Update your card from Settings.
See pricingExample: Stripe shown as the card on file for billing.
Questions
Asked and answered
Does Sora Build take a cut of client payments?
A small one. Sora Build charges 0.5% of each online payment in Canadian dollars, at most CA$100 per payment, taken from what you receive. US-dollar payments carry no Sora Build fee. Your client pays only the invoice amount. Stripe's standard fees are 2.9% + CA$0.30 per card payment and 1% + CA$0.40 (at most CA$5) per pre-authorized debit in Canada, and 2.9% + US$0.30 per card payment and 0.8% (at most US$5) per ACH debit in the US. Stripe charges its fees to your own Stripe account, and Settings › Client payments shows what you receive on an example invoice.
Do I need a Stripe account already?
No. An admin sets up a Stripe account for your company from Settings, and Stripe walks you through verifying the business and adding a bank account for payouts.
Which countries are supported?
Companies in Canada and the United States, invoicing in Canadian or US dollars.
Who handles refunds and disputes?
Your company does, in its own Stripe Dashboard, since the payment is made to your account.
Related features and solutions
Invoices & payments
Invoice the client, tie draws to milestones, and get paid online by card or bank.
Client portal
Homeowners and building owners follow the job, approve changes and message you.
Custom builders & renovators
Custom, spec and renovation work, with the client in the loop and every change approved.
Put your next job on a schedule everyone can follow.
Start with a sample home or your own project.