Migrate payment system to Stripe's low-code solutions #50
Description
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 - (Optional) - add support for multiple colours of the same item #41, Display discounts on frontend #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