# Add a card and start paying

Chapter: Money on file: cards and receivables detail
Who this is for: Shop owner.
Trigger: Trial is ending, or the owner wants to pay immediately.

## What the clip says

Settings, Billing tab, on a fresh trial shop. Status, plan, and the $40 a month price sit here. Pay $40 a month opens Stripe Checkout to add a card. That page is Stripe's own.

Settings, Billing is the shop's own $40 a month ReedPort bill. It is a different Stripe relationship from
Settings, Payments, which takes the shop's customers' cards.

## Steps

- Settings, **Billing** tab, click **Pay $40 a month**. 

- Pay in Stripe Checkout, then wait for the redirect back to ReedPort to confirm.

- Once a card is on file, the same tab shows **Manage billing** instead, which opens the Stripe customer portal to change the card or cancel.

## What happens to money and stock

None in-app; Stripe owns the charge itself.

## Watch out for

- Manage billing before any Stripe customer exists shows "Billing is not set up for this shop yet."
- Canceling keeps the shop open until the period ends, not instantly. The counter only closes once that period runs out unpaid.

## Not yet

No way to pay by check or invoice for the ReedPort bill itself. Stripe Checkout is the only way to pay it.

Updated 2026-09-16.
Also available as HTML at https://reedport.com/guide/money-on-file/add-a-card