Manus with Stripe: Set Up Payments and Go Live
Go Live in an Hour: How Manus Reimagined Payments with Stripe
At Manus, we believe you should focus on your business idea, not the technical busywork required to bring it to life. One of the biggest hurdles has always been payments. You have a clear vision for what you want to sell, but you're forced to stop, leave your workflow, and become a payments expert just to get started, navigating dashboards, configuring webhooks, and juggling API keys.
We knew there had to be a better way. That's why we've re-imagined the entire process from the ground up together with Stripe. Instead of you figuring out the technical steps, Manus does it for you. The result is the fastest, safest way to go from idea to income.
Here's how Manus makes it possible:
Build First, Sign Up Later
Traditionally, the first step is always to create a payment provider account. We've flipped that on its head.
With Manus, you start building your business immediately. The moment you decide to add payments, Manus instantly creates a temporary, Stripe sandbox for you to start testing. There's no need to sign up for Stripe first. This is your personal, secure testing environment, ready for Manus to build and test your payment infrastructure.
Manus as Your Payments Specialist
Once your sandbox is created, Manus understands your goal and gets to work, handling the complex configuration tasks that used to take hours or days:
•Automated Product Setup: Manus takes your business logic and automatically creates the corresponding products and subscription models in Stripe.
•Webhook Configuration, Solved: Forget the complexity of setting up webhooks for payment confirmations. Manus configures them for you automatically, ensuring your application works seamlessly.
•End-to-End Testing: Manus enables you to run through your entire checkout flow in a complete testing environment. You can test subscriptions and confirm that everything works exactly as expected, all without a single real dollar changing hands.
Testing Made Easy with Stripe's claimable sandbox
The magic behind this "build first, sign up later" workflow is a powerful piece of technology from Stripe called the Claimable Sandbox.
Think of it as a temporary, fully-featured Stripe account that can be created programmatically—in our case, by Manus—without requiring any user signup.
This is a game-changer for a few key reasons:
•Zero-Friction Start: It removes the biggest obstacle to getting started: the signup form. You can begin building and testing your business idea immediately.
•Ease of testing: The sandbox is a complete replica of Stripe's live environment. You can test every aspect of your payment flow, from creating subscriptions to handling failed payments, without affecting real customers or money. Only when you're satisfied with the website, do you then need to go to Stripe, go through KYC and then accept payments.
•Designed for AI Agents: This technology is built for the new era of AI-driven development. It allows an agent like Manus to securely build and configure an entire payment system on your behalf in a controlled environment.
Once you are satisfied with the setup, you "claim" the sandbox. This seamlessly transfers all the configurations Manus has built—your products, pricing, and webhook settings—to a new, permanent Stripe account that you own. You get a production-ready payment system from day one.
Claim and Go Live
When you're ready to start accepting real money, you simply tell Manus to go live. This is when you'll "Claim" your sandbox.
This is the only point where you'll be prompted to officially create your Stripe account and complete their standard, secure KYC (Know Your Customer) process. Once approved, your fully configured, battle-tested payment system is instantly live.
The entire process is managed through a simple, conversational interface within Manus.
This is the power of the Claimable Sandbox workflow, an innovation from Stripe that Manus leverages to act as your agent, turning a complex, multi-day setup into a simple, one-hour process.
Your Vision, Brought to Life
You bring the vision. Manus provides the expertise to build it and the foundation to get paid—with confidence.
Start building your business with Manus