Before you set up Stripe: if your raffle prize is regulated, like wine, bourbon, cigars, or firearms, Stripe is not the right fit and can freeze your account mid-campaign. Use Flux Payments instead. It is built for these prizes and you open your account through a short online application.
Get Your API Key from Stripe
Get your API key from Stripe:
Click “Developers” → “API Keys” in the left menu.

Make sure you are not using test data. If this is the case, switch off the View test data toggle. Test API keys will not work.

Copy the value from the Publishable key row in the Token column. It should look like:
pk_live_somelongrandomvaluelikeVqFze9etc

Copy the value from the Secret key row in the Token column. It should look like:
sk_live_somelongrandomvaluelike0Rx3jvetc


