If you’re building a SaaS or marketplace on Bubble, chances are that you may hit a wall.
At first, adding payments seems simple: drop in the Stripe plugin, set up a workflow for “Subscribe user,” and test it. Easy, right?
But soon, problems creep in:
Free trials don’t cancel properly.
Users can sign up but not downgrade.
Failed payments lock users out unexpectedly.
Webhooks confuse everything.
I worked with a founder who had an online course platform MVP. They needed:
Stripe subscriptions (monthly & yearly)
Free trial flows
User access based on active subscription
Automatic downgrade on cancellation
They tried setting it up themselves, but things quickly broke. Some users could log in without paying, others got blocked despite being active subscribers.
The issue wasn’t Bubble — it was the logic and database design behind it.
Here’s how we fixed it together:
Structured the database with a clear “Subscription Status” field.
Used Stripe webhooks to update Bubble automatically.
Built workflows for trial → active → cancelled.
Connected roles so access was clean: no payment = no premium pages.
Within a week, they had a bulletproof subscription system that gave them confidence to onboard their first 50 users.
Lesson: Stripe isn’t just a plugin you connect. It’s the backbone of your business. Set it up right, or it’ll break at scale.
If you’re stuck with Bubble + Stripe (trials, cancellations, subscriptions), DM me. I’ll help you untangle it step by step.
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