tinyship-payment

TinyShip Payment Integration

Guide for setting up payment providers in TinyShip.

Provider Selection

Ask the user about their target market to recommend providers:

Market	Recommended	Subscription Support
China	WeChat Pay, Alipay	One-time + credits only
Global	Stripe	Full (one-time, recurring, credits)
Global (easy onboard)	Creem	Full (one-time, recurring, credits)
Global (alt)	PayPal	Full (one-time, recurring, credits)
Global (MoR/tax-free)	Dodo Payments	Full (Merchant of Record)
Global (MoR/tax-free)	Waffo Pancake	Full (Merchant of Record; no CNY for subscriptions)

Setup by Provider

Read the relevant reference file for detailed steps:

• references/stripe-setup.md — Stripe (recommended for global)
• references/wechat-pay-setup.md — WeChat Pay
• references/alipay-setup.md — Alipay
• references/paypal-setup.md — PayPal

For Creem, Dodo Payments, and Waffo Pancake, read docs/user-guide/payment/creem.md, docs/user-guide/payment/dodo.md, and docs/user-guide/payment/waffo.md from the TinyShip repo.

Waffo specifics to keep in mind: API keys are bound to Test or Production at creation time (no TEST_MODE switch), webhook verification uses an RSA public key (the SDK has Test/Prod keys built in), and each plan needs a waffoProductId (PROD_xxx).

Configure Pricing Plans

After setting up a provider, you can configure plans in two ways:

Option A: Static Plans (default)

Define plans directly in config/payment.ts:

plans: {
  monthly: {
    provider: 'stripe',           // must match your configured provider
    id: 'monthly',
    amount: 10,
    currency: 'USD',
    duration: { months: 1, type: 'recurring' },
    stripePriceId: 'price_xxx',   // provider-specific ID (required for Stripe)
    i18n: {
      'en': {
        name: 'Monthly Plan',
        description: 'Full access for one month',
        duration: 'month',
        features: ['All features', 'Priority support']
      },
      'zh-CN': {
        name: '月度订阅',
        description: '一个月完整访问',
        duration: '月',
        features: ['所有功能', '优先支持']
      }
    }
  }
}

Plans automatically appear on the /pricing page.

Option B: Dynamic Pricing (admin-managed)

Set PRICING_MODE="dynamic" in .env to enable. Plans are then stored in the database and managed via the admin panel at /admin/pricing — prices can be adjusted anytime without code changes or redeployment.

Fresh projects already include the pricing_plan table in the schema, so a normal database init covers it. Projects upgraded from older versions must add the table first:

pnpm db:push          # PostgreSQL
pnpm db:push:sqlite   # SQLite / D1

Dynamic pricing adds:

• Creating/editing/reordering plans from the admin UI
• Markdown-formatted feature lists
• Strikethrough pricing (original price)
• Locale-based plan visibility
• One-click import of existing static plans into the database

To migrate existing static plans: enable dynamic mode, open /admin/pricing, click "Import from Config", verify each plan's provider IDs, then run a test payment. Switch back anytime by setting PRICING_MODE="static" and restarting — dynamic plan data is preserved.

See docs/user-guide/payment/dynamic-pricing.md in the TinyShip repo for full details.

Plan Types

Type	duration.type	Providers
One-time	one_time	All
Subscription	recurring	Stripe, Creem, PayPal, Dodo, Waffo
Credit pack	credits	All (set duration.credits: 100)

Webhook Setup (Local Development)

Payment providers need to send webhooks to your app. For local development:

1. Install a tunnel tool:

# Option A: ngrok
ngrok http 7001

# Option B: Cloudflare Tunnel
cloudflared tunnel --url http://localhost:7001

1. Use the tunnel URL as your webhook endpoint
2. Configure the webhook URL in the provider's dashboard

Webhook endpoints are at: {BASE_URL}/api/payment/webhook/{provider} (e.g., /api/payment/webhook/stripe)

Credit System (Optional)

To enable AI credit consumption, configure config/credits.ts:

credits: {
  consumptionMode: 'dynamic',          // 'fixed' or 'dynamic'
  fixedChatCost: 10,                   // credits per chat (fixed mode)
  dynamicChatCostPerKiloToken: 1,      // credits per 1K tokens (dynamic mode)
  modelMultipliers: {
    'qwen3.7-flash': 1.0,
    'gpt-5.6-sol': 2.0,
    'default': 1.0
  }
}

Add a credit purchase plan alongside subscription plans:

credits100: {
  provider: 'stripe',
  id: 'credits100',
  amount: 10,
  currency: 'USD',
  duration: { type: 'credits', credits: 100 },
  stripePriceId: 'price_xxx',
  i18n: { /* ... */ }
}

Verify

1. Start the dev server
2. Visit /pricing — plans should display
3. Click a plan and complete a test payment (use sandbox/test mode)
4. Check /dashboard — order should appear
5. For subscriptions, verify /api/subscription/status returns active status

Reference Files in TinyShip Repo

• config/payment.ts — payment provider and plan configuration
• config/credits.ts — credit system configuration
• libs/payment/AGENTS.md — payment library architecture
• libs/credits/AGENTS.md — credit system architecture
• docs/user-guide/payment/overview.md — payment documentation index
• docs/user-guide/payment/waffo.md — Waffo Pancake setup (MoR, hosted checkout)
• docs/user-guide/payment/dynamic-pricing.md — dynamic pricing admin guide
• docs/user-guide/payment-testing.md — testing and webhook debug guide