How do I sign up for Stripe using the same email as my WooPayments account?

While WooPayments does use a Stripe Express account, it is not possible to log into Stripe.com directly with that account. Instead, you need to access the Stripe Express dashboard via your WordPress dashboard.

However, it is still possible to create a regular Stripe account using the same email as your WooPayments Express account. Follow the steps below to do that.

  1. Note the account email of your WooPayments Stripe Express account, which you can find by logging into the Stripe Express dashboard.
  2. Go to Stripe.com’s login page and enter that email.
  3. You will see “This account uses mobile verification.”
  1. Click Continue to sign in.
  2. Enter the verification code sent to your phone.
  3. Click the “Create a new Stripe account” link.
  1. Complete the signup process as prompted by Stripe.

Once the signup process is finished, you will have created a new Stripe account (not an Express account) with the same email as your WooPayments Stripe Express account. Although they use the same email address, they are still two separate accounts that won’t share or sync data in any way.

You can switch between the two accounts using the dropdown in the upper-left. You can read more about this in Stripe’s own documentation.