How can a drone company collect regular payments? A guide to Stripe in Polish conditions

By offering services in a subscription model, you can:

• 📅 Plan revenue and build a stable business
• 📉 Reduce the number of individual transactions and conversations about “price per flight”
• 🧾 Issue invoices automatically and without errors
• 💳 Enable customers to pay by card in a few clicks
  

Stripe is a global online payment processing platform that also operates in Poland. It makes it possible:

• Accepting payments by credit and debit cards,
• Recurring billing (e.g., monthly),
• Automatic sending of invoices and reminders,
• support for multiple currencies,
• Integration with your website or sending so-called “invoice payment links”.

Importantly – Stripe supports Polish companies and bank accounts, and the money goes to your account in zlotys (or euros, if you prefer).

Register at: https://dashboard.stripe.com/register

You need:

• Tax ID number and company name,
• bank account in Poland,
• ID card for identity verification.

➡️ Help: How to set up a company account with Stripe

Stripe allows you to create products and cyclical plans. Example:

• Name: “Heap counting – 2 measurements per month”.
• Price: 790 PLN / month
• Period: monthly
• Payment method: card

➡️ Help: Creating subscriptions in Stripe

Stripe allows you to send the client a link, such as:
https://buy.stripe.com/abc123xyz

When the customer clicks:

• states the card details,
• approves payment,
• receives an invoice automatically by e-mail.

➡️ Help: Stripe Payment Links – how it works

Stripe generates VAT invoices that you can fully customize. The system itself will send the invoice to the customer before the subscription is renewed and remind you to pay.

➡️ Help: Configuring invoices in Stripe

In the Stripe dashboard, you can see the history of all transactions, statuses (paid, pending, overdue) and you can enable automatic reminders or payment retry (e.g., when a card has expired).

We use Stripe and recommend it because:

• operates in Poland,
• Is stable and modern,
• supports the subscription model well.

We do not receive any compensation or commission for referring Stripe.
There are no affiliate or sponsored links in this post. Our goal is to educate and share solutions that we have tested ourselves.

However, it is worth knowing the alternatives – every company has different needs.

Below you will find a list of other payment systems you can consider when running a drone business:

Stripe is one of the most convenient subscription tools, but not the only one. Think about what you need:

• simplicity of implementation?
• invoices from automation?
• settlement in gold?
• Integration with an accounting system?

With the right payment system, you can quickly expand your offerings and turn one-time customers into regular customers for your drone services.