ESTAGE Direct

Take payments in USDC or USDT straight to your own wallet — what the licence covers, how to connect a payout wallet, and what your buyers see.

ESTAGE Direct lets buyers pay you in USDC or USDT — stablecoins worth one US dollar each — straight into your own crypto wallet. ESTAGE never holds your keys or your money and never sits between the buyer and you.

It works on order forms, next to your card gateways — for one-time products, and on Base for monthly or annual subscriptions too.

Who can use it

ESTAGE Direct comes with a licence. It is on your account as soon as you buy one:

Licence	Where it works
ESTAGE Direct — Single Hub	One project — the first one you connect a wallet on.
ESTAGE Direct — Unlimited Hubs	Every project you own.

Every project shows ESTAGE Direct in Settings → Payment Processing. Without a licence the row has no Connect button, and says why instead:

The row says	What it means
Licence required	This account has no ESTAGE Direct licence.
Licence ended	The licence was refunded or has expired.
Connected on another project	Your Single Hub licence is connected on another of your projects.
Switched off	ESTAGE support switched Direct off on this project or account. Contact ESTAGE support.

Networks

Network	Coins	Sells	Connecting	Buyer's network fee
Solana (easiest)	USDC, USDT	One-time payments	One click — any Solana wallet in your browser	Under a cent, in SOL
Base	USDC	One-time payments and monthly or annual subscriptions	Any wallet that holds Base — Ledger and Trezor through MetaMask or Rabby	A few cents, in ETH on Base

You can connect both. Buyers then pay on the network they have money on.

Connect a payout wallet

The payout wallet is the wallet buyers pay into. Connecting it only shares its address and asks you to sign a short message — it is free and moves no money.

1. Open Settings → Payment Processing and click Connect on ESTAGE Direct. (In the ESTAGE CRM the same row is in Settings → Payments.)
2. Pick the network: Solana or Base.
3. Click Connect a wallet and pick your wallet. For a hardware wallet, or one on another device, choose Other wallet and enter its address.
4. Confirm with your ESTAGE password (and your two-factor code, if you use one). You can add a label to tell wallets apart.
5. Approve the signature in your wallet.

The window closes and the wallet is listed as active. On a Single Hub licence, connecting is what puts the licence on this project.

Connecting a new wallet on a network replaces the old one there. Every change to a payout wallet sends you an email; if you did not make it, click This wasn't me in that email. Your wallets are frozen at once and checkout falls back to cards. Only ESTAGE support can unfreeze a wallet, and only with a new signature from it.

Sell a product for stablecoin

1. In the ESTAGE CRM, open the product. Under its payment options, choose:

   • Cards or stablecoin — buyers choose a card or USDC / USDT;
   • Stablecoin only — no card gateway is needed.

   ESTAGE Direct takes a USD price on a one-time, monthly or annual product. A monthly or annual product is sold as a USDC subscription on Base: the buyer approves it once in their wallet, and each month or year is collected from it straight to yours. They can cancel any time.

2. Optionally turn on Final sale: before paying in stablecoin, buyers tick "This is a final sale" and "No refunds", and their agreement is recorded with the time and IP.

3. In your order form, turn on ESTAGE Direct in the payment methods. It is offered on product forms.

What your buyers see

Next to the card form, buyers can pay in stablecoin:

1. They pick the network and coin they have money on.
2. They pay from their own wallet. A payment request is valid for 15 minutes.
3. The order is created as soon as the network confirms the payment — usually under a minute on Solana and up to a couple of minutes on Base (larger payments wait for more confirmations).

The buyer pays the network fee. You receive the full price.

For a subscription, the buyer approves it once in their wallet; later payments are collected from that wallet automatically each month or year, until they cancel.

How it differs from cards

• Payments cannot be reversed. There are no chargebacks. If you give a refund, you send it from your own wallet.
• The money is yours at once — no payout schedule, no processor holding it.
• If ESTAGE Direct is unavailable (no licence, a frozen wallet), checkout simply offers cards.

Troubleshooting

You see	Do this
No Connect button, Licence required	Buy an ESTAGE Direct licence, then reload the page.
Connected on another project	Your Single Hub licence is connected on another of your projects — take payments there, or use an Unlimited Hubs licence for every project.
The row says Not active (or INACTIVE) next to a wallet	The wallet is connected but cannot take payments — the notice beside it says why (for example, the licence ended).
"…already has a request waiting"	Open your wallet from the browser toolbar, unlock it, and approve or reject the waiting request. Then try again.
Your wallet is not listed	Choose Other wallet and enter the address. If you just installed the wallet, refresh the page.