We would like to request support for Stripe Dynamic Payment Methods within OwnerRez.
OwnerRez already integrates very well with Stripe, but currently only traditional card payments are available during checkout. Stripe itself supports many additional payment methods that are preferred in different regions, such as Wero, Bancontact, iDEAL, Apple Pay, Google Pay and others.
Allowing OwnerRez to use Stripe Dynamic Payment Methods would significantly improve the guest payment experience. Guests would automatically be presented with the payment methods that are most common in their country and on their device, without hosts having to configure each method separately.
This would not only benefit European guests. Many guests in North America and South America also prefer paying with digital wallets or local payment methods rather than entering credit card details and completing a 3D Secure authentication.
We regularly experience failed or abandoned payments because guests do not complete the 3D Secure verification. Every failed authentication increases the risk of losing a booking.
In addition, not every European traveller owns or prefers using a credit card. Supporting local payment methods such as Wero, Bancontact and iDEAL would make OwnerRez much more attractive for the European market.
Since Stripe already supports these payment methods, it would be ideal if OwnerRez could simply expose Stripe’s Dynamic Payment Methods during checkout instead of limiting guests to card payments.
For international vacation rentals, every additional step in the payment flow increases the risk of losing a reservation. Making locally preferred payment methods available through Stripe would be a significant improvement for both hosts and guests.
Supporting Stripe Dynamic Payment Methods would reduce payment friction, increase successful payment completion rates, reduce abandoned bookings and help hosts convert more reservations worldwide, while allowing OwnerRez to benefit automatically from new payment methods that Stripe introduces in the future.
