# Creating a new Stripe account and configuring the client app
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**Creating a Stripe account**

1. Choose on the link **https://dashboard.stripe.com/register**.

1. Enter your Email, Full name, Password & choose **Create Account**.

1. After login with account, verify the account by choosing **Open Gmail**.

1. Verify the account by clicking on the verification link received on email.

1. After clicking on verify email address, it will redirect to another page

1. After clicking on **Activate payments** to activate the account, it will redirect to Activate payments (**https://dashboard.stripe.com/welcome**) page and make sure to fill all your valid details and after that choose **Continue** button.



**Creating a Slack developer app**

1. Log in to [Stripe](https://dashboard.stripe.com/login).

1. Choose **Developers** as displayed on extreme top of the picture below.

1. Choose **API keys** under Developers.

1. Choose **Reveal test key** to get the API keys.