How to Get Instant Stripe Payment Notifications with n8n (Free Template)

I was checking my Stripe dashboard 10+ times a day just to see if payments came through. That's roughly 80 hours a year staring at a dashboard. So I automated it with n8n — now I get an instant Slack notification every time someone pays. Here's exactly how it works, and you can grab the free template at the end. The Problem If you process payments through Stripe, you know the drill: Refresh the Stripe dashboard to check if a payment landed Check email for Stripe receipts Ask your team "did that customer actually pay?" There's no real-time push notification built into Stripe's dashboard. You either poll it manually or set up webhooks yourself. The Solution: 4-Node n8n Workflow I built a simple n8n workflow that catches Stripe webhook events and sends formatted Slack notifications in real-time. The entire setup takes about 5 minutes. Here's the flow: Stripe Trigger → Validate Event → Format Payment → Slack Notification Node 1: Stripe Trigger n8n generates a webhook URL. You configure Str