Stripe
Narratives
That's because Shopify is a tool for sellers. Buyers are mostly unaware as to whether a seller is using Shopify same as you probably don't know if a maker is using 
Stripe
or 
Wordpress
 on their site.
Abraham Kim
Shopify. Stripe. Fast. - I'm still thinking about this
 having a seat on Stripe's cap table is a privilege reserved for those who are called privileged by those who are privileged. 

Dope line right there.

I think all of this makes sense to me. Both of them think they can take a good stab at that functionality... why not go for it? In the end they know that they're aligned whoever wins. 

Good job with connecting 
Stripe
and 
Shopify
in this 
skin in the game
manner. To me I think of Stripe and Shopify as fighting to arm the rebels -- 
Star Wars
reference -- against the empire -- aka likes of 
Amazon
  / 
Walmart
 and whatever other juggernauts await us.
Abraham Kim