How do I add a new payment card to my Valid Email Checker account?

Adding a new card to Valid Email Checker is a 30-second flow. The card form is hosted by Stripe (or Paddle, if your account is on Paddle as the active processor), which means your card number never touches VEC servers — Stripe stores the actual card data and gives us back a tokenised reference plus the brand and last 4 digits. That is all VEC ever sees.

The standard flow

1. Open Account Settings from the sidebar or your avatar dropdown.
2. Switch to Billing & Payments.
3. Click the Payment Methods sub-tab.
4. Click the Add Payment Method button at the top of the saved-cards list.
5. Fill in the card form: card number, expiry, CVC, billing postcode if your country requires it.
6. Submit. The form validates the card with Stripe (or Paddle), tokenises it, and saves a reference on VEC.
7. Mark as default (optional) — toggle the star or checkbox on the new row.

The card appears in your saved-cards list with its brand (Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover) and last 4 digits. From this point it is available for subscription renewals, PAYG purchases, auto-refill, and invoice payments.

What VEC stores vs what Stripe stores

Paddle vs Stripe — small differences

• Stripe accounts. Cards live as full saved methods on your Stripe customer profile. Multiple cards can be saved; one is default.
• Paddle accounts. Paddle uses a single anchor card per subscription. Adding a card replaces the anchor rather than appending to a list. See the customer portal for the Paddle update flow.

Once added, you have the option to set the new card as default or use it only on the next renewal without changing your default.