humbertovaz

[split thistle]

hi! you can do all of that yes. It really depends on the specific type of charge flow you use https://stripe.com/docs/connect/charges#types

refunds to the end-customer are something you can call the Stripe API to do at any time, and there are ways to move money between your platform and connected account as part of that refund, depending on the exact flow you use

[kind lance]

Let's assume that I want Stripe Connect with Standard connected accounts. Would I be able to use the dashboard to do the above mentioned operation of refunding a client whenever I see that the seller didn't do a good job? If so, how? 🙂

[split thistle]

for Standard accounts with Direct charges, then you can call https://stripe.com/docs/api/refunds/create , on behalf of the connected Standard account (https://stripe.com/docs/connect/authentication) . As far as I know you can't do that in the Dashboard, since the "charge" is owned by the connected account(they can refund it from their own dashboard, or you can call the API as described to do that).

If you're going to take on the liability for issuing refunds to customers and owning that experience, Express with Destination might be a better fit(and then the charges are owned by your account and you would refund them directly). Really depends on your business and other factors.

[kind lance]

The only thing that I want on top of Stripe Connect with Standard connected accounts would be to charge the Seller in some edge cases that rely on some metadata.. Then the Stripe Connect with Standard connected accounts + the API call that you've mentioned would suffice right?

[split thistle]

if you want to charge the seller(the connected account), the usual way to do that is
a) just collect a credit card from the person and create a Customer and run regular charges against that, on your platform account(like any other direct customer of your platform), and link them together in your database
b) use Account Debits(not possible for Standard) https://stripe.com/docs/connect/account-debits

[kind lance]

But the scenario a) would require a permission from the seller?

[split thistle]

well it requires them to give you their payment details, same as charging any other end-customer

I suppose there's also (c) vary future application fees(the cut you take on payments) to take more so that you make your money that way.
Really depends, but those are the options

I have to run but my colleague @sturdy sentinel will help

[kind lance]

Thanks @split thistle
@sturdy sentinel does the scenario b) doesn't require any further authorisation from the seller just like a)?

[sturdy sentinel]

Hi there!