#TBM
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rare thicket
The first one is using PaymentIntent, you want to charge an end customer. The second one is making a transfer between two Stripe Account.
unique quarry
the first one also transfers money though doesnt it?
rare thicket
from the customer bank to your Stripe Account
unique quarry
So it sounds like the 1st one transfers the money from their account to mine and the second one transfers money from my account to theirs?
rare thicket
no
The first one is transferring money from your end customer to your Stripe Account. The second is a transfer from two Stripe Accounts, it's used for Conenct, when you manage multiple Stripe Account
unique quarry
oh i see. So the 1st one doesn't allow me to transfer to multiple people but allows me to transfer to anybody whereas the second one allows me to transfer to multiple people but only people in my region?
is that correct?
rare thicket
I don't think so. Lets say you have two types of users. The end customers that pay you for your services. You need to use the PaymentIntents. Let's assume you have a platform for delivery. You'll have end customer who buys food on your platform and you have drivers and restaurants who provide the services. In order to make the end customer pays you use PaymentIntent, and in order to pay riders and restaurants you need to use transfers( second)
unique quarry
Im completing an affiliate marketing feature. Where i give the affiliate a share of the money paid. The customer and affiliate could be anywhere in the world.
Which method would you suggest?
rare thicket
Try checking Stripe Connect Product:
https://stripe.com/docs/connect
Then check the stripe connect types:
https://stripe.com/docs/connect/accounts
and charges:
https://stripe.com/docs/connect/charges
Then try to pick the one best to your use case.
gritty rampart
👋 taking over for my colleague. Let me know if there's any follow-up Qs I can answer!