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[hot pivot]

For Express connected accounts, either Destination charges or Separate charges and transfers should be used

Direct charges is for Standard connected account

[normal trout]

I'm trying to add a Usage based billing from the connected expres accounts, is creating a charge the right direction?

[hot pivot]

You should use subscription API and incorporate with Destination Charges by adding transfer_data information: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-transfer_data

[normal trout]

It says "the funds from the subscription’s invoices will be transferred to the destination and the ID". What I actually want is to charge the connected account based on a usage of something

[hot pivot]

You can add amount_percentage for the amount to transfer to the connected account after deducting the percentage amount you want to charge from the connected account.

https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-transfer_data-amount_percent

[normal trout]

hmm I don't want to charge a fee from their user's payment, I want to charge the connected account for using an x amount of something

chatgpt said the following? do you confirm?

[hot pivot]

So you want to transfer 100% of the user's payment to the connected account, then additional step to deduct x amount of application fee from the connected account? For example, you charge $100 from the customer and transfer $100 to the connected account, then deduct $10 application fee from the connected account?

If so, the connected account essentially receives $90 in total, which is what Destination Charges does by just transferring $90 to connected account directly.

ChatGPT is incorrect. Step 3 will create double charge

[normal trout]

i want to deduct them from completely something else.

hmm maybe i should rethink the model

thanks anyways

[hot pivot]

If you just simply want to deduct funds from the Express connected account (nothing related to billing), then it's possible: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/account-debits#charging-a-connected-account

[normal trout]

I saw this too but both accounts needs to be in the same region haha

[hot pivot]

Yup!