#jvincent-subscription-applicationfee
remote wave
I believe so, yes
frozen osprey
Okay then the Stripe fees are all taken from the initial charge on the platform account
You can see a diagram of the flow of funds here: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/destination-charges#flow-of-funds-app-fee
remote wave
Thank you for the quick response, I appreciate it. I’ll take a look at the link and see if I have any follow up questions
frozen osprey
Sounds good
remote wave
My follow up question is: are amounts applicable to subscriptions as well and not just payment intents?
I noticed there’s a “transfer_data[amount]”. I also noticed there’s an “application_fee_amount.” But the Stripe API reference for creating a subscription only uses percentages like “application_fee_percent” and “transfer_data[amount_percent]”
frozen osprey
For Subscriptions only application_fee_percent is supported
And amount_percent
You can't dictate a specific amount without calculating via % for Subscriptions
remote wave
Apologies for the delayed response. We do use the percent, but we try to switch the payment of application fee from the connected account to the customer paying. We handle it by adding on an amount to the price.
To go over an example:
If a subscription is priced at $100 and we wanted the customer to pay for the application fee, we would add $5 to $100. But since we can only set the percent, we add an estimated 5% to the price in a way that the connected account would still get $100. Is this how it’s usually done? I can clarify any questions if there are any
eager sorrel
👋 bismarck had to head out but I can help - give me a minute to catch up
remote wave
no worries, thank you
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worldly blade
@remote wave We mostly discourage that kind of pricing approach as it tends to not work over time as you handle coupons,prorations, etc.
remote wave
Hi koopajah, I see. In that case, how would you suggest we approach this problem?
worldly blade
You really need to focus on supporting 3DS.
Ah sorry my bad I mixed up my threads, I was wondering where my sentence went 🤦
I usually recommend designing your pricing upfront to include all your fees to cover Stripe's fees and your own.
But there isn't a way to automatically add up your own fee and let it work with percentages like that
remote wave
I understand, thank you for clarifying
worldly blade
sure thing!