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[indigo flax]

hi! what is "a traditional account with credit card information that is saved in Stripe's Payment Element" , I'm not really following

do you mean like a Customer cus_xxx in your own merchant account?

[rustic hemlock]

I mean if someone creates an account using an email address and password and then saves their shipping address and credit card details to that profile

[indigo flax]

an account where exactly?

my confusion is that what you're describing sounds exactly like Link itself

[rustic hemlock]

is there no option to save a credit card using the payment element aside from through Link?

For example if you were to create an account like this:

[indigo flax]

ok! that doesn't seem like a Stripe thing, that's them creating an account on your own system, right?

[rustic hemlock]

Yes but aren't you able to save credit card information when checking out and using payment element?

[indigo flax]

that's what Link is for yes, right now that's the only way that the PaymentElement can be used with existing payment methods

[rustic hemlock]

So you can't save credit card information if checking out with payment element unless you use Link?

[indigo flax]

not yet but it's functionality we'd love to add soon

[rustic hemlock]

what is does this reference then?: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/save-during-payment

[indigo flax]

do you have reason to think otherwise and that you see this happen in your own pages? how close are you to actually developing the code of your Stripe integration, are you the developer?

[indigo flax]

that's how you save a payment method to a Customer cus_xxx in your Stripe merchant account

to then charge a saved payment method of that Customer, you'd build a UI to let the customer pick the PaymentMethod and then directly call the Confirm PaymentIntent API with it

[rustic hemlock]

Can you help me understand how that is different from what I have been asking about?

[indigo flax]

as of today that doesn't work directly inside the PaymentElement, it would be custom UI you'd have

[indigo flax]

I can't really understand what you're asking about unfortuantely

[rustic hemlock]

Sorry I'm not a developer. I'm just trying to do some due diligence to understand if stripe is going to work for my needs

[indigo flax]

this chat is for developers sorry

[rustic hemlock]

So having a difficult time understanding terms such as UI and how that is different from the payment element

[indigo flax]

yep, sorry, it will be hard to help you

[rustic hemlock]

An account sales rep that I was speaking with directed me to this discord to get additional help

So with my limited understanding, if a customer were to save a payment methor to a customer cus_xxx in my merchant account, would that credit card data be independent of what is saved with Link?

[indigo flax]

I think the answer is no and this is all independent, but checking

yep, independent

[rustic hemlock]

thanks for confirming. One more question: If a customer is checking out using Link, and our checkout process involves certain rules that if a specific shipping method is selected, they can optionally add a tip/gratuity, does Link allow for those specific use type scenarios to be captured?

[indigo flax]

I don't think Link has any involvement with that side of things so it's not really related.

there are ways to implement flows like that with adjustable amounts yes, depends what exactly your code looks like and other details.