dragonslayer5175 | Stripe Developers | Page 1

lavish slateBOT Oct 2, 2023, 1:34 PM

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keen egret Oct 2, 2023, 1:34 PM

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Hello, what kind of connected account are you using? Express, Custom, or Standard?

quartz flicker Oct 2, 2023, 1:35 PM

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Express

keen egret Oct 2, 2023, 1:35 PM

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In that case, you actually don't need to create a Customer object on the connected account. For Express Connect, you will usually want to create the Customer and Subscription on your platform account

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Looking for the doc...

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This is the flow we usually reccommend for Express connect subscriptions https://stripe.com/docs/connect/subscriptions#customer-platform

Create subscriptions with Stripe Billing

With Connect, you can create subscriptions for your customers or connected accounts.

quartz flicker Oct 2, 2023, 1:36 PM

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This is my use case
https://stripe.com/docs/connect/subscriptions#connected-account-platform

Create subscriptions with Stripe Billing

With Connect, you can create subscriptions for your customers or connected accounts.

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It says to setup a customer for your connected account and then follow the subscription guidelines

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Since the connected acount has a active kyc, i want to do the entire process through api's

keen egret Oct 2, 2023, 1:42 PM

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So in that section, after creating the Customer on your platform, it says to create a Subscription for that Customer https://stripe.com/docs/connect/subscriptions#create-a-subscription-for-the-connected-account

Create subscriptions with Stripe Billing

With Connect, you can create subscriptions for your customers or connected accounts.

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Is there a specific part of creating the Subscription that you are getting stuck on?

quartz flicker Oct 2, 2023, 1:45 PM

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Yes, if we go to the subscription page, there's a subscription api, but the api documentation is clear on how to attach the subscription to a customer but not how to associate it with connect account.

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Does the account association have anything to do in this step?
Create a customer on the platform with the intended payment method for every connected account you want to bill. In the gym management software example, you create a customer for each gym business:

keen egret Oct 2, 2023, 1:48 PM

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So in that flow, the Customer isn't officially connected to the Connect account. The idea is more that you will have an Account object and a Customer object that both represent the same user and you have a record somewhere on your side that indicates that cus_123 relates to acct_456

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You can set those as IDs in each object's metadata but Stripe doesn't automatically connect things about the Account and Customer

quartz flicker Oct 2, 2023, 1:49 PM

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okay

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but then how the subscription works with connect account? (I'm under the impression that the amount will be deducted from the connect account after creating a subscription).

keen egret Oct 2, 2023, 1:53 PM

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It won't actually. In the setup from that doc, you are charging whatever PaymentMethod the Customer gives you. We do have a method for debiting the connected account's funds but that is only for one time charges as far as I can see unfortunately https://stripe.com/docs/connect/account-debits

Debiting Express and Custom accounts

With Connect, your platform can directly debit the Stripe balance of an Express or Custom account.

quartz flicker Oct 2, 2023, 1:55 PM

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So the only possible way is to go with a normal flow by creating a checkout session in subscription mode for the customer (representing the connect account).

keen egret Oct 2, 2023, 1:56 PM

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Yes, you are treating them like a normal Customer so you can definitely create a Checkout Session for them to get their Payment Method info

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