lance-connect-explanations | Stripe Developers | Page 1

hallow gulchBOT Oct 31, 2023, 9:47 PM

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west jungle Oct 31, 2023, 9:50 PM

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If I'm understanding your scenario correctly, Account B in this case is a platform and Account A is a connected account. That means that Account B "controls" Account A

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I assume Account A is also a standard account?

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If so, this outlines the ways that Account B controls Account A: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/platform-controls-for-standard-accounts

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I also recommend reviewing this table to understand the key differences between Standard and Express accounts: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/accounts#choosing-approach

buoyant forge Oct 31, 2023, 9:54 PM

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I i think both accounts are just normal accounts. each are owned by 2 different organizations that do their own business, but I am trying to connect them so that Account B can make charges on behalf of Account A. I am not sure what makes an account a platform vs connected account, but In this scenario, i initated the connection from Account B and accepted the connection as Account A

west jungle Oct 31, 2023, 9:55 PM

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Can you be more specific? What do you mean by "initiated the connection"?

buoyant forge Oct 31, 2023, 9:57 PM

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of course! As account B on the stripe dashboard, i navigated to connect, then clicked the + create button and created a connected account. I think this returns a link that I navigated to as Account A

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does that make sense? or is there some other part i can expand upon?

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Looking at the differences between Standard and Express, I am probably wanting the express dashboard? and therefore the express type? If so, do you know who needs to create that connection? Account A or Account B?

west jungle Oct 31, 2023, 10:01 PM

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That makes sense! That means Account B is a platform and Account A is a connected account controlled by Account B. When you created Account A, you should have been prompted to select an account type. This also means that Account B has full read/write access to Account A

buoyant forge Oct 31, 2023, 10:02 PM

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Ah i see!

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Yeah that doesn't sound like what I want lol. Would an express integration limit that?

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I think the only thing I want to do is Account B can charge on behalf of Account A, but not have full rights to Account A

west jungle Oct 31, 2023, 10:07 PM

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No, Express would not limit that. Express would limit the kinds of things that Account A can do in the Dashboard (they would only have access to the "Express" version of the Dashboard)

buoyant forge Oct 31, 2023, 10:13 PM

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Ah, so i guess the person who initiates the connect has more rights over the person who accepts the connect request.

If Account A creates a connection with Account B, would Account B still be able to charge on behalf of Account A?

Also, unrelated, but In my scenario above, (where Account B has connection to Account A, standard type) how would i be able to disconnect these accounts? When i login to Account B, i can see Account A, but no option to disconnect. WHen i click the ... button, i only the option to "View Dashboard As This account"

hallow gulchBOT Oct 31, 2023, 10:16 PM

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west jungle Oct 31, 2023, 10:20 PM

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We're not experts on Dashboard functionality but Account B should be able to see a "Remove account" option.

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I think you may need to take a step back and review whether Connect is the right solution for your business use case.

long flicker Oct 31, 2023, 10:21 PM

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https://dashboard.stripe.com/settings/apps you should see it at the bottom of this page under "Connect Extensions" I think

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But really we don't know much about the Dashboard here. You'd get more help 1:1 with our support team instead: https://support.stripe.com/contact

buoyant forge Oct 31, 2023, 10:27 PM

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Gotcha thank you! if that doesn't work, i can try the API. well thank you for the help, i think that I am going to do a little more testing to make sure this suits my use case. Thank you both for all the help!

long flicker Oct 31, 2023, 10:27 PM

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I'll keep the thread open for a bit if you have more questions about your code!

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