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sharp tulipBOT Nov 10, 2023, 8:57 PM

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dtops_, 2 days ago, 12 messages

rough drift Nov 10, 2023, 8:59 PM

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Where are the funds initially coming from?

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You could do destination charges in the above link

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If so, how can I use the Platform account's balance as the payment method for the charge?
This doesn't make sense. You create a charge when you charge an end-user/customer via a credit card, wallet, etc

warped briar Nov 10, 2023, 9:05 PM

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This is what I'm trying to do

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Sorry let me give more context.

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Funds come from monthly subscriptions from frontend end users.
These subscriptions deposit into the Stripe platform account and stay there.

Customers buy content on the platform, using a credits system. When purchased I will make a manual transaction/transfer via the Stripe API to send the amount the content was purchase for to the connected account, less a fee

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Customers monthly subscription comes from their payment method and is turned into 'credits' on my platform, they spend these credits slowly over time

rough drift Nov 10, 2023, 9:08 PM

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That makes sense. But you shouldn't even need to do a transfer. You can set your subscriptions to automatically do this: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-transfer_data

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And you can collect application fee: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-application_fee_percent

warped briar Nov 10, 2023, 9:09 PM

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Okay, let me investigate that link.
Thank you

rough drift Nov 10, 2023, 9:09 PM

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It's the same as what's covered here: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/destination-charges

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Just via subscriptions

warped briar Nov 10, 2023, 9:09 PM

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I was just thinking that all the money from the subscriptions will sit in the platform account.

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So I wanted to pay the connected accounts from that platform accounts funds

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But a customer will be billed on say 1st month for $50.

They get 50 credits to spend on the platform.

5 days later, they buy a book for 10 platform credits.

I then want only at that time move money from my platform account to the connected account for a value of $10

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See how it is used slowly over time?

rough drift Nov 10, 2023, 9:12 PM

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Ah ok

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Then this is more what you need: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/separate-charges-and-transfers

warped briar Nov 10, 2023, 9:12 PM

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Ahh right I see, I am in the UK so didn't look at that one 😦

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But maybe we can have our account in a region that supports separate charges

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Let me ask the stakeholders 🙏

rough drift Nov 10, 2023, 9:13 PM

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Yeah

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Also recommend contacting the support team to see if it's possible to enable just separate transfers on your account currenlty

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No idea if it's possible, but worth asking our support team

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https://support.stripe.com/contact

Stripe: Help & Support

Find help and support for Stripe. Our support site provides answers on all types of situations, including account information, charges and refunds, and subscriptions information. Get your questions answered and find international support for Stripe.

warped briar Nov 10, 2023, 9:16 PM

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Sure, thank you.

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Do you know if it is possible to arrange a call with the support team? Or a solutions architect to discuss our application to see if we are using Stripe correctly? Would be happy to pay for the time.

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