#pozzworth
lavish plover
Hi
You are going to use Stripe Connect right ?
cunning creek
yes
lavish plover
I imagine you'll be using Destination Charges:
https://stripe.com/docs/connect/destination-charges
cunning creek
so with this i can pay a customer that exists within my own account?
lavish plover
Actually you need to create a Customer object and a Connect Account Object for each physical person
use the customer object if the user is buying seomthing in your marketplace
or use the Connect Account if your using is selling something in your marketplace
cunning creek
the way i had it working for me is that the person buying the service from the merchant makes a payment intent, it goes into stripe, and in this same function there should be some sort of payout to the merchant customer
lavish plover
That part is achievable using the destiantion charge and payout
cunning creek
a payout that comes from the overall stripe account, to a customer that exists within the account
lavish plover
lavish plover
a payout that comes from the overall stripe account, to a customer that exists w...
A payout is send to a Connect Account and not to a Customer
cunning creek
so destination charge can pay to a customer within its own account?
lavish plover
No.
You can'ts send money to end customer
in any way
The person that is supposed to receieve money, they need to have a Connect Account in Stripe
cunning creek
well how can i as an account holder put money into a customers account?
is that possible?
lavish plover
You are a platform account, the customer receiving money needs to have a Connect Account in Stripe
cunning creek
so i couldn't pay into a customer's existing payment method within the account ?
lavish plover
No. you need to onboard them as a Connected Account.
cunning creek
can i make an existing merchant customer into an account?
cunning creek
can this be done on the customer page?
lavish plover
What is the "customer page"?
cunning creek
cunning creek
ok. can these accounts be managed by my main company account?
lavish plover
yes, they are connected account to your platform account. As they are Express then you manage them
You can learn more about Stripe Connect type:
https://docs.stripe.com/connect/accounts#choosing-approach
And why I recommended Express Account for your use case.
neon wagonBOT
cunning creek
is there any way to make already existing stripe customer in my account into an express account, or does the creation of an express account need to happen at the beginning of creating a user on my app?
lavish plover
is there any way to make already existing stripe customer in my account into an express account
No.
The Connect Account need to make the onboarding by themselves, they need to pass a verification step before starting receiving money.
cunning creek
ok. thanks for the insights