#jft63
marsh grove
gotcha, have you looked in to Stripe Connect for this?
today in the procedure for account creation they are considered as professional
lavish zenith
Hello
marsh grove
Hello 👋
lavish zenith
the issue is the user get lot of questions as if he was a pro
but he is just a person (particular account)
I don't know how to switch
leaden sphinxBOT
lavish zenith
for example I get this :
even if I put individual here in the code :
how to make sure the user get only form for individual ?
celest vapor
Hello! I'm taking over and catching up...
When you create the account you're specifying individual for business_type, which sounds like what you want to do.
lavish zenith
yes but the issue is that in the form there are many fields which are not adapted to an individual
why asking VAT number to an individual ?
celest vapor
Those details are required due to various laws and regulations.
See here for details: https://support.stripe.com/questions/know-your-customer-obligations
lavish zenith
but what's the purpose for an individual who does not have any vat number ?
celest vapor
They need to get one.
lavish zenith
but people as you and me does not have a VAT 🙂
my target are not companies but people
celest vapor
I'm in the US and I don't know the rules or laws around VAT, so I can't advise further. I recommend you reach out to support, as they'll be able to help you with these questions better than I can: https://support.stripe.com/contact/email
lavish zenith
ok and what are the options for this field "business" ?
celest vapor
Not sure what you're referring to, can you be more specific?
Is this something in the API?
lavish zenith
yes in Stripe.Account.create
celest vapor
You mean business_type? https://docs.stripe.com/api/accounts/create#create_account-business_type
celest vapor
No, that has nothing to do with it.
That's saying you can only update that value after creating an Account Link or Account Session if it's a Custom account.
That has nothing to do with setting the value initially, when you create the Account.
lavish zenith
I am sorry I don't get what you mean
I would like to know how to make sure the form is the individual form and not the company form
celest vapor
You create the account with business_type set to individual. That's all you can do.
lavish zenith
but it does not work 😦
celest vapor
It does work, it just doesn't work like you want it to. The bottom line is that we need to collect a lot of information from people signing up for a Stripe account.
There's no way around that.
lavish zenith
in the doc what does mean the sentence "this property can only be updated for Custom accounts." ?
celest vapor
That's saying you can only update that value after creating an Account Link or Account Session if it's a Custom account.
Meaning you, as the platform, can only update that value after those things happen if it's a Custom account.
lavish zenith
and what is difference between standard and custom account ?
celest vapor
Have a look here for details about the differences: https://docs.stripe.com/connect/accounts