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queen isle
Hi! Can you share the request ID (req_xxx)? Here's how you can find it: https://support.stripe.com/questions/finding-the-id-for-an-api-request
royal coral
Hey @queen isle it's this one req_rPd34xxqQbo3bG (on test mode)
queen isle
Thanks for the ID. I noticed that you were creating a subscription mode checkout session, but specify data in payment_intent_data hash, and that's why the API returned an error.
Can you tell me what's the business objective that you want to achieve? so that I can propose a solution for you?
royal coral
Currently I have a complete integration using express accounts with Connect. Users can onboard to my platform, complete their Stripe onboarding and start accepting payments with a platform fee automatically collected as part of the transaction.
However, I'm wanting to allow users to start 'accepting payments' before they complete their Stripe connect onboarding. In a similar way to something such as Substack where you can see your revenue that you've earned, you simply need to complete the onboarding flow so you can receive a payout of the funds.
Any suggestions on a good flow I could use?
TLDR: I want to remove friction that an onboarding flow can cause
queen isle
No, your connected account won't be able to accept payments without completing onboarding.
royal coral
What about the platform receiving payments, and then transferring to a connected account once they have completed the onboarding?
queen isle
Yes that's possible. That means the funds would go to platform first, and later transfer to a connected account once onboarding is complete.
royal coral
That would be great. What would be your recommended flow?
queen isle
Is it an one-time charge or recurring payments?
royal coral
Recurring
queen isle
Then I'd suggest you complete the onboarding before creating subscriptions. Otherwise you'll need to manually transfer funds to connect accounts.
Alternatively you might want to collect an one-time payment first, and defer subscription creawtion once the connect account completes onboarding.
royal coral
Couldn't I automate transfers to connected accounts through my backend?
queen isle
You mean run your own cron job? You can do that but you'll lose all the benefits from using Stripe subscriptions.
royal coral
Yeah, dang
Ok, how would I go about accepting subscriptions to my platform directly? I'll automate with a cron job with payouts once per month to the creator once they're onboarded.
Is it a similar flow to the general initiate checkout flow with a client id?
queen isle
I won't suggest you doing the manual transfers and payouts to connected accounts. But that's entirely up to you.
https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/build-subscriptions?platform=web&ui=stripe-hosted you can refer to this page to view various integration options for subscriptions.
royal coral
Cheers for your help anyway