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[arctic robin]

Is there a way for us (platform) to charge the application fee to seller (connected account), even though it was pay in cash?
Generally you'd debit the connected account directly, but based on your config that won't be supported. Otherwise you're just going to need to bill the conncted account via a regular card payment
bonus: we would also like to be able record the order in Stripe.
That's not really possible with straight up Payment Intents as they need a non-zero positive integer amount. You can model this with an invoice and pay it 'out of band' (e.g. cash)

[serene silo]

hi @arctic robin thanks for the quick reply!

can you elaborate / provide link to which stripe feature is that for us to "bill the conncted account via a regular card payment"?

Note
To bill connected accounts where Stripe is responsible for negative balances, create a customer for each connected account and charge them using Stripe Billing subscriptions.
from the link you shared i can see this bit of note. i assume this subscription will be billing the same amount every month. instead of different amount every month?

That's not really possible with straight up Payment Intents as they need a non-zero positive integer amount
sorry i wasnt clear on which part we wanted to record the order. i was referring to record the order of buyer purchasing items from seller (connceted account). so it will be positive integer example $50

You can model this with an invoice and pay it 'out of band' (e.g. cash)
sorry is this for us (platform) to invoice the seller (connected account) the application fee?
OR us platform send invoice to the buyer to pay the seller (connected account)

[arctic robin]

can you elaborate / provide link to which stripe feature is that for us to "bill the conncted account via a regular card payment"?
No specific feature. You'd model the connected account as a customer on the platform and then create payments for them that reflect the fees you want to collect. This is loosely talked about here, although in a recurring context: https://docs.stripe.com/connect/subscriptions#connected-account-platform

from the link you shared i can see this bit of note. i assume this subscription will be billing the same amount every month. instead of different amount every month?
The same concepts apply for one-time/ad-hoc fee payments (see link above)

sorry i wasnt clear on which part we wanted to record the order. i was referring to record the order of buyer purchasing items from seller (connceted account). so it will be positive integer example $50
Right, but you can't 'complete' a non-zero amount payment without actually paying it in Stripe (e.g. not with cash). An invoice is the only way

sorry is this for us (platform) to invoice the seller (connected account) the application fee?
OR us platform send invoice to the buyer to pay the seller (connected account)
The latter

That's the only way to record a non-zero payment in Stripe that is 'fulfiled' with cash outside of the platform

[serene silo]

No specific feature. You'd model the connected account as a customer on the platform and then create payments for them that reflect the fees you want to collect. This is loosely talked about here, although in a recurring context: https://docs.stripe.com/connect/subscriptions#connected-account-platform
got it. so lets say we (platform) create a payment to reflect the fees we wanted to collect from the seller (connected account).

• how does the connected account pay us? (through card? or through stripe balance?)
• is this automated? or seller have to actively go in to make the payment.
• is there a fee if it was paid from stripe balance? (assuming is possible)

An invoice is the only way
got it, will look into it.

[arctic robin]

how does the connected account pay us? (through card? or through stripe balance?)
It'd be via an external payment method (e.g. card). You'd need to build a checkout flow/UI to facilitate that

is this automated? or seller have to actively go in to make the payment.
It could be automated in future assuming you have a saved payment method/card on file for the 'customer' (connected account)

is there a fee if it was paid from stripe balance? (assuming is possible)
Account Debits (linked earlier) is how you'd take money from a connected account's balance directly, and there are fees there yes I believe. But not supported in your scenario (standard accounts)

[serene silo]

It'd be via an external payment method (e.g. card). You'd need to build a checkout flow/UI to facilitate that

It could be automated in future assuming you have a saved payment method/card on file for the 'customer' (connected account)
ohhh... so is the same as a standard flow of being a customer nothing special of it treating as the "connected account"

Account Debits (linked earlier) is how you'd take money from a connected account's balance directly, and there are fees there yes I believe. But not supported in your scenario (standard accounts)
ohh okay. this requires (express/custom)

thanks for the help!