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copper oracle
Where do you not see PayPal? What is the account ID?
gritty hare
Inside the payment methods of the connected account the PayPal option is missing.
The account id is: „acct_1SQ4RRCoGjpsROh2“
copper oracle
Share the URL and a screenshot please
gritty hare
Sure. The url is: https://dashboard.stripe.com/acct_1RxjFUCoGjSX6P3H/test/connect/accounts/acct_1SQ4RRCoGjpsROh2/settings/payment_methods/pmc_1SQ4RyCoGjpsROh2pdOXTdl4
and the screenshot is attached
copper oracle
I think it's because PayPal is off on the platform's Connect PMC (pmc_1SQ4R7CoGjSX6P3HMhhU87tg)
you can configure that here: https://dashboard.stripe.com/settings/payment_methods/connected_accounts/pmc_1SQ4R7CoGjSX6P3HMhhU87tg
gritty hare
On the platform sandbox it’s enabled. However the config id ends with „tT2“ and not „7tG“ like you mentioned
copper oracle
Yes, because that's the PMC for your payments, not Connect payments. See: https://docs.stripe.com/connect/multiple-payment-method-configurations
gritty hare
Ah thanks for sharing. Why does my account need to enable PayPal, when the payments are only collected with the connected account? It should use their PayPal configuration and not mine from my account..
copper oracle
It's explained here: https://docs.stripe.com/connect/dynamic-payment-methods
Platform's mostly have control over what PMs are available for payments they create on behalf of connected accounts
gritty hare
Oh thanks. And after I enabled it for the Plattform, the connected accounts can use them as well and when I create a payment the payment will be created on behalf of the connected account?
copper oracle
Yes, PayPal should then be enabled for direct charges. Give it a try
gritty hare
Alright, sounds great! Oh I just saw PayPal only works for „v1“ accounts…
gritty hare
Yes, PayPal should then be enabled for direct charges. Give it a try
I just checked the payment methods and which are enabled and stripe tells me, that I need to enable PayPal per each connected account. That’s fine and that’s also expected, but when I enter the dashboard of the connected account, I can’t configure any payment methods. I already checked the checkbox, that connected accounts can overwrite the payment methods of the Plattform account…
The PayPal payment method for my Plattform account is already enabled
copper oracle
I think you might need to enable PayPal for Connect on the platform as detailed here
gritty hare
I think you might need to enable PayPal for Connect on the platform as detailed ...
Ohh.. that page tells: „PayPal is not available for platforms that integrate other companies and enable them to accept payments directly.“
So I guess my customer need to create its completely own and independent account and the give me an RK_ API key, to handle checkout sessions, right?
copper oracle
Ah yeah, sorry. My bad I forgot about that completely 🤦
So I guess my customer need to create its completely own and independent account and the give me an RK_ API key, to handle checkout sessions, right?
That's not really a recommended flow today
gritty hare
What’s the recommended flow today?
copper oracle
Using direct charges as you are
gritty hare
I don’t understand rn..
If I understand that correctly, direct charges are only available for connected accounts. However, when connecting his account to my Plattform account, PayPal becomes unavailable, as PayPal as payment method does not exists for companies
copper oracle
I can't recommend you use restricted key for what you want to do, no. But they will work as the only way for you to support PayPal payments for accounts. However using RKs will make these payments completely outsiode the realm of Connect, so you can't do application fees, etc
gritty hare
Oh I don’t want to collect fees. I only want to have some kind of control about the account to create products, discount codes, checkout sessions, …
Ok, I assume using an RK_ API key is my only valid option 👍
I‘ll tell the customer, that he should create an account
copper oracle
As stated, it's not really recommended but will work