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daring crowBOT Feb 16, 2026, 12:14 PM

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balmy spade Feb 16, 2026, 12:15 PM

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👋 happy to help

gilded pumice Feb 16, 2026, 12:15 PM

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I created the connected account in sandbox and did the onboarding, but when I try to send a payment intent via API, I am getting Your destination account needs to have the stripe_balance.stripe_transfers feature enabled

balmy spade Feb 16, 2026, 12:15 PM

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at what stage of the flow are you blocked?

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would you mind sharing the request ID that is failing? https://support.stripe.com/questions/finding-the-id-for-an-api-request

Finding the ID for an API Request : Stripe: Help & Support

Each API request has an associated request identifier, e.g. req_123456789. How do I find the ID for an API request? You can find a log of API requests…

gilded pumice Feb 16, 2026, 12:16 PM

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req_UVWYnbYax7gVAM

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Not sure If I havent enabled something in the sandbox connected account

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Appreciate the help

balmy spade Feb 16, 2026, 12:17 PM

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for Standard Accounts we don't recommend using Destination Charges

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please read through https://docs.stripe.com/connect/integration-recommendations

Recommended Connect integrations and charge types

Learn about the implications of Connect configuration options for different charge types and connected accounts.

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and https://docs.stripe.com/connect/charges

Understand how charges work in a Connect integration

Learn about the three types of charges that a Connect integration can use for its connected accounts.

gilded pumice Feb 16, 2026, 12:19 PM

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Hmm, ok thanks I will give this a read

balmy spade Feb 16, 2026, 12:19 PM

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if you think you still need to create Standard accounts

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then you need to use direct charges

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https://docs.stripe.com/connect/direct-charges

Create direct charges

Learn about direct charges, a Connect charge type where you create a charge for a connected account on the connected account and can transfer funds to the platform.

gilded pumice Feb 16, 2026, 12:21 PM

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Ideally just want to be able to faciliate the payments between a client and their customer, while taking an application fee, what would you recommend?

balmy spade Feb 16, 2026, 12:22 PM

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did you read the use cases here https://docs.stripe.com/connect/charges#types

Understand how charges work in a Connect integration

Learn about the three types of charges that a Connect integration can use for its connected accounts.

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and the liabilities from https://docs.stripe.com/connect/integration-recommendations

Recommended Connect integrations and charge types

Learn about the implications of Connect configuration options for different charge types and connected accounts.

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the idea is to choose who should be responsible for what between the platform and the connect account

gilded pumice Feb 16, 2026, 12:24 PM