#jco_best-practices
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thick rose
hey there 👋 Stripe Connect is our solution for multi-party payments, so if you need to send funds to a third-party (i.e. a 'creator') through Stripe, then you'd need to use Connect
smoky sphinx
I see, so I can collect payments as myself, as this is a product I sell, but when it comes to the creator payout, my system calculates what they are paid monthly, and then how would I send it to the creator using connect? The creators never actually have any products they sell.
thick rose
well you'd need to first onboard the creators as 'connected accounts' (i.e. collect their details and verify their accounts)
from there, you could add funds to your Stripe balance to transfer to the connected accounts
then Stripe would automatically handle paying the funds out to their bank accounts (or you could use the Payouts API to manually control the payout scheduling if you prefer)
smoky sphinx
well you'd need to first onboard the creators as 'connected accounts' (i.e. coll...
I will take a look thanks. is there a mcp or skill or app I can add to codex to help me when implementing?
thick rose
how would I send it to the creator using connect?
this explains how to do that via the dashboard: https://docs.stripe.com/no-code/payout#pay-out-to-user
you can use the Transfers API to manage it programmatically: https://docs.stripe.com/api/transfers
is there a mcp or skill or app I can add to codex to help me when implementing?
yep! you can take a look at the guidance here:
https://docs.stripe.com/building-with-ai
smoky sphinx
Ok thank you, I need to look into the stripe elements equivalent of all this.
thick rose
"Stripe Elements" normally refers to our pre-built UIs for various purposes (mostly for building checkout flows): https://docs.stripe.com/payments/elements
managing a Connect integration typically involves more backend integration with our API directly
but we're here if you have any questions
smoky sphinx
I am trying to make the checkout stuff work perfectly on my page, and not redirect users off site for anything, is this not possible for the connect stuff?
thick rose
the checkout process (i.e. a customer making a payment) and the Connect part would be separate parts of your application
but yes! it's possible to avoid redirecting the creator for sure - just involves some server-side integration to send requests to Stripe in that case
smoky sphinx
Ok sounds good. is that in the docs anywhere?
thick rose
yeah there's a wide suite of functionality available within Connect, so the docs are fairly wide ranging:
https://docs.stripe.com/connect
I'd recommend taking a look through the getting started and quickstart guides to get familiar with the fundamental concepts, so you can get a sense of the configuration that would work for your requirements:
https://docs.stripe.com/connect/interactive-platform-guide
I'd recommend taking a look into Custom accounts, since you want to keep everything within your app rather than redirecting to Stripe: https://docs.stripe.com/connect/custom-accounts
actually Custom is now a legacy concept, so the more up to date guide would be this: https://docs.stripe.com/connect/accounts-v2/connected-account-configuration
smoky sphinx
Ok thank you.