#brando - Connect business website
tulip oxide
The business website is used to verify that they are, in fact, a business. I don't think it's absolutely necessary (individual Lyft drivers don't each has business websites) but we will ask you for another kind of verification information.
What kind of connection are you trying to create?
north storm
so i run a EMR (health record) business
the clients are the doctors but some doctors dont have websites
they have other information that they can use to verify
tulip oxide
Okay so in this case would you be serving as the Platform and the Drs would be connected accounts? If so what Account Type do you think makes sense for your use case?
https://stripe.com/docs/connect/accounts
north storm
yup they are all connected accounts
we connect them via this page:
however, this specific connected account doesnt have a business website
since it is required i told them to use our main site (www.mdland.com) if possible
tulip oxide
Yeah, I'm looking through our docs because I can swear I've seen a callout box about this
How are you creating the account to handle the onboarding through the form you are showing here?
I can see that it is required here: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/required-verification-information#US-full-company--card_payments|transfers
north storm
So far the doctors that we onboarded have a website
However, this doctor doesn't. It seems out of the way for them to create a website for this specific purpose
tulip oxide
Okay I'm getting more info
north storm
Thanks !
tulip oxide
Okay you can set business_profile.product_description when creating the account and that will cover the requirement.
Otherwise, you as the platform can have some part of your site that references the Doctor and what services they are providing and use that.
north storm
So if tell them to put something on the production description, then they wouldn't need a business website ?
tulip oxide
How are you creating the account records? Based on the screenshot you provided I suspect there is some front-end validation on the onboarding form. Based on that I think you would need to provide the product description during account creation.
north storm
Give me a second, let me double check the process
upper needle
Hello! Not sure what you mean, can you provide more details?
Also, regarding the earlier question, how are you creating Stripe connected accounts? Are you using the API?
north storm
when i create the account, i give them an url
connect.stripe.com/oauth/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=[myclientid here]
after the account is created, there is a redirect link for a callback
upper needle
Ah, okay, so you're using OAuth, not the API. If you were using the API you could pre-populate this information, but since you're using OAuth the person doing the onboarding needs to fill it all out on their end.
Can you clarify your question about the logic? Which logic are you asking about?
north storm
so my issue is the my a client (a doctor) does not have a business website, is there an alternative for this?
i was wondering if they can put my company website
upper needle
Honestly I don't know for sure. We're focused on developer/code questions here, but Stripe support will know: https://support.stripe.com/contact
north storm
oh whoops, ill ask them there then