#jaded0 - express connect
valid stirrup
So that should be possible, but without more detail I'm not entirely sure. Can you expand?
I'd also recommend looking at this doc when choosing connect account type: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/accounts
uneven furnace
I've set up the firebase extension, which has automatically created customer accounts for each new user. Is there a way to modify that account when/if they decide to become a creator and connect their bank account?
Of accounts within connect, I'm choosing express. Do I modify a customer account to become an express account?
elfin elbow
(NOT with Stripe) - be careful with terminology, here - most firebase extensions are setting up what Stripe calls "customers" - people who make payments. Connected accounts are "users" - such as vendors - who use the platform to accept payments. Stripe is not generally symetric - "customers" are entirely separate from "users", and the payment flow is generally one-way, from "customers" to "users"
uneven furnace
So, I will need to create two stripe accounts for each user that wants to both buy and sell on my platform?
hallow jasper
Hello! People who are only paying do not need their own Stripe Account, they would be represented by Customer objects inside Stripe. However, to get paid, you do need a Stripe Account of some kind (either Standard, Express, or Custom). In the scenario you're describing it sounds like the same person would both have their own Stripe Account and also be a Customer on another Stripe Account (or several), but that Stripe Account and the Customer object(s) are not linked in any way.
Receving money and setting up a Stripe Account requires identity verifcation, setting up a bank account, and so on, so you should only do that as needed, not for every potential person who might get paid. Creating a Customer object to represent someone paying you, though, is trivial and has no such burdens.
Does that help? Happy to answer more questions if you have them!
uneven furnace
That helps! I'll use the express onboarding flow on an optional page instead of on the sign-in page.