#azh-orders
kind tapir
Orders isn't compatible with Subscriptions yet - we call out that limitation here: https://stripe.com/docs/orders#compatibility
red nymph
Got it. Is there any estimate when it will be?
kind tapir
No estimate at the moment - I'd reommend writing into support (https://support.stripe.com/contact) to see if they know anything else
red nymph
cool, thanks so much 🙂
Hi, next question about creating a new sales platform for a manufacturer. The site will sell directly to consumers, but we want to take the purchase (say $100) and give money to various parts of the chain. For example, the sales rep will get 10%, warehouse 2%, distributor 1%, and the remainder go to the manufacturer. Since manufacturer wants to do Payouts every 4 weeks and our backend will need to determine the relationships/calculations, it will be a manual Payout process. Which APIs should we use for onboarding rep/warehouse/distributor bank accounts as well as sending the Payouts on schedules? It seems like there are a couple of options
kind tapir
How much do you know about Stripe Connect? Connect is what you'll need to use to build something like this, so depending on how much you know already I'll send over some documentation
red nymph
Not much. Honestly, all the generic words used as product names gets confusing
we were looking at two things:
So it looks like Financial Connections and Connect, but we couldn't decipher if they're related
kind tapir
Let's back up - I'd recommend that you start reading through these:
red nymph
I'm reading about it now, thanks! Is the $2/user/mo charged to my account and not to each connected account?
kind tapir
I believe so, but that's something I'd recommend checking with support (https://support.stripe.com/contact) since we're not the most familiar with the fee strutures here
red nymph
Using the Express account seems like a potential. The "collect-then-transfer-guide" guide link you sent doesn't represent the workflow we'd want to use due to the payout schedule and the complex relationships. Can we customize the workflow for 100% to come to us and then do manual payouts later?
kind tapir
Yes, you can do a separate charge and trasnsfer flow instead (https://stripe.com/docs/connect/charges-transfers)
red nymph
Oh good, so that means we can still use the Orders api for the end user buying goods and the Connect for the sales-channel-user getting payouts. Right? 😄
kind tapir
Yes, as long as you're not also using on_behalf_of
(we also call out that out in the compatability link I sent you earlier)
red nymph
I just saw something interesting. "The platform’s information is displayed on the customer’s credit card statement" -- what information is displayed on the CC statement by default?
kind tapir
It depends on how you're making the charge. With Express accounts + separate charges/transfers it'll be the platform's information displayed by default, but if you use on_behalf_of that allows you to change the merhant of record and have the information of one of your connected accounts be displayed instead
red nymph
ok, but since you said "as long as you're not also using..." that means it will be the Account Name in Account settings, right?
So the LLC name we have, not the domain name. Do we have to use the LLC name or can we put the domain name there?
kind tapir
Yes it'll be coming from your account settings - specifically for cards, it'll use the statement descriptor found here (https://dashboard.stripe.com/settings/public)
and it's up to you which name you use