How can I trigger a payout to the seller's bank account?

raf-a · February 20, 2021, 1:48pm

The money is in the seller’s Stripe Connect account but I want it to be paid out to their bank account once a job has been completed. Automatic payout is not an option. How can I achieve this?

raf-a · February 20, 2021, 1:49pm

@alexandru Hi Alex, can you offer any advice on this one please?

alexandru · February 22, 2021, 6:28pm

Hi @raf-a,

Thanks for pinging me. Let me check on it then get back to you asap!

Best,
Alex

alexandru · February 23, 2021, 11:55am

Hi @raf-a,

Unfortunately, it would not be possible to accomplish it through our plugin. The only workaround is building your own API by using the API Connector plugin, to create a call Create a payout.

Stripe docs: https://stripe.com/docs/api/payouts/create

API Connector: https://manual.bubble.io/building-plugins/adding-api-connections

Hope it helps.

Best,
Alex

raf-a · February 25, 2021, 9:51pm

Hi @alexandru,

Thanks for getting back. It’s quite strange that the plugin doesn’t allow manual payouts when one of the main reasons people choose Express accounts is for this specific reason. But thanks for offering the alternative solution - I’ll have a look into it.

Regards,
Raf

alexandru · February 26, 2021, 12:43pm

Hi @raf-a,

Thanks for feedback. Hope this workaround will be helpful. In-meanwhile, we’ll try to improve our plugin in the next updates if feasible.

Best,
Alex

raf-a · March 14, 2021, 4:39pm

Hi @alexandru,

I’m looking at the Stripe docs for creating a manual payout using an API call. My issue is that the API call doesn’t require the Stripe account ID as a parameter - if this is the case, how does it know which Stripe account I want to create a payout for?

Thanks,
Raf