How To: Set up Stripe Connect in Multi-Vendor

Note

The Stripe Connect Payments add-on is available only in Multi-Vendor.

Stripe Connect allows maketplace owners to offer credit card payments via Stripe and automatically distribute money from orders between vendors.

Step 1. Configure the Payment Method

  1. Install and configure the Stripe Connect Payments add-on.

  2. Go to Administration → Payment methods and click the + button in the top right corner to add a payment method.

  3. A new pop-up window with the payment method creation form will open. Fill in the fields on the General tab:

    • Name—the name the new payment method. That’s the name that the customers will see at checkout.

    • Processor—the online payment processor that will handle the transactions. Choose Stripe Connect from the drop-down menu.

    • If necessary, specify the data in other fields as you see fit.

      The General tab of the Stripe Connect payment method.
  4. Switch to the Configure tab. It contains the settings specific to Stripe Connect:

    • Client ID—the live client ID of your Stripe account.

    • Publishable key—the publishable API key of your Stripe account.

    • Secret key—the secret API key of your Stripe account.

    • Currency—select the currency of your Stripe account. It should match the primary currency of your store—that way the calculations will be more precise.

    • Redirect URIs—the values that you must copy to the corresponding fields on the Stripe dashboard.

      Note

      Learn more about how to get client ID and API keys for Stripe Connect and how to use Redirect URIs in a separate article.

  5. Once you have configured the payment method, click Create.

    The Configure tab of the Stripe Connect payment method.

Step 2. Have Your Vendors Connect Their Accounts

Once you set up a Stripe Connect payment method, your vendors will be able to connect their accounts, so that they can use the Stripe Connect payment method that you have created. The payment method will be offered to customers only if all the vendors in the order have connected their accounts.

Important

The Connect with Stripe button will appear only to vendors’ administrators or those marketplace administrators who switch to a particular vendor.

Here is the instruction for a vendor:

  1. Open the vendor’s administration panel and go to Vendors → Vendors.

  2. Click on the name of your company.

  3. The vendor editing page will open. Scroll down and click the Connect with Stripe button. This will take you to the Stripe page where you’ll be able to register an account or connect an existing one.

    The "Connect with Stripe" button that vendors can use to connect their accounts.

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