Set up Dashboard access
Set up the Stripe Dashboard for your marketplace to enable your connected accounts to view transactions.
The Express Dashboard allows your connected accounts to view their available balance, see upcoming payouts, and track their earnings in real time.
Use login links to enable your connected accounts to access the Express Dashboard. You can generate single-use account-specific login links that redirect connected accounts from your platform application to the Express Dashboard login page. Then the connected account logs into the Dashboard using SMS authentication.
This guide shows you how to set up an Express Dashboard. Alternatively, you can build a custom dashboard using embedded components or the API.
Create a login link
Use the Login Link API to generate a URL for an account-specific Express Dashboard login page.
A successful response returns the generated login link URL:
{ "object": "login_link", "created": 1495580507, "url":}"https://stripe.com/express/Ln7FfnNpUcCU"
Redirect to the login link
Typically, you generate a login link URL on demand when a connected account intends to visit the Express Dashboard. For example, you include an Open Dashboard button in your application. When a connected account user clicks it, your application calls the API to generate a login link and redirects them to that URL.
Security tip
Don’t email, text, or otherwise send login link URLs outside of your platform. Redirect authenticated users to it only from within your platform application.
When you redirect a connected account user to a login link, Stripe sends an SMS authentication code to their phone number. They verify their identity on the Express Dashboard login page by entering the code.
If they don’t have access to their account phone number, they can change it by clicking I no longer have access to this phone number. This sends a verification code to their account email. They can change the account phone number by entering the code. If the user changes the number, Stripe redirects them to the Express Dashboard login page and sends an SMS authentication code to the new number.
Customize the Dashboard
You can choose to customize the Express Dashboard, including branding, available features, and messaging. See Customize the Express Dashboard for details.
Next steps
Next, learn how to generate an onboarding link for a connected account.