SaaS platform essential integration tasksPublic preview
Review the integration steps you must complete to build a SaaS platform.
Connect supports many methods of integration to define the interactions between you, your connected accounts, and Stripe. You get to decide:
- How funds from purchases move through your platform account and Stripe.
- Which accounts Stripe uses to cover losses from refunds and disputes.
- Whether connected accounts interact with Stripe directly or through your own site.
- How to charge connected accounts for using your platform.
If you’re building a SaaS platform to charge a per-transaction fee and a monthly service fee to allow connected accounts to directly accept Stripe-processed payments through your platform, this guide might help simplify some of your decisions by providing a best practice set of integration steps.
Before you begin
- Register your platform.
- Add business details to activate your account.
- Complete your platform profile.
- Customize your brand settings. Add a business name, icon, and brand color.
Essential task summary
Each essential task represents a discrete step in the process of building your SaaS platform.
Create a Stripe account that uses your platform’s Stripe integration to accept payments from their customers.
Specify whether your connected account can access the Stripe Dashboard directly or through your own site.
Onboard your connected account
Notify your connected account of required actions they must take to activate their account with Stripe.
Configure your payment integration to correctly reference your connected account and apply branding to the UI their customers see.
Decide whether your platform collects a fee for each processed payment.
Decide whether your connected account must subscribe to use your platform.
Define how and when your connected account withdraws funds from their Stripe balance.
Manage the funds flow of activity that reverses completed payments.