Connected accounts can just set the Stripe Connect platform fee to $0?
I was reading into Stripe docs and I noticed that when using standard connected accounts with Stripe Connect, the connected account can just set the application_fee_amount parameter to 0 or outright remove it while creating a checkout session. This means that the platform receives 0 in fees. The fallback platform fees that you enter in your Stripe Connect dashboard don't kick in either.
So basically, this means that the connected accounts can just dodge platform fees? Is there any way to get around this?
Because this basically makes Stripe Connect useless for open source projects that distribute software that remote websites or apps can use. One local modification and the platform is just useless and the connected accounts are just pointless data cluttering your Stripe account.
Posted Oct 9, 2025, 7:31 PM UTC