Subscription Connect fees cannot be specified as flat rate

5/10 Medium

When using Stripe Connect with subscriptions, application fees must be specified as a percentage only. To charge flat rates, developers must manually calculate and round to nearest penny using hardcoded math, creating unnecessary complexity.

StripeStripe Connect
Category
config
Workaround
hack
Stage
build
Freshness
persistent
Scope
single_lib
Recurring
No
Buyer Type
team
Maintainer
active

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Collection History

Query: “What are the most common pain points with Stripe for developers in 2025?”4/6/2026

when using subscriptions with Connect, you have to specify the application fee as a percentage, which is painful for us because we want to charge a flat rate, so we have to fudge it with some math using hardcoded values

Created: 4/6/2026Updated: 4/6/2026