How to initialize a Stripe Connect Express session for user to create a Stripe account?

Question

So I am trying to use Stripe Connect with Express accounts. I've had a look at the documentation located here . I am having some trouble getting started. I've been able to use Stripe Checkout without a problem, but I'm not able to redirect a user to Stripe so they can create an account to sell on my platform. I've been playing around with it, and this is the code that I have so far:

export const sellerOnboard = async () => {
  try {
    await stripe.accounts.create({
      type: 'express'
    });
  } catch (err) {
    console.log(err);
  }
};

sellerOnboard gets called when some text gets pressed on the front end, but nothing happens. Any ideas?

Answer 1

You need to create an Account Link and redirect them to it so they can finish onboarding: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/express-accounts#create-link