How dropshipping payouts split a Stripe charge
What the seller, the supplier, and the platform each receive when a customer pays on a hosted storefront.
One charge, more than one recipient
The customer pays Dropship Scout through Stripe Checkout. The platform fee is a percentage of merchandise, 5% unless PLATFORM_FEE_BPS is changed. The seller transfer is the charge minus the Stripe fee, supplier cost, and that platform fee.
CJ, Printful, and Printify bill the platform account, so their cost stays on the platform balance and only the seller is transferred. A direct supplier receives a separate Connect transfer for product cost plus shipping. Both sellers and direct suppliers onboard as Stripe Express recipient accounts.
When the split cannot be paid
A listing is rejected when an estimated card fee would make the seller transfer negative. After payment, the webhook uses the real Stripe fee. If the supplier rejects the order, reports a higher cost, or a transfer fails, the customer is refunded and transfers that were created are reversed.
Orders imported from Shopify or WooCommerce are different: the customer already paid that channel. The same split is recorded and the supplier order is placed in sandbox, but no Stripe transfer is created from a charge this app does not hold.