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Marketplace money mechanics: Stripe Connect, onboarding, payouts, and the rules around them.

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Escrow on Stripe Connect: the three places the money can sit

Aug 29, 2026

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4 min read

Escrow on Stripe Connect: the three places the money can sit

Hold the buyer's money until the job is done. Three ways to do it on Stripe Connect, the one I'd pick for most booking marketplaces.

Rasmus Sorensen
Rasmus Sorensen

operations

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Who pays for the shipping label?

Aug 16, 2026

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4 min read

Who pays for the shipping label?

Shipping on a marketplace isn't a logistics problem. It's a fourth money flow - and if you don't design it, the answer to the title is: you.

Rasmus Sorensen
Rasmus Sorensen

payments

Don't interrogate sellers before they've earned a cent

Jul 31, 2026

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3 min read

Don't interrogate sellers before they've earned a cent

The deferred onboarding pattern for Stripe Connect: let sellers sell first, verify later - plus the EU legal nuance nobody warns you about.

Rasmus Sorensen
Rasmus Sorensen

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