Create Stripe Charges For New Webflow Orders

For e-commerce businesses working with artisans and craftspeople, managing payments can become a significant administrative burden. This is especially true when your business model requires splitting payments between your company and the creators who fulfill your orders.

The Challenge: Manual Payment Splitting

One particular e-commerce business built on Webflow faced exactly this challenge. Specializing in handcrafted furniture, they needed to pay their artisans 50% of their commission upfront to begin work on each order. Before implementing an automation solution, their process was labor-intensive:

• Customer places an order through their Webflow store
• Payment is received in their Stripe account
• They wait for payment to clear
• They manually calculate the artisan's commission (e.g., $300 for a $1,000 item)
• They manually transfer half the commission ($150) to the artisan
• They later transfer the remaining half upon completion

This manual reconciliation process consumed hours every week and created unnecessary administrative overhead.

The Solution: Automated Split Payments with Stripe and Webflow

By integrating Stripe with Webflow through an automation system, the business completely transformed its payment process. Here's how the new automation works:

1. When a new order is created in Webflow, the automation is triggered
2. The system automatically creates a charge in Stripe
3. Stripe immediately splits the payment between two accounts
4. The artisan automatically receives their 50% upfront payment
5. The remaining amount stays in the company's Stripe account
6. A second payment can be scheduled for later completion

This integration leverages Stripe's payment-splitting capabilities to create a seamless, instant division of funds without any manual intervention.

The Benefits: Time Savings and Improved Operations

The implementation of this Webflow-Stripe automation delivered several key benefits:

• Significant time savings - Eliminated hours of weekly administrative work
• Immediate artisan payments - Craftspeople receive their upfront payment instantly
• Reduced errors - Automated calculations eliminate human error
• Improved cash flow management - Consistent, predictable payment processing
• Better artisan relationships - Reliable, prompt payments improve business relationships

For businesses working with independent creators, contractors, or artisans, this type of automation solves a real operational challenge while improving both internal efficiency and external partnerships.

Implementing Your Payment Splitting Automation

If your e-commerce business faces similar challenges with payment splitting, this automation can be adapted to your specific needs. The core requirements include:

• A Webflow e-commerce store
• A Stripe account configured for split payments
• An automation platform to connect the two services

While seemingly straightforward, this automation addresses a complex financial workflow challenge that many artisan-based e-commerce businesses struggle with daily.

By implementing this solution, you can transform a time-consuming manual process into an instant, automatic workflow that saves time, reduces errors, and improves relationships with the creators who make your products possible.

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