Am I able to use the email address used for my Express account to open a Standard account with Stripe?

If you already have an Express account, you will not be able to sign up for a Standard (Stripe.com) account with the same email address at present. As an alternative, you can use an email alias (e.g. bob+stripe@example.com instead of bob@example.com) if you would like to sign up for a Standard account.

However, this rule does not apply in reverse: If you already have a Standard account, you can sign up for an Express account using the same email address.

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