# Stripe India support for marketplaces

Stripe services are invite-only in India. Businesses from India are not able to sign up for a new Stripe account through our website, and instead need to [request an invite](https://stripe.com/contact/sales). Read more about invite-only Stripe accounts in India.
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Stripe Connect is an API and set of tools used to route payments between a business, customers, and recipients who need to get paid. It powers payments for business models like [marketplaces](https://stripe.com/docs/connect/collect-then-transfer-guide) and [software platforms](https://stripe.com/docs/connect/enable-payment-acceptance-guide).
Restrictions on Connect for Stripe India:
* Depending on your preferred integration, you may need to engage with the sales team 
* On behalf of capability for destination charges is not supported for all integrations
* Separate charges and transfers charge type, or standalone transfers via the dashboard or API to connected accounts, are currently not supported
* Manual payouts to connected accounts is supported for limited use-cases. Contact Support if you are interested in this feature.
* Platform account top-ups are only supported for negative balances
* Cross border transactions are only supported for:
  * Connected accounts with direct charges and without application fee, who have access to the Stripe Dashboard, and where loss liability and fee collection are managed by Stripe
  * US-based platforms with connected accounts on the [Recipient Terms of Service](https://stripe.com/docs/connect/service-agreement-types) with [Separate Charges and Transfers](https://stripe.com/docs/connect/separate-charges-and-transfers) without on_behalf_of or Top-up and Transfers. [Destination charges](https://stripe.com/docs/connect/destination-charges) and [destination charges with on_behalf_of](https://stripe.com/docs/connect/destination-charges) are not supported
* Due to [India data local storage requirements](https://stripe.com/en-in/india-data-storage-faq), we don't support updating country to or from India after account creation. You will need to create a new connected account and select the revised country upon account creation
### Restrictions on cross-border transactions
**These restrictions don't apply to Indian accounts with the** [**recipient service agreement**](https://stripe.com/docs/connect/service-agreement-types#recipient).
**Direct charges**
- **Platform Account**
- **Connected Account**
- **Does Platform Collect Application Fee?**
- **Supported by Stripe?**
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- India
- India
- Yes or No
- Yes
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- Outside India
- India
- No
- Yes
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- India
- Outside India
- No
- Yes
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- Outside India
- India
- Yes
- **No**
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- India
- Outside India
- Yes
- **No**
**Destination charges**
- **Platform Account**
- **Connected Account**
- **Does Platform Collect Application Fee?**
- **Buyer**
- **Supported by Stripe?**
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- India
- India
- Yes or No
- India
- Yes
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- India
- India
- No
- Outside India
- Yes
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- India
- India
- Yes
- Outside India
- **No**
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- India
- Outside India
- Yes or No
- 
- **No**
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- US
- India
- Yes or No
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- **No**
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- Outside India, non-US
- India
- Yes or No
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- **No**
### **Stripe India plugins**
Domestic charges (INR) and [export (international) charges](https://stripe.com/docs/india-exports) (non-INR) are supported with all plug-ins including Shopify, Chargebee, Magento, and WooCommerce. If you have questions, reach out to your [plugin](https://stripe.com/docs/plugins) to find out more about supporting Indian export transactions on Stripe.