Payments
Firm-to-vendor payments over Stripe Connect, billed at completion, with Scope's fee on its own invoice line.
What it does
Scope processes the firm-to-vendor payment over Stripe Connect. The vendor is paid their published price in full; Scope never deducts from it.
Two lines, always: the professional's price, and Scope's fee. Never one blended number. Scope's line carries the label "Service coordination and compliance record". The fee applies to the professional's work only, never to mileage, filing fees, or anything Scope passes through at cost.
Vendors onboard to Stripe with hosted identity verification. Their payout status is tracked, and a dispatch accept-gate holds vendors whose payouts are not yet enabled until onboarding completes.
Webhooks keep the record current: payment captured, payment failed, dispute opened, account updated, and payout failed all write back to the matter, and a failed payout notifies the vendor and the operator.
Why it matters
A firm can read its own invoice. The professional's published price is the price they keep. Scope's fee is a separate line on the firm's invoice.
Exactly-once capture and webhook reconciliation mean payments do not double-charge and do not silently fail.
How to use it
Vendors complete Stripe Connect onboarding once. Capture happens automatically when a matter completes. No subscription, no seats, you pay only when work completes, and you see every dollar.