I am using stripe for my app that I've developed in node.js. The way the app is set up is that the merchant (selling their service) will be selling their service to the clients at a variable rate each month (calculated by my app). So what I need to do all through my app is enable my app to automatically charge the client (like a subscription) but at a variable rate (so I guess like a stripe charge. Then what I need to do is instead of paying me, I need to go directly to the merchant (which will all have stripe accounts programmatically set up by me).

My situation feels a little bit unique, and after doing some reasearch I am not even sure if something like this is posisble, becuase I am essentially eliminating the middle man (me) in this situation and going directly from the consumer to the merchant. Could someone point me into the right direction in terms of docs to do this, or provide me with some advice, maybe use paypal instead?