#windlepoons-subscription-free
still wraith
you can not update billing_cycle_anchor on an existing subscription beyond passing now so that just will not work
There is unfortunately no easy way to give free time to an existing subscription.
The least bad way is to use a Schedule to tack on a free period with a free Price at the end and then back to the old price
dim creek
I was afraid it was gonna be kinda janky like that (Schedules), heh.
still wraith
yeah. We want to support "pause" but it's not on our short term roadmap at least
dim creek
how would a schedule add a 'free period' btw?
is that a separate price to apply that has no charge which gets substituted in?
still wraith
yes
phase 1: 1 year
phase 2: Free monthly Price for 3 iterations for example
phase 3: 1 year
you use phase 2 in the middle to force a temporary pause with no payment
but it's a pain as you have to remember they are really on the yearly price and have all the benefits from it
dim creek
How do subscription schedules appear in the Stripe dashboard?
If the user is currently in phase 2, can the existing schedule be altered to push the remaining intervals out?
dim creek
I assume I'd have to look at the schedule attribute of the users subscription to determine that they've had this done, then locate the final phase to determine the 'real' subscription.
Is it clear in the Stripe dashboard for a customer, what the current state/phase of the Subscription Schedule is?
(and what the 'final' state is?)
still wraith
I'd recommend just playing with the API and the Dashboard to get familiar with it really
dim creek
Ah ha, and I see there's a new Subscription Editor in the Dashboard that allows creating Subscription Schedules now too
still wraith
Correct!