aksharj-subscription | Stripe Developers | Page 1

little falcon Sep 2, 2022, 6:48 AM

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Hi, is this what you are looking for?

little sparrow Sep 2, 2022, 6:49 AM

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thanks @little falcon , yes exactly 👍

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just a follow up question

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i want to create a subscription for a user starting from 1Oct2022 to 1Oct2023

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but want to send the invoice today so the user can make payment in the coming 30 days

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for example:

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please see the screenshot below

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here it says that the billling cycle with start on 1 oct and that when next invoice will be generated

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is it possible to send the user a innvoice today but let billing period start 1st Oc

little falcon Sep 2, 2022, 6:56 AM

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Don't think that's possible. Invoices are always sent at billing cycle

little sparrow Sep 2, 2022, 7:02 AM

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i think we can send user an invoice and not do this via subscription

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that way invoice can be sent to the user for example today

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but one thing is, we want to associate a subscription to the user once he pays the invoice

little falcon Sep 2, 2022, 7:13 AM

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What I can think of is a workaround that you a separated, one-off Invoice now, and then deduct its paid amount onto your first Subscription Invoice

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but agree it's not very clean

little sparrow Sep 2, 2022, 7:16 AM

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its an annual subscription

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can ou please let me know how i can deduct the amount on the subscription after a user make a payment by the one off invoice?

little falcon Sep 2, 2022, 7:18 AM

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You can give them some credit note, or create a coupon/discount to apply, or create a negative invoice item...

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There are multiple ways

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Credit Note: https://stripe.com/docs/invoicing/integration/programmatic-credit-notes

Generate credit notes programmatically

Use the Invoicing API to adjust or refund finalized invoices with credit notes.

little sparrow Sep 2, 2022, 7:19 AM

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ah got it, so just so i understand the workflow,below are the steps

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send a one off invoice for example today

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once the invoice is paid, create a subscription on the user account with a coupon of 100% one time discount

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so user is not charged via subscription

little falcon Sep 2, 2022, 7:21 AM

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Yes!

little sparrow Sep 2, 2022, 7:21 AM

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in case of a 0 valued invoice, does the user still get a email?

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so what i am trying to avoid here is send user a email

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as the user has already paid, we don't want to send a invoice notification

little falcon Sep 2, 2022, 7:25 AM

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Um maybe yes.

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I am not entire sure about that. Maybe Support would be able to clarify

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Or you can test it yourself, in test mode observe the webhook event invoice.sent, or in Live mode with a real email

little falcon Sep 2, 2022, 8:01 AM

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👋 I am stepping out for the day. Please ask in the channel if you need further help

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