Picklepaws | Stripe Developers | Page 1

quasi capeBOT Sep 14, 2022, 10:37 PM

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untold gust Sep 14, 2022, 10:38 PM

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Hi, I think the answer you're looking for is here: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/coupons

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Let me know if you have any specific questions after reading through this document.

robust flame Sep 14, 2022, 10:40 PM

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If a coupon expires, can promotional codes be used for that discount?

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I'm wondering if it's better to manage discounts via fairly fixed coupons (e.g., never expire, apply only to specific products) and create promotional codes around the coupon.

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Rebuilding an application and trying to make good design choices 😅

untold gust Sep 14, 2022, 10:47 PM

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A coupon is for your use and promotion is user redeemable. You can set restrictions on this specifically to what you perceive best suits your business need. The Promotion Code represents a customer-redeemable code for a coupon. You are right here, you'd want to manage more restirictive discounts via the coupon and create the promotional code for that coupon.

robust flame Sep 14, 2022, 10:50 PM

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I see. A coupon is not just for my use though, is it? I know that you can give it to customers by assigning a user-friendly id to it, and then you can attach it to a subscription POST.

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The more I'm learning though, the more it seems like that's not the way Stripe intends for you to use coupons.

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So I will go with distributing promotional codes to users. 🙂 Thank you!

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