DamManc | Stripe Developers | Page 1

rain shoalBOT Sep 16, 2022, 2:32 PM

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sharp dagger Sep 16, 2022, 2:33 PM

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The closest that we have to that in Checkout is that you can set a trial period that ends when you want the subscription to start

tiny dust Sep 16, 2022, 2:35 PM

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a ok perfect! The payment and the start of subscription is connected so? But in this case there is a text in checkout page that says "you're free trial for X time", right?? there are some alternative?

sharp dagger Sep 16, 2022, 2:36 PM

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Yeah the UI would be different there and the trial wording could make this confusing. I am trying to thing of if there is another good way to do this with Checkout or at least Stripe-hosted pages

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As far as I know, the only way to truly start a subscription in the future is to use a Subscription Schedule but those aren't compatible with Checkout. You might be able to do a subscription schedule like that and then save the payment details via a Checkout Session in setup mode, but that Checkout Session wouldn't have info on the subscription or where it starts https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules/use-cases#start-subscription-future

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Still thinking on this a bit...

tiny dust Sep 16, 2022, 2:43 PM

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thank you so much for this info 🙂 ok aim waiting in the case for alternative

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i was thinking about to do the trial version oh that...and write a description beneath to explain that

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maybe that is ok for my client, something like "you'have X time to trial and cancel the subscription" 🙂

sharp dagger Sep 16, 2022, 2:49 PM

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Yeah that could definitely make sense if they can actually trial your services for that time.

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I am going to quickly consult my colleagues on this and get back to you to see if there is some clearer way to do this with Checkout

tiny dust Sep 16, 2022, 2:50 PM

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thank you

sharp dagger Sep 16, 2022, 2:51 PM

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Also do you want to use Checkout specifically or would you be open to sending your users to the Stripe-hosted Invoice page?

tiny dust Sep 16, 2022, 2:52 PM

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I dont't know Stripe-hosted invoice page, I prefer to use Checkout

sharp dagger Sep 16, 2022, 2:59 PM

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Gotcha. So in this case it looks like your two options would be:

Using the trial period
Using a subscription schedule + Checkout in setup mode and make the subscription start date very clear on your site before redirecting to our page

tiny dust Sep 16, 2022, 3:00 PM

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perfect, thank you so much!

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@sharp dagger sorry, I have another question...I cant see my custom description with the prop subscription_data.description is deprecated ?in checkout i mean

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oh ok I have see..the description is inmy stripe account not in checkout page :/

sharp dagger Sep 16, 2022, 3:28 PM

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Good job figuring that out!

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Apologies I dropped off this thread for a bit

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