#mathis
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frosty lotus
Hi. I recommend reading this article: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/upgrade-downgrade. You can set proration_behavior to none on the update: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/update#update_subscription-proration_behavior
dry ingot
taking this example. Would like to bill i.e 100$ on Nov 27. for a booking of 1Nov and then have the next billing on Dec 1st
is it feasable?
frosty lotus
Ah ok. That's feasible with subscription schedules: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules
dry ingot
yeah saw that post too but by creating a subscription and later on creating a schedule, the start_date cannot be changed. How would you reccommend me to handle this? thx 🙂
frosty lotus
What do you need start date as? Am confused
You also don't need to create a subscription first
dry ingot
HAHAHAH really sorry for the confusion
frosty lotus
You can let the subscription schedule handle everything
dry ingot
ohhhhhhh
oki, didn't see that one clear
gonna try that way then
Thanks a lot!
❤️
frosty lotus
No problem
dry ingot
hey! Created the subscription schedule for Nov 1 but it is not charged, any advice on what endpoint to call? As there are no invoices created until Nov 1st
frosty lotus
Can you share the request ID? I'd have to see what you did
dry ingot
I guess it is this one: req_hQRjKagYAtDnth
frosty lotus
Yeah you set the start date to Nov 1 so that's when you'll bill. So with the example you gave me originally there's a couple ways to do it. I recommend creating a subscription schedule with 2 phases. The first one will start on Nov 1 with a trial that will end on Nov 27th, where the $100 will be charged, then the second phase of the schedule will start Dec 1 and will go on forever charging $100 each month on the 1st
dry ingot
OMG i confused you: the flow is as follows
Oct 27 => User books and pays a subscription for Nov 1st
Nov 1st => User suscription starts (no charge)
Dec 1st => New billing is charges (not Oct 27)
frosty lotus
Oh. You did say Nov 27th up above
frosty lotus
No worries. So in that case phase 1 of the subscription schedule would start Oct 27th and bill the $100. Then end on Nov 1. The second phase starts Nov 1 and has a free trial duration of 1month (or a coupon for 1 month free). That way the customer will then be billed the full $100 every month after that