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pale stoneBOT Nov 23, 2022, 5:15 AM

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covert mulch Nov 23, 2022, 5:16 AM

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onyx meadow Nov 23, 2022, 5:17 AM

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Hi there, if the same transfer_data applies to every phases, you should specify it under the default_settings.

covert mulch Nov 23, 2022, 5:22 AM

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okk

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that is right, same T_D applies to all phases

covert mulch Nov 23, 2022, 6:13 AM

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hey, i created new thread thinking that it is different topic. but no problem.

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onyx meadow Nov 23, 2022, 6:15 AM

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Are there any changes in the phases? It looks like a normal subscription to me and I don't see a need to use schedule. Maybe I'm missing something but can you share with me more context?

covert mulch Nov 23, 2022, 6:16 AM

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there are no changes in phases, and we are using subscriptions schedule because we also give an option to our users to make booking on a future date which normal subscriptions don't support

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so far the system works really well for us

onyx meadow Nov 23, 2022, 6:18 AM

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OK, so basically there's only one phase in the schedule and when the schedule is released when the phase ends

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https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules/use-cases#start-subscription-future here's how you shall do it

Subscription schedules use cases

Learn how to use subscription schedules.

covert mulch Nov 23, 2022, 6:20 AM

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no no , there can be N phases. really! for e.g. user can book for N months

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but let's say if they book for 6 months, first month amount should be immediately cut and we should get the acknowledgement for that

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and charges for the rest 5 months should continue with subscription basis depending on which dates are configured

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only condition here is that it should be future date subscription and not current date

onyx meadow Nov 23, 2022, 6:24 AM

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If there's no changes I don't think you need to use phases. If you just want to cancel the subscription in 6 months, you can just set iterations to 6 in the first phase(https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscription_schedules/update#update_subscription_schedule-phases-iterations), and set the end_behavior to cancel

Stripe API reference – Update a schedule – curl

Complete reference documentation for the Stripe API. Includes code snippets and examples for our Python, Java, PHP, Node.js, Go, Ruby, and .NET libraries.

covert mulch Nov 23, 2022, 6:27 AM

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okay i got that, however my use case is still different. What if there are 6 iterations for a future date subscription schedule that starts on 7th jan 2050, and I want to charge the customer right now for the 1 month, and keep the rest 5 months on subscription basis

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Cancellation as you mentioned in your answer is already in effect, my question is quite different though

onyx meadow Nov 23, 2022, 6:29 AM

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OK. so you want to collect a one-month deposit now (in 2022), and your customer is going to use your service for 6 month starting 7th Jan 2050 with first month (7 Jan - 7 Feb 2050) for free, am I right?

covert mulch Nov 23, 2022, 6:30 AM

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I only want to collect one-month fee right now (in 2022), yes!

onyx meadow Nov 23, 2022, 6:31 AM

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Got it. Here's my suggestion

covert mulch Nov 23, 2022, 6:32 AM

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basically, whether to consider this deposit or a permanent fee will be decided by our service policy though. We really don't want Stripe to treat this fee as only temporary Deposits of some kind

onyx meadow Nov 23, 2022, 6:36 AM

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Create a one-time price, and use this to collect the first month deposite via invocing or checkout
Create a subscription schedule with two phase
- Phase 1 for the first month Create a coupon with 100% and set its duration to once, apply this coupon in the first phase so that the customer doesn't need to pay for 1st month

Phase 2 for the 2nd month - 6th month, without the discount coupon

covert mulch Nov 23, 2022, 6:36 AM

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awesome

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any supporting documentation if you can link me it will be wonderful

onyx meadow Nov 23, 2022, 6:37 AM

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I don't have a doc that specific for this, which part do you need explanation?

covert mulch Nov 23, 2022, 6:38 AM

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a doc based on how to modify phases inside sub_Sch like you mentioned

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but i will try to research more. thanks

onyx meadow Nov 23, 2022, 6:39 AM

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The flow that I described above doesn't involve modify, you can define the phases when creating the schedule.

covert mulch Nov 23, 2022, 6:40 AM

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okay and for this point: Create a one-time price, and use this to collect the first month deposite via invocing or checkout

how to create one-time price and make the checkout? I already know how to make prices though

onyx meadow Nov 23, 2022, 6:45 AM

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I see. The one-time price here means a price without recurring (https://stripe.com/docs/api/prices/create#create_price-recurring), so its type is one_time (https://stripe.com/docs/api/prices/object#price_object-type)

covert mulch Nov 23, 2022, 6:54 AM

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once i create pricing object will it auto charge the customer? or how should I charge the customer based on this pricing object. Do I need to use this with other api's like invoicing?

onyx meadow Nov 23, 2022, 6:55 AM

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It won't charge the customer automatically. You can use invoicing or checkout (recommened) to collect payment from your customer

covert mulch Nov 23, 2022, 6:59 AM

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i am trying to follow this document on invoice, but I dont see anywhere how to create invoice based on a price object in docs.

onyx meadow Nov 23, 2022, 7:12 AM

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https://stripe.com/docs/invoicing/integration/quickstart you can get started here

Create and send an invoice

Learn how to create and send an invoice with code.

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So you should create invoice items first and then invoice.

covert mulch Nov 23, 2022, 7:30 AM

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okk, taking a closer look. thanks

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