Mytras

[atomic tartan]

Hi! Let me help you with this.

Could you share the request ID please? req_xxx

[high lava]

just to give you some context I need to create a schedule subscription that has x amount of free months at the beginning

[high lava]

where can I find that? I am using Zapier to create the flow

this is the body of the api call

[atomic tartan]

If you only want to offer a few months free, I recommend you to look at Coupons: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/coupons

[atomic tartan]

https://support.stripe.com/questions/finding-the-id-for-an-api-request

[high lava]

yes basically to just some of our customer we will offer some months free of charge at the beginning

[high lava]

ill check give me a moment please

[atomic tartan]

If coupons work for you, I'd definitely recommend it for your case, it's much easier to manage.

[high lava]

there you go req_QbkjKKE0ANP6wY

[high lava]

the coupons needs to be used by the customer at their leisure in the moment of payment?

[atomic tartan]

You can add it programatically to your subscription request, so the customer doesn't need to do anything.
https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-coupon

[high lava]

so I should add the parameter coupon in the "creation of schedule subscription" with a coupon id?

[atomic tartan]

Yes

Sorry, my mistake

Don't use Subscription Schedules, use regular Subscriptions with a Coupon instead.

[high lava]

so just to recap and make sure I fully understood

i dont understand, I need a subscription

so I should create a scheduled subscription no?

[atomic tartan]

No, no, sorry for confusion.

To summarise:

1. Create a Coupon
2. Create a regular Subscription with Coupon ID

[high lava]

sorry I forgot to mention the subscription will start on a later date in the future

I am so sorry i missed to mention that

that is why I need a scheduled subscription

is that correct?

for subscription starting now i am using trial_end parameter

sorry for the confusion Vanya

[atomic tartan]

No worries.
Then it looks like you need to use a Subscription Schedule in the end

[high lava]

so as a I recap:
1 - Create a coupon
2 - Create a schedule subscription and add in the parameter the coupon ID and that will automatically add the free months at the beginning of the subscription

correct?

[atomic tartan]

Yes

[high lava]

so I will not need to setup phases in the schedule subscription

[atomic tartan]

You need just one phase.

[high lava]

yes makes sense

I will try and hopefully it will work

thank you so much Vanya

[atomic tartan]

Happy to help. Let me know if you have any other questions.