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opal eagleBOT Dec 13, 2022, 2:12 AM

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grizzled anvil Dec 13, 2022, 2:13 AM

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hello! how can I help?

woeful meadow Dec 13, 2022, 2:13 AM

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Hello

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I was wondering if i could charge a customer when he is on a trial period?

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I tried to create an invoice, finalize it and pay it but it didn't charge immediately

grizzled anvil Dec 13, 2022, 2:16 AM

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can you elaborate more on your use case? the idea of a trial is that it's free, that's why you typically wouldn't charge the customer

woeful meadow Dec 13, 2022, 2:18 AM

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The thing is that i use a trial to change the billing date

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and i charge weekly

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So for example if they were to subscribe today monday 12 i would set a trial period that ended until wednesday 21st

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but if in the meantime they upgrade their subscription i want to charge them immediately the difference

grizzled anvil Dec 13, 2022, 2:23 AM

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why not just set the billing_cycle_anchor at the time of creation? https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-billing_cycle_anchor

woeful meadow Dec 13, 2022, 2:26 AM

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I remember i tried it but it did not work

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i will try it again

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is that okay?

grizzled anvil Dec 13, 2022, 2:26 AM

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that's an update right?

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i was referring to creation

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maybe i misunderstood your requirements

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do you have a trial only to change the billing cycle? Or you're truly offering a trial to give your customers free usage to try it out?

woeful meadow Dec 13, 2022, 2:27 AM

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woeful meadow Dec 13, 2022, 2:27 AM

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grizzled anvil do you have a trial only to change the billing cycle? Or you're truly offering a...

Just to change my billing cycle

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you are right

woeful meadow Dec 13, 2022, 2:27 AM

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woeful meadow

Does this look okay?

grizzled anvil Dec 13, 2022, 2:28 AM

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it looks fine from a quick glance, but run your code to try

woeful meadow Dec 13, 2022, 2:32 AM

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I remember the error now

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So since the creation date is Monday 12 the latest i could set the billing anchor would be Monday 19th but i need to set it for wednesday 21st

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That was why i used the trial

grizzled anvil Dec 13, 2022, 2:34 AM

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i'm a bit confused, why weds 21st specifically?

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if i wanted it to charge every weds, then i would set the anchor to 14

woeful meadow Dec 13, 2022, 2:41 AM

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yes but since i charge weekly then if they already paid on monday 12 then i would not charge them again on wednesday 14

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I talked to another of your colleagues the other day and he told me that they don't support that kind of schedule

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so that is why i use a trial instead

grizzled anvil Dec 13, 2022, 2:45 AM

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it's possible to use a trial. I guess i'm just pretty confused about how you're billing. Cause if you're billing by week, then i don't really understand the need to reset the billing cycle anchor.

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anyway, i think what you can try doing is to add a one time Price when creating the Subscription, that should still be chargable

woeful meadow Dec 13, 2022, 2:50 AM

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grizzled anvil it's possible to use a trial. I guess i'm just pretty confused about how you're ...

okay so just to see if i understand

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If my client pays on monday and i create the subscription and i change the billing cycle anchor to wednesday when will my client be charged?

grizzled anvil Dec 13, 2022, 2:55 AM

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assuming there's no trial period set - they pay on mon 5, then pay again on mon 12, then when you change the billing cycle anchor (assuming with proration and invoice now) - the invoice will contain :

difference between 14 - 19 will be refunded,
and they will pay from 14 - 21

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at least that's what i remember from the top of my head, you can verify this using test clocks

woeful meadow Dec 13, 2022, 2:57 AM

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How can i use test clocks?

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Can i test it directly on stripe? or do i have to use my webpage?

grizzled anvil Dec 13, 2022, 2:58 AM

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you can take a look at this guide : https://stripe.com/docs/billing/testing/test-clocks

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