jarcher

[elder gust]

If you do not wish to create a pro-rated invoice, you can set the proration_behavior to none: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/update#update_subscription-proration_behavior

Alternatively, you can use subscription schedule to cancel the subscription after 2 cycles: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules/use-cases#installment-plans

[errant karma]

okay, with the subscription schedule example, do you then use the subscription schedule to create a subscription?

or does creating a subscription schedule generate a subscription

[elder gust]

If start_date is set to now on Subscription Schedule, it will create a subscription immediately. Otherwise, the subscription will only be created when start_date is reached.

Following up your question on another thread:

can you create an "on behalf of" payment intent and then later transfer the money to multiple connect accounts?
Yes! It can be done as long as the connected account countries are the same: https://stripe.com/docs/connect/charges-transfers#on-behalf-of

[errant karma]

@elder gust what's your role at Stripe? you must have some insane knowledge to answer all of this.

[elder gust]

We are a group of engineers in Stripe 😄

[errant karma]

@elder gust what front-end tech stack does stripe use? is it some kind of SSR like next.js?