taysonvo | Stripe Developers | Page 1

cinder ivyBOT Jan 31, 2023, 7:46 AM

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slow dawn Jan 31, 2023, 7:48 AM

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Hi there, a coupon is a merchant-facing discount code, it means only merchant (e.g., you) can apply coupon to invoice subscription or even customer

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a promo code is a customer-facing discount code. Your customer can use a promo code during checkout to enjoy a discount.

versed marten Jan 31, 2023, 7:52 AM

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Thanks for your quick response !.
To use the Promo Code, customer have to use the checkout form of Stripe, right ?
Because my flow is customer using a custom checkout, by the end, it will collect what customer selected to create an invoice on Stripe and customer will be charged by this invoice.
I don't see any place that I can put the Promotion code to the Invoice...only see Coupon
@slow dawn

slow dawn Jan 31, 2023, 7:53 AM

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No, your customer can't use promo code in hosted invoice page.

versed marten Jan 31, 2023, 7:56 AM

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So the Promo Code can be used on the Checkout Portal page on Stripe only, right ?

slow dawn Jan 31, 2023, 7:57 AM

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Yes, your customer can use promo code in checkout page if the checkout session allows it (https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-allow_promotion_codes)

Stripe API reference – Create a Checkout Session – curl

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versed marten Jan 31, 2023, 7:59 AM

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So my business flow cannot apply the Promotion Code...can only use the Coupon code only, I think

slow dawn Jan 31, 2023, 7:59 AM

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What's your biz flow?

versed marten Jan 31, 2023, 8:01 AM

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it was a monthly flow and we created Subscription on Stripe...and charge customer via monthly invoice.

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later we can have one-time buying, but it will still using invoice...not checkout session

slow dawn Jan 31, 2023, 8:06 AM

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OK. Then you can just create a coupon and apply it to the invoice

versed marten Jan 31, 2023, 8:08 AM

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I got it, thanks for your support!

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