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[muted igloo]

Hi! Let me help you with this.

I am not sure what you mean by

"Creating products" via API instead of "One-time products"

Are you referring to creating a product dynamically for each transaction VS creating a real product record in Stripe?

Normally, for most cases, you need to have only a handful of products. If your price amount changes often/dynamically, you can create a new Price for the same object: https://stripe.com/docs/products-prices/how-products-and-prices-work

It's possible however to also create a one-time/one-off Product and Price for a specific Checkout Session: https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-line_items-price_data-product_data

This is useful if each transaction has a unique amount/currency (Price) or name/description (Product).

[final dragon]

Yes, you understand it right. Is it also same or easier to use one time products for invoices?

[muted igloo]

It depends if you need any dynamic info for each transaction.