#fartimusgladiolas
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smoky wind
Hi there
finite shard
hey @smoky wind !
smoky wind
Honestly I would probably go the other route and just create Prices as needed
finite shard
ok good to know! why so?
smoky wind
Will be much easier to handle reconciliation/reporting and stuff when you aren't dealing with high quantities
And there is no limit on the number of Prices you create
So basically each time you create a Sub you list your Prices (or check your database) for if a Price for that amount already exists
If so, reuse it
If not, create a new one
finite shard
gotcha ok. then if a customer wants to change their subscription (which they frequently do), leave the price as existing and dont' delete it or clean it up?
smoky wind
Well you need to update to the new Price you want to change to and remove the old Price
Otherwise you will charge them for both Prices
finite shard
right
smoky wind
But yeah, don't inactivate the Price you are moving away from
Can always re-use that Price for future Subs
smoky wind
I mean you want to handle proration as you see fit 🙂
finite shard
(I wasn't sure how well prorations would work with quantities that large)
smoky wind
The quantity doesn't really matter
finite shard
(if we were going the quantity route)
smoky wind
It is all about the total amount from the previous Price and the amount of time compared to the same for the new Price/time
So proration should be the same here either way
finite shard
ok got it.
This is incredibly helpful. Thank you @smoky wind !
I'm going to need to relay this reasoning to my boss. Is there any way you could be more specific about the problems we will come up against regarding reconciliation/reporting with the high-quantity approach?
smoky wind
It really is up to you
I guess you could argue the alternative
But I think that pulling data based on 5 users using Price B for $10 is easier than pulling data of Price B of quantity 10 used 5 times
Overall either way works and it is really just up to you
finite shard
ah ok, thank you. Another follow up question - Again thank you so much @smoky wind I know your time isn't free. I really appreciate this.
Our business wants the ability to grant any kind of percentage discount. e.g. 37% on one customer for the next 3 months, 19% on another for 1 month, etc. It seems like the way to go with applying these discounts to a subscription would be to create a coupon on the fly (or reuse if it exists), similar to the pricing approach you mentioned?
finite shard
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