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zealous fernBOT Feb 28, 2023, 2:51 PM

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sand delta Feb 28, 2023, 2:52 PM

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Hello 👋
You can cancel the subscription at the end of the cycle by setting cancel_at_period_end to true
https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/cancel#cancel-at-end-of-cycle

Based on your usecase, you should actually use Subscription Schedule API instead so that you don't need to cancel the subscription to switch to a cheaper plan
https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules

drowsy snow Feb 28, 2023, 2:53 PM

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ah thank you

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I think I was on the wrong API call

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this is a POST then

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not a DELETE

sand delta Feb 28, 2023, 2:54 PM

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Yup 🙂

drowsy snow Feb 28, 2023, 2:55 PM

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I'm gonna read what you gave me

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I might get back to you

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thank you 🙂

sand delta Feb 28, 2023, 2:55 PM

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NP! 🙂 Good Luck

drowsy snow Feb 28, 2023, 2:57 PM

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theses scheduled subscriptions, can they be created trough a pricingtable?

sand delta Feb 28, 2023, 2:58 PM

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Not at the moment unfortunately. However, you could listen to subscription creation webhook events and convert the subscription to a schedule.

drowsy snow Feb 28, 2023, 2:58 PM

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my users will go through this and then stripe checkout

drowsy snow Feb 28, 2023, 2:59 PM

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sand delta Not at the moment unfortunately. However, you could listen to subscription creat...

yes, i'm actually listening to the checkout and then canceling the subscription + scheduling a new one (cheaper)

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which is best?

sand delta Feb 28, 2023, 3:00 PM

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Subscription Schedule would be the preferred way as it allows you to avoid creating new subscriptions as well as maintain proper subscription history for a customer

drowsy snow Feb 28, 2023, 3:01 PM

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so I can't use the pricing table if I do subscription schedule?

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:/

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well, easy to recreate, it's just a call to a checkout, right?

sand delta Feb 28, 2023, 3:04 PM

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Yup, its using the Checkout Session API underneath.

so I can't use the pricing table if I do subscription schedule?
You can. You can listen to customer.subscription.created event and once the subscription has been created, you can create a schedule from the existing subscription server-side
https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules/use-cases#existing-subscription

drowsy snow Feb 28, 2023, 3:06 PM

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So, the user would have 2 subscriptions?

Or once the 2nd subscription starts, the first one will end? right?

sand delta Feb 28, 2023, 3:10 PM

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So, the user would have 2 subscriptions?

Or once the 2nd subscription starts, the first one will end? right?
It will be the same subscription (we don't create a new one) which will be updated to whatever the next phase pricing is

drowsy snow Feb 28, 2023, 3:13 PM

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oh yes that's perfect

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thank you very much 🙂

sand delta Feb 28, 2023, 3:14 PM

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Would recommend reading through the links I shared above, they cover the usecase comprehensively
NP! 🙂 Happy to help

drowsy snow Feb 28, 2023, 3:15 PM

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that's what i'm doing now 🙂 thanks again 😉

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Looks like it worked just fine 🙂

sand delta Feb 28, 2023, 3:24 PM

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Awesome, glad that worked 😄

drowsy snow Feb 28, 2023, 3:25 PM

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so, I just need to recreate the pricing table then?

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and redirect the user to the check out to pay the $289 for the first year

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once, paid, I do this API call (subscription schedule)

sand delta Feb 28, 2023, 3:26 PM

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Yup 😄

drowsy snow Feb 28, 2023, 3:26 PM

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perfect 🙂

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thank you very much

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indeed, that's much cleaner now

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