dep-checkout-usagebased

[umbral wigeon]

when you do usage based billing it's always charged at the end of the cycle, not upfront

dep-checkout-usagebased

[copper raft]

Is there a way to charge a join fee (ie. $5.00) and still have usage based billing enabled? Like $5.00 for entry + 100 requests included, but after 100 requests, add a fee of 0.01 for every extra request. I thought I had to enable it to let my backend report to stripe api to track it.

[umbral wigeon]

You would need to add 2 separate Prices. One that charges the "base fee" and the other one is usage based

[copper raft]

So something like:
User 1 - Subscriptions:

1. Basic Tier - $5.00
2. Additional Requests - $0.60 (60 requests)

So the 2nd subcription is the usage-based one, and is only billed after the month's end. But this one must be manually added by the backend, right?

[umbral wigeon]

yeah

[copper raft]

Also what is the purpose of graduated pricing if there are scenarios where usage-based reports aren't enabled?

[umbral wigeon]

I mean just one subscription

you can have multiple Prices per Subscription

[copper raft]

that being the 2nd one, so the first one is just bought once?
so:
basic tier - one-time payment of $5
usage-based sub - flat fee $5 + 0.01 per additional request (all monthly)

[umbral wigeon]

I don't get what that could mean 😅

You want a Subscription that has 2 separate recurring Prices
1/ Price A: $5 flat fee monthly
2/ Price B: tier with first 100 requests free and second tier with $0.01 per additional request monthly

that will charge Price A $5 each month, and the additional usage you report

[copper raft]

yeah this makes much more sense.
Thanks a lot.