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frank tundra
Gotcha. Yeah you actually want to set the billing_cycle_anchor to achieve this: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-billing_cycle_anchor (ie. Jan 1 2024)
nocturne nymph
so billing_cycle_anchor needs to be a future timestamp, so I can set it to Jan 1, 2024, but won't that mean the customer will not be billed until then?
would I just separately send them an invoice for the 2023 year?
frank tundra
No need for that. Let me get clarification on one thing though. You don't want to charge them a prorate amount for the first year? You want to charge them for the whole year even if they don't start until march 24th?
nocturne nymph
yes
it's a situation where the customer has been using the product, but the contract negotiations have dragged on 🤦♂️
frank tundra
Got it. i think you can just set both backdate_start_date and billing_cycle_anchor
And pass proration behavior as none: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-proration_behavior
Recommend trying it out in test mode
nocturne nymph
okay I'll give it a try on test and see how it goes!