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sullen vortex
I want to create an annual pricing model where I have the client pay a flat rate for x units,
Then I want to charge them per y units after
limit resets monthly
This works with the monthly volume/graduated pricing
but I'm at a loss for yearly
last tartan
Yeah this is a bit tricky for annual
My recommendation would be to just add a one-time invoice item each year and just use the same monthly Pricing
last tartan
So you want to charge a flat fee per year
But then charge a volume amount per month, correct?
sullen vortex
I thought of doing this
so I figured maybe I can do this and report extra usage every month
so they pay annual and I keep billing every month for over-use
last tartan
Not sure what you mean by that exactly
How do you plan to bill monthly if you are using an annual cycle?
sullen vortex
well if I reported extra usage to be charged additional
when would the client be billed for this?
next year?
sullen vortex
hmm
last tartan
So instead you can do this: Use a Subscription Schedule where you use a monthly Price and a one-time Price but each 12 iterations (when you move to the next phase) you re-add the one-time Price
last tartan
No can't do voice chat. Are you familiar with the Subscription Schedules API?
last tartan
Oh
sullen vortex
I create prices on the dashboard then plug the IDs in
to create checkout sessions and so on
last tartan
Ah okay well then what you want here isn't really possible since you can't combine an annual and monthly price. The only way to do what you want would be to use two Prices in the Dashboard (one that is just a one-time Price meaning you charge once and then one recurring Price for your monthly charge) and then you would have to go in each year and manually add the one-time Price again to charge the yearly fee.
Which doesn't really scale.
You mostly need to use the API to handle the use-case you are looking for.