MarceloOlandim | Stripe Developers | Page 1

zinc sailBOT Mar 30, 2023, 8:23 AM

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harsh relic Mar 30, 2023, 8:31 AM

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Hi,
In fact there are multiple way to achieve this, using coupons, subscription schedule... I personally recommend using Subscription Schedule.
When creating a Subscription Schedule you are creating a schedule with 2 phases I assume, first 3 month with 1 pound and 9 months with normal price, right ?

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Now I didn't understand correctly what is the exact issue with that? collecting the customer payment method ?

fierce fulcrum Mar 30, 2023, 8:33 AM

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The problem is that when u create a subscription using scheduler, its status is automatically active, without the user payment

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The user would have to pay the invoice to change the status to active.

harsh relic Mar 30, 2023, 8:41 AM

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You can collect the PaymentMethod from the customer using SetupIntent, then create the scheduler with this PaymentMethod so the invoice is paid.
You can collect the PaymentMethod following this guide:
https://stripe.com/docs/payments/save-and-reuse?platform=web

fierce fulcrum Mar 30, 2023, 8:45 AM

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There is no way to have the subscription scheduler to start inactive and then extract the payment secret from the subscription created ?

harsh relic Mar 30, 2023, 8:54 AM

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No.

fierce fulcrum Mar 30, 2023, 9:10 AM

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If I use the PaymentMethod, what price the user will see on the payment form?

harsh relic Mar 30, 2023, 9:14 AM

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I don't understand you. you mean using SetupIntent ? you show them what the total price of what they want to purchase.

zinc sailBOT Mar 30, 2023, 9:15 AM

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fierce fulcrum Mar 30, 2023, 9:17 AM

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At the moment I using stripeApi.subscriptions.create

I extract the payment secret from the subscription object created by this operation.

So the price to be charged would also be picked by this subscription object.

However with that your approach, the paymentIntent does have any price attached to it, so what to inform the user on the form?

chilly dragon Mar 30, 2023, 9:19 AM

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Hi! I'm taking over this thread.

fierce fulcrum Mar 30, 2023, 9:20 AM

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Thanks Soma

chilly dragon Mar 30, 2023, 9:21 AM

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Are you creating a Subscription or a Subscription Schedule?

fierce fulcrum Mar 30, 2023, 9:21 AM

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I tried both.

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I just want to implement a subscription that is paid annually, but we want to offer the 3 first months for just 1 pound.

chilly dragon Mar 30, 2023, 9:24 AM

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For this you need to use a Subscription Schedule with 2 phases.

fierce fulcrum Mar 30, 2023, 9:26 AM

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I tried this:

const schedule = await stripeApi.subscriptionSchedules.create({
//from_subscription: createdSubscriptionId,
customer: stripeCustomerId,
start_date: 'now',
phases: [
{
items: [{ price: annualStripePriceId, quantity: 1 }],
end_date: getUnixTime(addMonths(new Date(), 3)),
coupon: 'BbdJi0Th',
},
{
items: [{ price: annualStripePriceId, quantity: 1 }],
end_date: getUnixTime(addMonths(new Date(), 9)),
},
],
});

chilly dragon Mar 30, 2023, 9:28 AM

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And what is the issue with this code?

fierce fulcrum Mar 30, 2023, 9:30 AM

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The issue is that in the subscription console:
https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/subscriptions/sub_1MrHYxC6SiKqhq3NCGGi2KPx

These charges are not reflected

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It says the next invoice will be in one year, but what about the second charge that should happen after 3 months?

chilly dragon Mar 30, 2023, 9:33 AM

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The dashboard view might be missleading. To test this you should use Test Clocks: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/testing/test-clocks

fierce fulcrum Mar 30, 2023, 9:35 AM

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Ahh.. thanks.

Quick question.. can I apply a scheduler with phases in a subscription that already exists ?

chilly dragon Mar 30, 2023, 9:36 AM

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Quick question.. can I apply a scheduler with phases in a subscription that already exists ?
True, that's also possible. You can see an example of this here: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules/use-cases#existing-subscription

fierce fulcrum Mar 30, 2023, 9:37 AM

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Just read this in the documentation:

optional
Migrate an existing subscription to be managed by a subscription schedule. If this parameter is set, a subscription schedule will be created using the subscription’s item(s), set to auto-renew using the subscription’s interval. When using this parameter, other parameters (such as phase values) cannot be set. To create a subscription schedule with other modifications, we recommend making two separate API calls.

chilly dragon Mar 30, 2023, 9:44 AM

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Yes, so what's the question?

fierce fulcrum Mar 30, 2023, 9:48 AM

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So, I can't use phases to subscription that already exists ?

chilly dragon Mar 30, 2023, 9:48 AM

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Yes you can.

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It's a two step process:

Create the subscription schedule with the existing subscription
Then edit the subscription schedule

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That's why the text you shared above mention this:

To create a subscription schedule with other modifications, we recommend making two separate API calls.

fierce fulcrum Mar 30, 2023, 9:49 AM

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Ahh. perfect

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Okay.. so.

If I am going to a strategy where I am going to use subscription already paid by a customer and apply different phases, the first phase in my business case (initial payment of 1 pound), that would already by paid , so this 'phase" should not be on the scheduler update right?

chilly dragon Mar 30, 2023, 10:00 AM

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That sounds correct to me. But I recommend doing some tests in test mode with Test Clocks to make sure everything is working as expected.

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