#Gabelbart
tiny zealot
Hi there!
We want to be able to add new items to an active subscription without changing the billing anchor
Yes that's possible
and have the user only pay the prorated costs for the new items on the current period.
Can you clarify what that means with a concrete example?
near pebble
Lets say I have a primary license (100€; interval 1y) im 6 months into the current period and want to add an extension license (50€; interval 1y). => In this case i would expect to pay only 25€ for the extension license.
idle baneBOT
near pebble
More complicated but also possible: I change my primary licesnse A (100€/y) to primary license B (200€/y) and drop my extension license (50€/y) while doing so (again 6 months into the current period). I would expect to pay 25€ (50€ for the upgrade - 25€ for the dropped license). 😅 i hope i did the maths right....
mint bramble
👋 stepping in
near pebble
hi @mint bramble
mint bramble
Do you want to charge the customer immediately at time of update or when the normal billing cycle ends?
near pebble
Do you want to charge the customer immediately at time of update or when the nor...
I'd say both options would be ok and as far as i understand both are possible. I think my client could accept both options but would prefer immediate payments.
mint bramble
Gotcha
So with immediate payment you basically will reset the billing cycle anchor
So if it is yearly then the following invoice will be one year from the update as opposed to in 6 months (with your example)
All of this is controlled by what proration_behavior you use when you call the update Subscription endpoint
near pebble
So with immediate payment you basically will reset the billing cycle anchor
Good to know, that's something we would like to prevent!
mint bramble
near pebble
So always_invoice would reset the billing anchor but create_prorations would not and instead postpone payments until the next interval/period? What about none would it prevent any prorations giving the customer a 'free' upgrade for 1/2y?
mint bramble
Yep exactly
And all of these are dependent on the update being with a Price on the same billing interval of the previous Price
Otherwise the billing cycle is reset immediately
ie if you go yearly --> monthly
near pebble
Ok, we will not allow to change the interval, just change the product or add/remove products
Thank you for your help. Its always a pleasure to work with you guys. I once was scared about processing payments but stripe took away my pain!
mint bramble
Happy to help!
near pebble
Have a good day!