Scottie Steph

[brisk thorn]

Going to put your second message here:

I may have found my answer: Create free trials without collecting payment method

You can sign customers up for a free trial of a subscription without collecting their payment details in the Dashboard, the API, and Checkout. When you create the subscription, you can specify whether to cancel or pause the subscription if the customer didn’t provide a payment method during the trial period. To cancel or pause the subscription, set the trial_settings.end_behavior.missing_payment_method parameter when you create or update the subscription:

Cancel subscription-If the free trial subscription ends without a payment method, it cancels immediately. You can create another subscription if the customer decides to subscribe to a paid plan in the future. Set missing_payment_method=cancel to cancel the subscription when it reaches the end of a trial without an available payment method.
Pause subscription-If the free trial subscription ends without a payment method, it pauses and doesn’t cycle until it’s resumed. When a subscription is paused, it doesn’t generate invoices (unlike when a subscription’s payment collection is paused). When your customer adds their payment method after the subscription has paused, you can resume the same subscription. The subscription can remain paused indefinitely. Set missing_payment_method=pause to pause the subscription when it reaches the end of a trial without an available payment method.

Yep that sounds like a solution to me. Do you have any questions about either of those settings?

[ripe dagger]

Nope! RTFM, I guess 🙂