#rodan28
strong trail
mellow iron
Hi, I want to set up pay as you go subscription and I managed to configure this, but I also want to user give free usage, for example I want give 100 free items, and I want to bill after this. Is it possible with stripe? I want to give free items only in first month (or general 100 free and bill after that). Could you help me?
dusky bay
yes sure
mellow iron
I want to try this with trial period, but if register 99 items, and next I add 150 and I end trial period, I will bill customer after 249, but I want bill since 101 items (after 100 item free)
dusky bay
I think the best way to achieve that is to use negative invoice items https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/coupons?dashboard-or-api=api#alternative
mellow iron
but this is possible only at the end billing period?
I cannot do this at the begining? I am a little worried that user cannot see this free items at the begining in the manage dashboard
dusky bay
but this is possible only at the end billing period?
I cannot do this at the be...
this is a postpaid subscription so you can't really know in advance how many units is the customer going to use
mellow iron
is it possible to send negative invoice items at the begining? or I need draft invoice?
dusky bay
if you're creating the subscription you can use add_invoice_items which will only apply on the first invoice
yes that's possible
mellow iron
I am tring to create negative invoice item, but docs say that quantity cannot be negative, so how can I create it?
dusky bay
it's not the quantity that needs to be negative it's the amount if I'm not mistaken
mellow iron
so if user has 150 items for 1$ per item, I cannot do -100 items, I have to make -100$? 😦