#zelda.zonk
shadow turret
Sure a couple of way to do that
You can use a coupon that last for 3 months, giving a discount
Or you can use a subscription schedule, which i suggest:
So you can have 3mo at the 25/mo price, then 9mo at the 30/mo price, and at the end you can either have it cancel or continue on the last price used
fluid barn
yeah i cant use stripe coupons as im using payment elements and need coupon codes for both one-time payments and subscriptions. which means creating my own coupon system within my laravel app. and since i cant update stripe coupon redemption count or limit, i cant reconcile when a coupon is used, therefore cant use stripe coupons 😦
shadow turret
That's fine, i think subscription schedules are better for this anyways
fluid barn
so using Subscription schedules may be the only way to discount a subscription for a set amount for a set number of months.
shadow turret
Yep, if coupons is off the table i'd say so
fluid barn
its really odd how i can use coupns for one-time payments in stripe Checkout but not via api when using payment Elements, why is that?
shadow turret
Because its not supported via payment intents, this is a low-level api where you control the payment amount
fluid barn
it woud be good though to control payment amount while still passing in coupon code to let stripe know so times_redeemed is incremented.
that way i dont have to create an entire coupon system in laravel 🙂
hybrid lodgeBOT
shadow turret
Yep, its feedback we're heard but not something I expect we'll offer any time soon, though other in-development integration options might meet your needs
fluid barn
"other in-development integration option" what are these?
shadow turret
Just other things we're building that might meet some of these needs, nothing to share publicly yet except that we're aware of use cases like this, wanting to offer copons in custom integration etc
And we've got some things cooking
fluid barn
ah ok, good to hear its being looked at, as its been a super difficult implementation because of this limitation
thanks for your help
shadow turret
NP!
fluid barn
is there a way to add a line item of something on a subscription invoice that would detail the discount (manual discount since im not using stripe coupons) like a text field for example ?
or note?
topaz berry
Good question, checking in to what your options are there...
Unfortunatley not finding an especially solid way to do that. It looks like there isn't a way to add a subscription item like that to the invoice via schedules. You can set a description that will show up on the invoice though which may help signal what is happening though I have not tested it to see what it would look like on the final invoice.https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscription_schedules/object#subscription_schedule_object-phases-description
fluid barn
phases.description might work