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glad jewelBOT Sep 11, 2023, 9:48 AM

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tawny meadow Sep 11, 2023, 9:49 AM

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Hi there!

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You would listen to webhook events to know when the SetupIntent is successfull. And when it is, you create the Subscripiton from your backend server.

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This event: https://stripe.com/docs/api/events/types#event_types-setup_intent.succeeded

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However note it's simpler to first create the Subscription, which will automatically create the SetupIntent for you.

tulip fox Sep 11, 2023, 9:51 AM

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Thanks. The "issue" with creating the subscription first is that I wouldnt be able to give a trail collecting the paymento info first, right?

tawny meadow Sep 11, 2023, 9:52 AM

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Yes. When you create a Subscription with a trial, it contains a pending_setup_intent that you can use to collect payme upfront: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/object?lang=dotnet#subscription_object-pending_setup_intent

tulip fox Sep 11, 2023, 9:59 AM

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Ok, so which approach you suggest then? If I want to start the trail ONLY with payment info?

tawny meadow Sep 11, 2023, 10:01 AM

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If you create a subscription with a trial, it will start immediately whether you have payment info or not.
So you have two options:

First create the subscription, but then cancel it if you don't get the payment details within X minutes
Or first create the SetupIntent and then start the Subscriptions

tulip fox Sep 11, 2023, 10:08 AM

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I think creating the intent first and then start the subscription makes more sense. Thanks.

As a side not, I find it very strange that's not an option! Would be nice to have a flag to indicate to start the trail only after we have the payment info, since almost the norm any subscrition service

tawny meadow Sep 11, 2023, 10:09 AM

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If you use Checkout Session to create the Subscription, then that's how it works.

tulip fox Sep 11, 2023, 10:10 AM

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ah

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There are so many ways of doing things 😅
So how would that work?
Create a checkout session with the subscrition as item, and then use the returned payment_intent ?

tawny meadow Sep 11, 2023, 10:15 AM

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No, it's much simpler

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Create a Checkout Session in subscripiton mode, redirect users to the Checkout Session url and... that's it.

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You can learn more about this here: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/build-subscriptions

Build a subscriptions integration

Create and manage subscriptions to accept recurring payments.

tulip fox Sep 11, 2023, 10:17 AM

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mmh I think App store wasn't happy about that

tawny meadow Sep 11, 2023, 10:18 AM

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This has nothing to do with using Checkout Session or not.

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But yes, if you are making a native application, you need to follow Apple guidelines.

tulip fox Sep 11, 2023, 10:26 AM

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I'm so confused my everything, sorry, first time trying to implement payments.

I have a website (and soon app) in which you can buy a premium subscription to unlock extra functionality.
In the website I'm using stripe, and it's all good.

In the app I should avoid stripe and use Apple's payment system then?

glad jewelBOT Sep 11, 2023, 10:26 AM

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burnt zenith Sep 11, 2023, 10:28 AM

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That depends on what exactly the product you offer is. "extra functionality" sounds like something that Apple/Google will require you to use their own In-App-Purchase APIs for yes, and not payment processors like Stripe.
https://stripe.com/docs/apple-pay?platform=ios#using-stripe-and-apple-pay-versus-in-app-purchases:~:text=Apple’s developer terms require their In-App Purchase API be used for digital “content%2C functionality%2C or services%2C” such as premium content for your app or subscriptions for digital content. Payments made using the In-App Purchase API are processed by Apple and subject to their transaction fees.

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