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surreal loomBOT Oct 18, 2023, 2:16 AM

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sturdy mauve Oct 18, 2023, 2:16 AM

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hello! can you share an example subscription id?

violet mural Oct 18, 2023, 2:17 AM

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yes sec

sturdy mauve Oct 18, 2023, 2:25 AM

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no easy way to do so in Stripe unfortunately. It's possible, but would require you to implement your own code/logic to update certain parameters

violet mural Oct 18, 2023, 2:26 AM

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Yeah that is fine, I am trying to determine this dynamically, so I can apply it for multiple subscriptions

sturdy mauve Oct 18, 2023, 2:28 AM

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one idea that comes to mind is to set the number of payments on the Subscription via metadata when the Subscription is first created

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subsequently for every invoice.paid event for that subscription, you would update the metadata to reflect the remaining payments

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in case you haven't seen this yet, you can use test clocks to mimic the passing of time : https://stripe.com/docs/billing/testing/test-clocks

Test your integration with test clocks

Learn how to move Billing objects through time in test mode.

violet mural Oct 18, 2023, 2:29 AM

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And just to confirm, so Stripe doesn't save the initial number of predestined payments from clickFunnels?

Does that mean before each invoice stripe pulls from clickfunnels that number? And then it determines if there is a next payment?

sturdy mauve Oct 18, 2023, 2:30 AM

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And just to confirm, so Stripe doesn't save the initial number of predestined payments from clickFunnels?

no, we don't. Based off the Subscription id you provided, there's nothing there that indicates the initial number of payments

violet mural Oct 18, 2023, 2:31 AM

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Thank you for explaining that! So how does stripe then determine when to stop the next invoice? It must determine it somehow

sturdy mauve Oct 18, 2023, 2:36 AM

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clickfunnels is likely tracking and sending a request to cancel the Subscription when the time comes

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but that's just a guess from my end

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ultimately, we wouldn't know how clickfunnels work. You may want to reach out to them to see if they can shed more light on how they go about it

violet mural Oct 18, 2023, 2:38 AM

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I really appreciate you taking on my question Alex!

And yup I initially asked Clickfunnels but they told me to ask Stripe instead sorry!

sturdy mauve Oct 18, 2023, 2:39 AM

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if you have a subscription that was cancelled when the payments were completed, i can take a look at that too

violet mural Oct 18, 2023, 2:41 AM

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I was going over the doc you sent btw, it says this:

" For the Subscription schedule, define the start and end date for the subscription and when to start the billing cycle."

So I am the stripe subscription initiated on clickfunnels doesn't create a schedule?

sturdy mauve Oct 18, 2023, 2:42 AM

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yep, it doesn't create a schedule

violet mural Oct 18, 2023, 2:45 AM

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sturdy mauve if you have a subscription that was cancelled when the payments were completed, ...

Thankfully, that is not an issue currently. I was just hoping stripe would have something in the api where I could determine the remaining number of payments for a subscription

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Thank you for letting me know about using the Metadata to determine it, I will look into it.

I really appreciate you explaining everything, I was trying to find something in the api for this. But couldn't find anything

sturdy mauve Oct 18, 2023, 2:49 AM

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just to clarify, is it that you want to end the subscription after a certain number of payments?

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and clickfunnels doesn't currently provide that functionality so you're trying to implement that?

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if that's the case, that you can create a Subscription Schedule from an existing Subscription

violet mural Oct 18, 2023, 2:55 AM

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No worries I can explain! On that initial clickfunnels doc I sent. It explains what I am doing. Which is basically how to sell a subscription stripe product.

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During the process I set a predetermined number of payments. After that number is reached the customer is no longer billed for that product and they keep it.

So yes clickfunnels currently provides that functionality. So I am trying to figure out how this process is handled at stripe's end.

Since stripe will stop billing after that x number of payments

sturdy mauve Oct 18, 2023, 2:59 AM

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do you have a subscription whereby a customer has already paid for all their payments?

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if you can share a subscription id, i can take a look at what happens

violet mural Oct 18, 2023, 3:01 AM

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Will you be available tomorrow? I am not sure how long it will take to find a subscription where that is the case

sturdy mauve Oct 18, 2023, 3:03 AM

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you can come back tomorrow and post your question in the main channel again, someone else will be around to help

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