#mortensj99
boreal hound
Can you describe more about your use case?
shell yacht
Yes, I have an online course and want the payment solution to be where people pay for 12 months access and when the 12 months is done it automatically charges every month but a smaller amount
So it's kind of bulk subscription that automatically changes into being monthly afterwards
boreal hound
Ok, got it. If you want to automate the migration from the yearly sub to a monthly sub, look at a schedule: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules
shell yacht
I have to be able to create it so it's a simple purchase
It should not be manually created by me all the time
Can it be created as a product?
boreal hound
Well you'd model your products as Products/Prices and then use them in the subscription, which automates the recurring billing/payments
Simply creating a Product/Price is not enough no
shell yacht
But the payment will be subjective depending on when the 1st purchase happens?
pastel muskBOT
noble bay
Hi! I'm taking over this thread.
Yes if you create a recurring monthly price (for example), and the user buys it on the 15th of the month, then they will pay on the 15th of every month.
shell yacht
So I can use the same link for following examples?
Example 1:
- Purchases 12 months access 27/11/2023
- Monthly billing begins 27/11/2024
Example 2:
- Purchases 12 months access 4/12/2023
- Monthly billing begins 4/12/2024
Both of these people have used the exact same link but at different times. Correct?
noble bay
If the price is the same and the billing period is the same, then sure. And the subscription will start only when users actually pay for the first payment of the subscription.
shell yacht
I don't quite get it
Should I create products or subscriptions for everyone?
Or is it a one time creation and there after everyone can use it no matter when they purchase the program?
noble bay
You create one Product/Price at let's say $20 per month.
Then you create one subscription for each user, and they will each be billed $20 per months. When they will be billed depends on when you create the Subscription.
I recommend testing all of this in test mode to see how it works.
shell yacht
Ok - then I cannot use it
Do you know a tool where it's automated so I don't have to create it for everyone?
noble bay
Create what?
shell yacht
But where it is just a payment link or form that people use?
I don't want to spend time create a subscription for each user
noble bay
You don't! You create one payment link, and then send that link to users. Once they pay, the Subscription will be automatically created.
shell yacht
You just wrote
"Then you create one subscription for each user, and they will each be billed $20 per months. "
noble bay
Well it depends. You can create the Subscription manually if you want, but since you mentionned Payment Link, then it's done automatically for you.