greends

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• greends-metered-subs, 3 days ago, 12 messages
• greends, 4 days ago, 8 messages

[hollow ether]

In our API, Price objects cannot be updated. To update the price on existing subscriptions you will want to create a new price and then update the existing subscriptions that use that price one-by-one

[feral thicket]

for each person in the list of 976 subs *hypothetically.
1- but shouldn't I ask for some sort of permission, or shouldn't the system warn that what they're going to be charged will be different next month?

2- is there a tutorial on that?

I'll update the duration to 1 cycle I guess

or the next cycle

[hollow ether]

1. Stripe does not automatically send out an email here, to do this you would want to send out your own email to notify users about the upcoming price increase

This doc shows how to change subscription prices immediately
https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/upgrade-downgrade
This doc shows how to schedule a subscription price change
https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules/use-cases

[feral thicket]

then add the new updated sub model

I'm reading ok

thank you

[hollow ether]

That would be more like the second doc https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules/use-cases#upgrading-subscriptions

[feral thicket]

thanks a lot. have a nice day

[feral thicket]

hmmm... so if the users don't act, they will be charged with the upgraded pricing model automatically for the upcoming billing cycles (after I upgrad their subscriptions)
Email:

sorry, prices have increased this much,
if you don't agree please unsubscribe

I'm just trying to understand how I will have to handle the situation in the future

[hollow ether]

Unfortunately I can only really consult on this from a coding perspective. If you reach out to our support team they may be able to advise you on how services typically inform their subscribers about a price increase and if there are regulations around it or something https://support.stripe.com/?contact=true

[feral thicket]

I can do the coding and the emailing...
I'm just confused about what protects the subscribers from price hikes every now and then... I mean, who's watching against the prices jumps? there needs to be some sort of checks and balances against abuse

this is too naively trust based

[hollow ether]

Unfortunately I can only consult on the coding aspect, I don't know much about how to handle price increases from a business perspective. If you reach out to our support team they may be able to speak more to this