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- ziwen-subs-schedules, 8 hours ago, 24 messages
fast roost
The solution you proposed is feasible.
Another alternative that I can think of is to add a trial to the subscription based on the payment timestamp that has been made: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/billing-cycle#add-a-trial-to-change-the-billing-cycle
For example, if the monthly subscription is created on 1 Jan and customer makes payment on 5 Jan, you can add additional 4 days trial to the subscription, so that the next billing cycle will be on 5 Feb
wild spoke
I see, it is a similar idea, though if the subscription expires and the user goes back to the payment page, we would have to recreate a new subscription (or maybe if a cycle passes without payment) right?
fast roost
ah yes! correct (sorry that my example doesn't consider the expiry)
wild spoke
I'm surprised I couldn't find this question on discord because it feels like a common use case. I wish maybe there was a simpler way for stripe to start subscriptions after the corresponding invoice is paid. Thanks for the advice and confirmation!
fast roost
No problem! Happy to help 😄 Can I suggest you to write in to Support https://support.stripe.com/contact for the feedback, so that we can share with relevant team?