#tobias-meterd-subs
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- tobias-metered-subs, 6 days ago, 37 messages
storm hedge
Hi, can you add more details here? Are you saying that if you have a tiered pricing, https://stripe.com/docs/products-prices/pricing-models#tiered-pricing where 1-10 usage is priced at $100. Then, if the customer only uses 5, are you asking if the customer will be charged for that usage only? Or, something else?
ashen sand
Im thinking more alomg the lines of, each usage is 10 USD, automatic billing via the threshold property is enabled
You add more and more, no problem. But if the usage is the last reported value. And you go from 10 to 5
Then I wonder what logic will be executed
storm hedge
I see, you'd need to track this on your end accurately, then create the usage, https://stripe.com/docs/api/usage_records/create#usage_record_create-quantity. When you report this usage, and if there more than one usage record with the same timestamp, Stripe adds the quantity values together. In this case, you'd want to accurately report the usage of 5. You can't later update the usage to a lower amount.
ashen sand
But the usage is the last value in the period
storm hedge
What do you mean by this?
ashen sand
aggregate_usage=last_during_period
storm hedge
Can you add more details here? I don't understand what you're specifically asking
ashen sand
If a plan has aggregate_usage=last_during _period and the goes from 10 to 5 usages but it invoiced 10 because of the billing.threshold
That happens next
storm hedge
The way the tiered pricing works is, you report the usage. So you would not want to report a usage of 10 when in fact the customer only used 5, https://stripe.com/docs/products-prices/pricing-models#tiered-pricing. It won't be invoiced for 10 unless you report that usage. If you reported the usage of 10 by mistake, then you'd need to issue a refund/ credit note, https://stripe.com/docs/invoicing/dashboard/credit-note.
ashen sand
So if I report 10 then 5, I would need to get the 10, and calculate a credit-note
If I plan on swapping plans or end a subscription
storm hedge
I think the best approach here for you is not to report inaccurate usage. Only report the usage after it's confirmed.
ashen sand
What if the usage is e.g. 10 USD for renting a hammer for 10 days, but after 5 days you return it, and I want to charge early so I charge 10, but then give back 5.
Here the scenario is that you don't know for sure how many usages it is before the period is over.
Along the same lines, we don't for stripe have an easy way of adding the usage after the period is over.
Because of the draft invoice only being there for an hour after a sub ended.
But you are saying add 1 usage per day, I assume.
storm hedge
That is correct, you can report the usage per day.
ashen sand
Roger. Thanks for the help. I hoped the mechanics would auto generate a credit-note
Per day it is
storm hedge
Your business use case seems a bit unique. As you'd like to charge the customer upfront and then refund any funds back to them. It almost makes me think if what you're looking for us https://stripe.com/docs/payments/place-a-hold-on-a-payment-method. When you create an authorization where funds will be held for you and then days later, you can capture the funds. The above document has more information on the limitations.
With reporting the usage per day, as you scale and become a larger company this won't work. You'll make so many calls each day.
ashen sand
I was thinking I could report the day usage early each day.
storm hedge
That works when you have a small client, but as you grow, that will be hard to scale.