jachen-subs-sendinvoice

[distant cosmos]

Hello! I think your best option would be to set pause_collection.behavior: keep_as_draft on the Subscription (https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/update#update_subscription-pause_collection-behavior) , which you can read more about here (https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/pause#collect-payment-later)

[zinc sphinx]

yes i did see that option. but if a sub is in draft mode, would that still send the customer an email notification or invoice?

[distant cosmos]

Ah, that's a good point - it woulnd't send the email notification

You'd have to finalize + use the "Send Invoice" API to do that

[zinc sphinx]

gotcha, but if i were to finalize and send invoice, in a subscription wouldn't that still automatically charge the cc? The other option i was looking at was to raise the billing threshold. So for example, if the monthly bill is $1000, and i set the billing threshold to 1200, every month the invoice would be finalized, and notifications would be sent, but their cc wouldn't be charged. Does that sound right?

[distant cosmos]

Oh! Actually I had an alternative idea - you could create the Subcsription with collection_method: send_invoice (https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-collection_method) and then turn off the stripe-hosted payment page through the dashboard (https://dashboard.stripe.com/settings/billing/invoice?tab=general)

[zinc sphinx]

ah i think this is what i was looking for. thanks @distant cosmos !

[distant cosmos]

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