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red rune
no, i have not tried
hushed quail
I recommend trying to confirm but I do not think you can.
red rune
Yea, maybe. This is what AI says:
If you create a promotion code (PromotionCode) that is associated with a Coupon for a fixed amount (let's say $20) and then a customer applies this promotion code to a product that costs less than the coupon amount (let's say $15):
- Stripe would apply the promo code to the order, reducing the order total to $0.
- The remaining amount ($5 in this case) would not carry over to any future purchases. In most configurations, the extra value is lost or "absorbed".
As for the reusability of the promo code: by default, a promotion code can be used multiple times unless explicitly configured otherwise during its creation. However, if the code was for a discount of a specific amount (like our $20 example), each subsequent usage would still only discount by the same $20; it does not remember or consider any leftover amount from a previous transaction.
If you want to make a code that can hold a value and be used across multiple purchases, Stripe doesn't support this out of the box. You would need to build your own system to track the initial value, decrease it every time it's used, and handle cases when the remaining value is less than the product price.
hushed quail
You can also leverage credit notes, https://stripe.com/docs/invoicing/dashboard/credit-notes if you want to have the remaining amount from the promotion to decrease the amount owed on the next invoice.
You'd need to track the amount on your end, and create a credit note.
red rune
Wow interesting, never heard of that before
how does someone go about redeeming a promo code? Is it like a pre-paid card that you can refilll?
hushed quail
I do not know what you mean by 'how does someone go about redeeming a promo code? Is it like a pre-paid card that you can refilll?'
Are you referring to the Credit notes?
hushed quail
Are you referring to authorizing a card, and the charging an amount later?
If so, you're looking for https://stripe.com/docs/payments/place-a-hold-on-a-payment-method.
It's not directly related to the above questions though
hushed quail
Are you asking if we take prepaid cards?
red rune
if i can make one using your api somehow
and give it to people to use and fill back up again
hushed quail
ahh, you might be referring to this, https://stripe.com/issuing and https://stripe.com/docs/issuing.
red rune
oh yea, i think i tried that before but i wanted to do something like gift cards and it didn't quite work out how i envisioned
red rune
so i used promo codes instead that others could give to people
hushed quail
In this case, I think Credit notes would be best then
red rune
ok cool thanks