#kurtis_00117
raven olive
robust echo
IIRC if the payment would be less than $.50 USD, we roll it over to the next month (and so on until the charge would be higher than $.50 USD)
If you set up a metered price with no flat price in test mode it should be able to simulate that properly
ripe aspen
Okay, so I have 4 pricing plans, one is free, others are say £50 / £100 / £350. They are all metered billing. If a customer on free plan does one action it costs £2 each time
But naturally want to get their payment details upfront to bill for later on, and have them on a subscription in case they want to upgrade/downgrade
If a user signs up for free, and doesn't use their account, would your suggestion mean they would accrue a bill over time?
Also, cool avatar
robust echo
You can still collect billing info upfront, subscriptions will create a SetupIntent if there is initially nothing to charge for. Or you can even create your own SetupIntent and not create the subscription at all until after they have given you a valid payment method https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/object#subscription_object-pending_setup_intent
If the price is $0 and nothing is added unless they use your server, I think we would just create a bunch of $0 invoices and they wouldn't be charged anything
ripe aspen
Okay, could this be achieved through your on-site plugin, or would it need to be custom? We currently have a custom one in place but was considering moving to your on-site platform as it's very good
robust echo
What plugin are you talking about specifically? Not immediately sure which plugin that might be
ripe aspen
Just your payment gateway
Like, the thing where you can take customers to stripe, use your payment form, then bring them back to ours
At the moment we have it all done via ruby gem but would like to move some of it to you as your payment system is faultless, whereas ours is another thing to maintain, and can't match your system regardless
robust echo
If you are using Checkout or Payment Links APIs have settings for that. If you are using a plugin that creates those for you, you will need to check with the plugin's developer. Stripe actually doesn't directly develop the plugins for WordPress, often plugins like that will be developed be the platform themselves (like WordPress) even though they sometimes list us as the author.
https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-payment_method_collection
https://stripe.com/docs/api/payment_links/payment_links/create#create_payment_link-payment_method_collection
ripe aspen
Yeah, that's it.
Just your pre-built checkouts basically
Like the stripe-hosted page or embedded form
Do they have the ability to do a free subscription then set up usage billing?
robust echo
Yes, you can have a free trial or just use a $0 recurring price