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rare pike
Hi
Here is what we want to achieve with our recurring revenue model while using stripe.
As an agency, we will bill each client depending on how many monthly orders they have in their ecommerce store.
When they get to our agency website, they will see 3 options with different pricing.
0-500 orders --- $99month + 1% of sales
500-1500 orders --- $249 + 1% of sales
1500-3000 orders --- $500 + 1% of sales
Here's the thing I am not sure about since we will have to do manual billing, it got too complicated with coding and the developers from stripe partner page did not really answer about this or help out.
A client that had 0-500 orders in prior month could sign up for $99 plan on 1 January, however, since we take 1% of the client's sales, we can not know how much that is before the next 30 days and therefore can not bill the 1% of sales in January 1, this would mean that on February 1 (1 month later), the client would get billed again for the $99 (if they stayed within 0-500 orders) and they should get billed on 1% of their sales from January month. Let's say they had $1000 in sales for January, that would be $10 charge for their sales and a $99 base fee which is $109 total recurring payment they should receive.
There is nothing we find that can automate this process without going into developing, API and coding. Doing this manually is achievable but we would need your guidance and hopefully automate this process. The software we work inside has an API.
Is this clear for you? If not, please reply back with your questions.
Since we will be managing a decent amount of clients, it will take some time to do all the recurring billing manually. Could you please help us here what our best option would be and how we could operate this recurring revenue model through stripe.
Thanks
lavish sparrow
There's not a way to automate this without writing code
Also, can I get your account ID? Starts with acct_
rare pike
I currently don’t have an account but was on my way creating one
Writing code okey, is this something we can get help with if we start using stripe?
lavish sparrow
You'd need to hire a developer help you. We only assist devs (ie people with coding + computer science background)
If the dev you hire needs help with stripe, they can come in here
rare pike
I tried reaching out to developers from stripe partners but only 2/10 answered and 1 say they maybe could help.
Can you help me with who can help regarding this?
lavish sparrow
Not sure. We just help devs with api questions. I recommend continuing to try to reach out through one of the services recommended on the partners page
rare pike
Is this a process that could have been done manually up to a certain amount?
lavish sparrow
Not sure because we're not really dashboard experts in here, but I don't think so
You'd need to implement a usage based pricing integration via the api: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/usage-based/pricing-models
rare pike
Why do you think stripe support sent me here when I sent them the same question?
rare pike
Where should I be sent to get the right help?
lavish sparrow
You need to hire a dev
rare pike
You may know someone that can help us achieve this after working in this industry for a while? I think i’m not the first one who need help with this
lavish sparrow
I can't recommend anyone specific. You'll need to hire someone externally
The partners page has several resources, but I really can't help further
rare pike
Okey, was my first question good or is there anything you recommend me to change so the devs understand better what needs to be done? I am totally new to this