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serene owlBOT Jun 17, 2024, 11:10 PM

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shy gust Jun 17, 2024, 11:14 PM

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Stripe doesn't support zero-dollar usage units, so you might want to look into creating a free-trial for the first 500gb: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/usage-based/pricing-models#trials

Model usage-based pricing

Create your usage-based pricing model with Stripe Billing

wicked obsidian Jun 17, 2024, 11:14 PM

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but they are going to get 500gb every month

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for free

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free trial would point to a 1 time thing right?

shy gust Jun 17, 2024, 11:16 PM

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Ah, okay. That changes things. You'll most likely need to track the first 500gb on your own and then only report usage when the usage exceeds 500gb

wicked obsidian Jun 17, 2024, 11:17 PM

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so odd

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why wouldnt it let me do a free tier?

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like i can do a .01 fixed price

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like this works

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but now my customer will get .01 line item on invoice

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oh

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even funnier

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i cant create it with 0

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but update works

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i wonder if it will work now

shy gust Jun 17, 2024, 11:21 PM

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Huh....

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So does it work as you were expecting?

wicked obsidian Jun 17, 2024, 11:22 PM

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i mean

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like u said

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the creation screen didnt let me do it

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so thats why i reached out

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but now the edit screen does

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i havent tried posting usage to see what happens

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but seems like an issue with stripes validation

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like this is either allowed or not allowed

shy gust Jun 17, 2024, 11:25 PM

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I don't have a lot of context on Dashboard functionality. I thought you were talking about using the API

wicked obsidian Jun 17, 2024, 11:30 PM

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nope i was using the dashboard

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it didnt let me do a price creation with 0$ tier

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but i could do a .01 flat amount on creation to get past validation

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and then on edit of price it let me

shy gust Jun 17, 2024, 11:31 PM

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gotcha. We can't really assist with Dashboard workflows here. Let us know if you decide to integrate with the API

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