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formal belfry Jul 12, 2024, 4:59 PM

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on event details it says it bills on jan 1

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on upcoming invoice it says it will be billed on dec 1

harsh dock Jul 12, 2024, 5:02 PM

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formal belfry Jul 12, 2024, 5:02 PM

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in short, what i need is to the the bill monthly starting to bet set at api level

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Which field in the create subscription schedule object is equivalent to the "bill monthly starting" timestamp field at the dashboard?

harsh dock Jul 12, 2024, 5:06 PM

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That's the billing cycle anchor

balmy lionBOT Jul 12, 2024, 5:14 PM

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formal belfry Jul 12, 2024, 5:39 PM

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i want to set a specific day

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which param in the subscriptionSchedule.create api is the equivalent in timestamp format to this field in the dashboard?

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glacial meteor Jul 12, 2024, 5:42 PM

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Hi 👋

I'm stepping in as my colleague needs to go

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You said you are using the Subscription Schedule, right?

formal belfry Jul 12, 2024, 5:43 PM

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Hi

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yeah, i was told to

glacial meteor Jul 12, 2024, 5:47 PM

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And your goal is to start a subscription in the future? Or set the billing cycle anchor to the first of the month?

formal belfry Jul 12, 2024, 5:49 PM

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both

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duration is defined by start_date

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"bill month starting" is defined by which field in the subscriptionSchedule.create api

glacial meteor Jul 12, 2024, 5:57 PM

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Sorry can you be more clear? When you say "both" do you mean you want a Customer to be able to sign up now for a Subscription that will start in the future, as in the first of the next month?

formal belfry Jul 12, 2024, 6:07 PM

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I want the duration to start on dec 1 and the first billing to be on jan 1

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those fields are manageable through the ui on "Duration" and "Bill monthly starting"

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i want to set them using the subscriptionSchedule.create api

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but it's quite confusing since

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it says "bills on jan 1"

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an then it says "will be billed on dec 1"

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in short, the sub will start on dec 1, the first bill will be on jan 1

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next month, basically

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from the next year in this case

glacial meteor Jul 12, 2024, 6:11 PM

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The duration is a period of time, not a specific date, so I find your wording confusing here. I think there is also confusion with the way our recurring prices work as well.

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Most of our recurring price models bill users up front.

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It sounds like you are looking for a model that bills in arrears or at the end of the cycle

formal belfry Jul 12, 2024, 6:13 PM

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this is how it is

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this is how i want it to be

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just tell me which field does this

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in the api

glacial meteor Jul 12, 2024, 6:15 PM

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Sorry those pictures don't help me much. Have you created any test subscriptions that behave how you want? If so, can you share the IDs?

formal belfry Jul 12, 2024, 6:15 PM

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no i haven't

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not through the api

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sub_sched_1PbSuVAYpd6nUFB4dQYO0Ugi

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but manually

formal belfry Jul 12, 2024, 6:17 PM

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glacial meteor Sorry those pictures don't help me much. Have you created any test subscription...

i don't get it, there's a field that can be manually changed in the ui, i want to change that with the api

glacial meteor Jul 12, 2024, 6:19 PM

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It's not like there is a 1 to 1 mapping between options the Dashboard and the API. In some cases there are number of custom methods built into the Dashboard to make it behave the way it does. That is why I'm trying to review your actual subscription schedule and ignoring your screenshots

formal belfry Jul 12, 2024, 6:22 PM

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seems like there's a field called initial_billing_cycle_anchor in the body of the update requests of that sub in the logs session

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can it be set through the api?

glacial meteor Jul 12, 2024, 6:23 PM

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I still think you are a ways away from achieving what you want.

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I'm looking at the price associated with the schedule you shared

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Okay well the good news is this is a metered price

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https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/usage-based/implementation-guide?dashboard-or-api=api#create-pricing-model

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and that does bill at the end of the cycle

formal belfry Jul 12, 2024, 6:26 PM

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yeah, so the usage will be calculated from the starting point up until the billing date

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the starting point is set, i need to set the billing date

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the starting point will be 3 months from now, the billing date needs to be 4 months from now

glacial meteor Jul 12, 2024, 6:27 PM

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The billing date is determined by the combination of the Subscription start date and the billing interval.

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In your case the interval is "month" so the billing date occurs at the end of a monthly cycle

formal belfry Jul 12, 2024, 6:28 PM

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right, but

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i have set the start date to be dec 1

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the billing date on the ui is also dec 1

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except when it says it is jan 1

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quite confusing

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starts: dec 1

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next invoice: dec 1

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bills on: jan 1

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will be billed: dec 1

glacial meteor Jul 12, 2024, 6:32 PM

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This the dashboard. This isn't something we know a whole lot about here. I recommend you actually create all of this in Test mode and use our Test Clocks to simulate time advancing. This will let you test out this behavior.
https://docs.stripe.com/billing/testing/test-clocks

In this case I think the part about billing on Dec 1 is wrong but I recommend you test it yourself.

formal belfry Jul 12, 2024, 6:34 PM

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Is there anyone i can talk to about this issue?

glacial meteor Jul 12, 2024, 6:34 PM

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You are

formal belfry Jul 12, 2024, 6:35 PM

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Cause coming up to my boss and telling him to just ignore what the ui says and trust my test isn't gonna work

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So i need to know exactly what all those dates in the ui mean

glacial meteor Jul 12, 2024, 6:36 PM

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And my advice to you is to build your entire subscription flow in Test mode and run through it end to end, checking when each event occurs exactly.

formal belfry Jul 12, 2024, 6:41 PM

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Ok. Is there anyone i can talk to about this issue in the ui? Like, what each date is supposed to mean, cause even if it works the way i intend for this specific case, it still confuses me if i need to change something in the future

glacial meteor Jul 12, 2024, 6:43 PM

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For that you would need to reach out to Support. They have much more expertise on the Dashboard UI components. And it's a good way to raise feedback about changes you would like to make it less confusing.

https://support.stripe.com/contact

formal belfry Jul 12, 2024, 6:45 PM

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Ok thank you, sorry to be a bother but my boss won't accept something that 'works on tests i made'

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Last time i talked to support they literally lied about being able to support the billing portal on iframes :/ so not the best experience, but thanks

glacial meteor Jul 12, 2024, 6:46 PM

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Yeah, I can understand that. And I'm sorry you go incorrect information about the billing portal!

formal belfry Jul 12, 2024, 6:46 PM

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Thank you, bye

glacial meteor Jul 12, 2024, 6:47 PM

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I hope it helps 👋

balmy lionBOT Jul 12, 2024, 6:47 PM

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