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vapid knot
Subscriptions are how you charge recurring payments with Stripe so that definitely makes sense there. Can you tell me more about what you mean by the one shot deposit?
worn vapor
Hi Pompey. The deposit is a one-time payment to be made immediately and ahead of the upcoming recurrent payments.
vapid knot
Is this an extra one time fee along with the first payment in the subscription, or is this just a one time fee and then a subscription starts at a later date?
worn vapor
A one time fee and then a subscription starts at a later date
vapid knot
Gotcha, in that case you can do a one time invoice payment or a payment intent payment and then use a subscription schedule to schedule when the subscription should actually start
worn vapor
In such a scenario, is there a Stripe object that can manage/aggregate both the one-time payment AND the subscription?
vapid knot
Not really unfortunately. You can add one time fees to the first subscription payment, but when the payment is being made before the subscription even exists there isn't a single object
That being said, all of these payments will be assosciated with the same Customer object. So you could list payments assosciated with the Customer
worn vapor
Could I generate a single annual invoice that would contain that one-time payment along with the recurrent payments during that year span?
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vapid knot
Yes, an annual subscription can have one time charges added to it.
Can you give me a simple specific scenario of what you want this to look like? Like the user signs up on their page and then what is the one time fee, what is the annual fee, and when do you want them to pay each?
worn vapor
Well, it's rather a one-time fee (for e.g. $6) followed by monthly payments of $3
Furthermore, if the customer would modify her subscription during the year (for e.g. changing from the plain vanilla to the deluxe edition), I would expect another invoice to be issued.
bright wren
Hi there 👋 taking over, as my colleague needs to step away
Let's start over. You've mentioned a lot of different billing model concepts at this point. Can you unify all of them into one concise summary? I still have no idea what you're trying to do
worn vapor
We're selling a service requiring a one-time fee ($6) changed immediately to followed by monthly payments ($3) starting on the 1st of the next month. Along this, we're sending an annual invoice comprised of the one-time fee and the monthlies in that year span. The one-time fee happens only in the first year of subscription.
bright wren
You should look into Subscription Schedules: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules
worn vapor
But do you agree with what Pompey said: A one-time fee made before the recurrent payments cannot be included in the Subscription object?
bright wren
Yes
worn vapor
Also, can you confirm if an Invoice could be automatically issued each year and that would include the recurrent payments for that year span along with the one-time fee (if we're in the first year)?
bright wren
If you read the docs on Subscription Schedules and implement it, yes