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odd peakBOT Jul 31, 2024, 11:33 PM

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warm cypress Jul 31, 2024, 11:35 PM

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You can either create a trial to make up for the time between now and the future billing cycle date, or you can use Subscription Schedules where phase[0] is an unpaid period

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Subscriptions Schedules is the recommended path for your use-case though, since it sounds like you have complicated billing intervals

gritty iris Jul 31, 2024, 11:36 PM

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The only complication is that I want the invoices to be issued on the 2nd of the month

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So it's a single subscription lasting Aug 20 -> June 10th; but I want the anchors to be on the 2nd on the month

warm cypress Jul 31, 2024, 11:37 PM

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Yes, but the payment on August 30th complicates that

gritty iris Jul 31, 2024, 11:37 PM

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and the first and last month to be prorated

warm cypress Jul 31, 2024, 11:37 PM

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I would still recommend Subscription Schedules to be honest

gritty iris Jul 31, 2024, 11:38 PM

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Why would there be a payment on August 30th? You mean Sept 2?

warm cypress Jul 31, 2024, 11:38 PM

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Sorry, August 20th

gritty iris Jul 31, 2024, 11:38 PM

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So one phase to model the first month, and another phase to model the remaining?

warm cypress Jul 31, 2024, 11:39 PM

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Yup, exactly

gritty iris Jul 31, 2024, 11:39 PM

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sweet

warm cypress Jul 31, 2024, 11:39 PM

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Or even 3 phases, where the small prorated amount of time is phase[1]

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Either way would work

gritty iris Jul 31, 2024, 11:39 PM

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sounds good - will try that

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fyi, the docs for the anchor in subscription schedule point to the docs for subscription https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscription_schedules/create#create_subscription_schedule-phases-billing_cycle_anchor

Create a schedule | Stripe API Reference

Complete reference documentation for the Stripe API. Includes code snippets and examples for our Python, Java, PHP, Node.js, Go, Ruby, and .NET libraries.

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Thanks for the help - I might also end up having a cron job that'll start a subscription on August 20th

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will think more, it mostly depends on our reporting

warm cypress Jul 31, 2024, 11:42 PM

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Sure thing! Feel free to pop back in once you test and have more questions. Happy to help

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