#vipul-kapoor_api
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tawdry bramble
hello! Is this for a one-off invoice or a subscription?
If it's for a one-off invoice, can you also share more on why you want to only charge the customer on a certain date only and not immediately?
dusky sail
My business is a subscription model and users can be on a monthly or annual plan. For monthly subs, I can add the charge to the upcoming invoice but for annual subs, upcoming invoice can be 10 months away.
This charge is for a add on item that the customer has requested to be sent to them in their next box (sent monthly). I don't want to charge them immediately because I want to give them an option to cancel the item before we send it.
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cloud smelt
For annual subscription as an example, when do you expect the add-on item to be invoiced? Is this add-on item one-time only or recurring?
For example, if the customer signs up an annual subscription on Sep 1 and adds add-on item in Oct 5, when do you expect the customer to be charged?
dusky sail
The boxes are sent monthly in either case. If they signup on Sep 1, they'll get the box on the first of each month. So if they add an item on Oct 5, it should be billed on Nov 1. I can provide this date to the API
This is a one time charge
cloud smelt
One way I can think of is to use pending_invoice_item_interval to define how often to invoice the customer for one-time invoice: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/invoices/subscription#pending-items-frequently
For example, the one-time invoice will be added to the customer. When the pending invoice item interval is met such as monthly, an invoice will be created outside of the regular subscription cycle
Alternatively, you can create one-time invoice directly: https://docs.stripe.com/invoicing/integration
dusky sail
Let me see if I got this right.
I set the pending_invoice_item_interval to 1 month, the annual subscription will still get billed on yearly intervals but if I add a invoiceitem to upcoming invoice, it will get charged in a month?
cloud smelt
It will charge on a monthly basis with reference to the billing_cycle_anchor timestamp. If customer signs up on Sep 1 (billing cycle anchor) and add an item on Oct 5, customer will be billed on Nov 1.
I'd recommend using test clock to give it a try: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/testing/test-clocks
