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lone cedarBOT Nov 13, 2024, 9:40 AM

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afsar-it_api, 41 minutes ago, 14 messages

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limpid quest Nov 13, 2024, 9:40 AM

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Hi @vapid narwhal

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Hope you can see my above query, please let me know if you need any further clarifications

vapid narwhal Nov 13, 2024, 9:43 AM

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Hi, let me help you with this.

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You can just change the trial_end to a later date: https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscriptions/update#update_subscription-trial_end

limpid quest Nov 13, 2024, 9:50 AM

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what are the impact on charges, when i change the trial end

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I,m not offering a free trial. I dont want to overcharge the customer

vapid narwhal Nov 13, 2024, 9:52 AM

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I,m not offering a free trial. I dont want to overcharge the customer
Could you please provide more details about this? You said you wanted to just extend the free trial?

limpid quest Nov 13, 2024, 10:12 AM

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We are offering a paid trial to the customer. 30 Days Subscription Payment is actually collected for our security purposes only to arrange delivery.
We want to extend the trial without any charges to the customer once the items are fully delivered. Or extend the billing cycle.
Condition is that we should not make any additoional charges to the customer

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Right now when we try to change the billing cycle, it says trial period anchor date cannot be updated

vapid narwhal Nov 13, 2024, 10:14 AM

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What do you mean by "paid trial"? This is kind of a contradictory phrase.

limpid quest Nov 13, 2024, 10:16 AM

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We dont actually need a trial. We are using trial period only to extend the billing cycle. The billing anchor should be set only on successful delivery. But we need to collect payment in advance to arrange the delivery. We could achieve it only using trial period in strip.

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If we subscription without trial period customer is getting invoiced again when we change the anchor date

vapid narwhal Nov 13, 2024, 10:20 AM

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I suggest this workaround:
You can create a one-off Invoice/PaymentIntent while saving the Payment Method for future usage.
Then, as soon as the goods are delivered, you create a Subscription with the saved Payment Method. At this point the customer doesn't need to do anything.

limpid quest Nov 13, 2024, 10:21 AM

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Yes this is a good idea

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But the problem is most of the cards are 3d secure credit cards, hence we understand that customer has to take an action during delivery on the app to create subscription, which may be inconvenient

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if we are wrong in understanding this process, please correct us on the same

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Or How can we create a subscription automatically once the goods are delivered.

lone cedarBOT Nov 13, 2024, 10:27 AM

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limpid quest Nov 13, 2024, 10:27 AM

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@vapid narwhal

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Kindly please help us on the same

vapid narwhal Nov 13, 2024, 10:29 AM

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If the card was set up/saved for future usage correctly, it will normally not require 3DS. This is the whole point of SetupIntents and setup_future_usage. In exceptional cases, bank might still require it, but then you can just ask the customer for another card.

limpid quest Nov 13, 2024, 10:30 AM

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Thanks a bunch @vapid narwhal

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We will try the option

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If you could let us know trial period extention possibilites also we will try both options

woven comet Nov 13, 2024, 10:34 AM

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Sure, just update the Subscription and pass a new trial_end timestamp

limpid quest Nov 13, 2024, 10:35 AM

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when we pass the trial end parameter it says trial period anchor date cannot be updated

woven comet Nov 13, 2024, 10:37 AM

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Got an example of the failing request?

limpid quest Nov 13, 2024, 10:38 AM

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I dont have a sreenshot now, how ever i will try these options and getback to you

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