#tonidigital_code
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vital torrent
Not fully code example added, so sending again:
var options = new SubscriptionCreateOptions()
{
TrialPeriodDays = trialPeriodDays,
PaymentBehavior = "error_if_incomplete", //"default_incomplete", // subscription status will stay incomplete if payment fails
PaymentSettings = new SubscriptionPaymentSettingsOptions { SaveDefaultPaymentMethod = "on_subscription" },
Currency =xxx,
Customer = customer.Id,
DefaultPaymentMethod = xxx,
Items = new List<SubscriptionItemOptions> { new SubscriptionItemOptions { Price = pricing.Id, Quantity = 1 }},
CollectionMethod = "charge_automatically",
Metadata = xxx,
BillingCycleAnchor = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(22) //make it configurable
};
true mango
hello! Why are you using BillingCycleAnchor to try charging 7 days before the end of the current billing cycle? The billing cycle anchor is meant to change the billing cycle e.g. now you're charging on the 2 day of the month, but want to switch to charging it on the 7 day of the month
vital torrent
Because for our business flow we need to have enough time for corrections in case payment failed. That's why billing_cycle is moved 7 days before "regular/defaul" monthly charging. Example, payment cannot be processed because there isn't enought funds on card, we need to have enought time to notify customer so customer can change card and try another payment attempt. Is that possible or we should use only this default billing configuration?
true mango
this isn't what you would use the billing_cycle_anchor for. There are a couple of options here for what you want to achieve, gimme a while to list them out
- You can create a separate invoice for the customer prior to the subscription renewal. Once the invoice has been paid, you add the paid funds to the customer's credit balance. The balance will automatically be applied to the next invoice. I'd like to specifically point out that you can't control which invoice the balance is applied to. So if there's another invoice generated for the customer (prior to the invoice renewal), the funds will be applied to it.
- if you don't want to use the customer balance, there are other options here such as applying a 100% one-time discount to the generated subscription invoice. However, using a discount has implications on proration i.e. we won't prorate a 100% discounted amount
- alternatively, you use one-time invoices, and manage the subscription lifecycle yourself i.e. you have to build out your own logic as to when to charge the customer, whether their subscription is still active, etc
vital torrent
Thanks for answer but seems it will introduce a lot of additional effort but not too much benefits, correct?
I was wondering why Stripe accelerate team confirmed us that we can use this option "billing_cycle_anchor" for our purpose, after we present them our business requirements?
stray elbow
Hi! I'm taking over from my colleague. Please, give me a moment to catch up.
Your use case is not trivial that's why you will need to implement what my colleague suggested to fully realise it.
Are you sure you need to charge the customer 7 days before the renewal?
vital torrent
Yes, because to start 7 days before and if that attempt failed, we should try 3 days later and the last attemp should happen one day before renewal. In order to make sure payment will be sucessfull before renewal happened
stray elbow
- You can create a separate invoice for the customer prior to the subscription r...
In this case I suggest you follow what my colleague suggested above âď¸
vital torrent
Ok, thanks for answering
stray elbow
Happy to help.
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