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- zlf_api, 17 hours ago, 35 messages
fast quest
hello! the payment method will need to be collected before Stripe can renew the subscription. You can read more about how Stripe handles trials without a payment method here :
river hare
We understand that the normal way to create a trial subscription is to pay for renewal by sending an invoice via email, but we do not want to do so and would like to make payment or confirm payment in our app
Through chatGPT, it was learned that trial subscriptions can be created using the following two APIs,
Setup Intent API Subscriptions API
fast quest
Through chatGPT, it was learned that trial subscriptions can be created using the following two APIs,
Setup Intent API Subscriptions API
That's not quite correct
We understand that the normal way to create a trial subscription is to pay for renewal by sending an invoice via email, but we do not want to do so and would like to make payment or confirm payment in our app
Sending an invoice via email is one way to get the customer to make payment, but that's not what our guide mentions.
In the guide, it mentions that you can configure reminder emails to collect customer’s payment details in your free trial messaging settings.
In the settings, the specific toggle says "Send a reminder email 7 days before a free trial ends" and there's the option to
- Link to a Stripe hosted page, or
- Use your own custom link
river hare
I want to set up a membership trial activity in our app. After the membership trial ends, it will automatically renew. I need the user to bind their payment account in the app when subscribing to the trial activity, and the next time it will be automatically deducted without the need for email confirmation. What should I do
fast quest
So you're saying you want to require a payment method for a trial subscription?
Are you using Checkout Sessions to allow the customers to subscribe?
river hare
I'm a bit confused, how do I feel that Checkout and Setup Intent can meet my needs
Can you send me the documents related to Checkout?
I only found this.https://docs.stripe.com/payments/checkout/how-checkout-works
fast quest
you can specify that Checkout Sessions should always collect a payment method even for a trial : https://docs.stripe.com/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-payment_method_collection - use always
river hare
I see that the screenshot in the documentation is of a browser page. Can Checkout be used in a mobile app as well?
fast quest
ah, if you want to use mobile app, then Checkout Sessions isn't really what you would use. You would use SetupIntents to collect the PaymentMethod upfront : https://docs.stripe.com/payments/save-and-reuse, then set it as the default_payment_method when creating the subscription server side with a trial.
storm hull
Hi Developers, I have a question
We are working to collect payments from our customers using Stripe Payment Links. A Stripe customer record already exists on our account, and we’re generating the payment link using their POST API. While we successfully generated the link and shared it with the customer, the transaction resulted in the creation of a guest customer on Stripe.
Is there a way to associate the payment and payment method from the guest customer to the existing Stripe customer? If this is not possible, what would be the recommended approach to ensure proper customer association? Additionally, we require the payment link to remain valid for at least 8 days.
Let us know how we can achieve this!
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storm hull
Thanks for letting me know. I am new to discord as well so don't have much idea. Thanks for the guidance.