#viktor-zaunders_best-practices
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chrome ice
hi! yes, generally you'd do that by controlling the billing_cycle_anchor when creating the Subscription , with proration enabled : https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/billing-cycle#new-subscriptions The default behaviour does what you describe of charging a prorated amount now, plus a fulll invoice later
I don't think this is possible using PaymentLinks, but if you create CheckoutSessions manually then https://docs.stripe.com/api/checkout/sessions/create?lang=dotnet#create_checkout_session-subscription_data-billing_cycle_anchor I think will work
carmine mauve
thank you! you mean that creating CheckoutSessions manually is needed for setting the billing_cycle_anchor too? So for any method of acheving this we need to interact through the API?
chrome ice
yes all this is predicated on the idea that you are building a bespoke integration with the API rather than relying on a no/low code option like a PaymentLink