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twilit sedgeBOT Jan 30, 2025, 5:44 PM

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lofty otter Jan 30, 2025, 5:46 PM

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Hi 👋

There are no specific limitations on how many Products/Prices you can create. How you choose to implement this is up to you

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It might make sense to use Products to group categories or types and then define different Price objects for more detailed breakdowns.

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What factors cause the prices to vary?

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Also, you only need Products & Prices if you plan to use Checkout or Billing (Invoice/Subscriptions)

golden oyster Jan 30, 2025, 5:48 PM

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Hi! Thanks for the quick reply. Prices depend on stay duration and size of the apartment + any possible damage

lofty otter Jan 30, 2025, 5:48 PM

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You can create a Payment Intent for whatever amount you want

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You could also create Prices based on units (e.g. per square foot or per day) that vary the units for each individual charge

golden oyster Jan 30, 2025, 5:51 PM

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I hadn't looked at that. It makes more sense to have one Payment Intent per cleaning, right?

I also need to collect a security deposit from clients, could I create a Payment Intent with the security deposit, the cleaning fee and later return the security deposit?

lofty otter Jan 30, 2025, 5:51 PM

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Okay I worry we're mixing up use cases here. So let's step back.

How do you intend to collect payment data from your Customers?

golden oyster Jan 30, 2025, 5:53 PM

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Ok. My customers book an apartment for a duration of time. Based on the price of the booking we calculate the security deposit and based on the duration of the stay and the size of the house the cleaning fee. Before the customer enters the apartment, they pay both. After the customer has left the apartment, if no damages are found, we return the security deposit.

lofty otter Jan 30, 2025, 5:54 PM

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Sorry that's not what I meant. What Stripe product are you planning on using to collect payment from your customers?

golden oyster Jan 30, 2025, 5:55 PM

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My bad. I was planning to use checkout

lofty otter Jan 30, 2025, 5:56 PM

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Okay so you will need to use Products and Prices, since those are required for the line_items parameter

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How you choose to implement them, again, is fundamentally up to you. But it would make sense to use different line_items for the different charges that are being added up in a single transaction

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e.g.

$/square foot = $X
$/day = $Y
Security deposit = $Z

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You can then refund the security deposit (or whatever portion of the security deposit you want to refund)
https://docs.stripe.com/refunds

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You can also refund only part of a payment by specifying an amount.

golden oyster Jan 30, 2025, 5:59 PM

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Ok great. Thank you so much for the help!

lofty otter Jan 30, 2025, 5:59 PM

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Sure thing! Happy to help 🙂

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