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acoustic cedar
Adding @tropic needle
cobalt venture
Hi, I think subscription schedules would work best in this case. However, if you find this wonky, you can create a subscription for the first 6 months with a cancellation period, https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-cancel_at . Then, you can create another subscription. You'd collect the payment method once and then save the payment method as the default one on the customer, https://docs.stripe.com/api/customers/update#update_customer-invoice_settings-default_payment_method. This will allow you to use that payment method for future invoices on the customer.
Alternatively, the easiest option is to create the subscription. All the funds land on the Platform account. For the first 6 months, you make a Transfer, https://docs.stripe.com/api/transfers/create each time.
acoustic cedar
Okay- and would this require the user to re-subscribe at that point? Or would they not notice a difference on their end?
cobalt venture
Since you have the payment method details, you can just create the subscription on the server-side right? At this stage, it's possible that the issuing bank asks for additional authentication. In this case, you would need to bring the customer back on session so depending on what the issuing banks wants, they may have to come back on session to complete that step.
Actually, you can update the subscription
and set that value to null
acoustic cedar
Mmm that's the concern. We would need it to be seemless so that we're not interuppting peoples' subscriptions
Oh nice!
cobalt venture
This will be unset if you POST an empty value.
So you can stop the transfer happening after 6 months
Can you try that?
acoustic cedar
Okay, that's great. @tropic needle any further questions here?
cobalt venture
You can use Test Clocks, https://docs.stripe.com/billing/testing/test-clocks
This helps advance time to test stuff like this
acoustic cedar
Can you try that?
Yeah, I will have the team look into this ASAP! It's a key thing we want to launch, so will let you know as soon as they dig in
Do you want me to send you an email with the results? or re-open the ticket?
cobalt venture
No need. If it works great. If it does not, you can create another thread in Discord
acoustic cedar
Cool! Will keep you posted
cobalt venture
Sounds good. We close inactive threads so if this thread is closed, just create a new one and we will be able to unblock you.