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uneven steppeBOT May 7, 2025, 4:45 PM

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hexed nest May 7, 2025, 4:47 PM

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There is this: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/usage-based/billing-credits#credit-grant-eligibility

And also this: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/usage-based/pricing-models

But there is no clear definitive guide on how to create pre-paid credits which the user can top up by a checkout/product purchase, instead of adding credits manually via the dashboard

short pagoda May 7, 2025, 4:57 PM

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I believe you're describing burndown - which is basically like a prepaid sim card.

hexed nest May 7, 2025, 4:59 PM

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Indeed - it's the credit burndown. However, it seems like you can only create invoices right now - is there no alternative where they're able to go through an (embedded) checkout ? I cant seem to find a guide on this

uneven steppeBOT May 7, 2025, 5:18 PM

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short pagoda May 7, 2025, 5:24 PM

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All Billing things are done with Invoices. You could build it yourself, but then ... you're rebuilding part of Stripe's Billing yourself. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ That might be the right approach for your business though, don't know.

Why don't you want Invoices?

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