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[deep gulch]

Thanksfor your help!

[wise snow]

👋 happy to help

You mean

• I pay 33€ today (3€ for may and 30€ for june)
• Then I pay 30€ on the 5th of July for the period from 1st of July to 30th of July
• Then I pay 30€ on the 5th of August for the period from 1st of Aug to 31st of Aug

right?

[deep gulch]

Yes! Sorry about that

I think that everything stated here is possible using subscription periods, except for the fact that I need to trigger the payment on the 5th instead of the 1st of the month which is the beginning of the period

[wise snow]

that's not possible with Stripe

[deep gulch]

😭

[wise snow]

you can use https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/billing-cycle#use-billing_cycle_anchor_config to configure the billing cycle to be on the 5th

but that means that billing period would be from the 5th to the 4th

[deep gulch]

Yes that was my understanding of what was possible

I will see with my client what would be the best sif him considering these limitations

Do you know why this is impossible? Is it just that the feature is not developed or is there more to it?

Because I think that this feature would be convenient for many use cases

[wise snow]

yes that's correct

[wise snow]

I agree, and I will convey your feedback to the product team

[deep gulch]

Great 👌 Have a good day!

Especially since this feature is available for manual payments

[wise snow]

the thing is, we normally use due_dates to give the customers a way to pay the invoice on a separate date than the period start

but that wouldn't give you the exact behavior you're looking for

[wise snow]

I'm not sure what you mean

[deep gulch]

I saw in the documentation that the parameter days_until_due exists for invoices but only if the charge is not automatic

[deep gulch]

And this is not possible for invoices charged automatically through subscriptions right?

[wise snow]

yes that's what I suggested above

[wise snow]

correct

[deep gulch]

And what you suggest here don't apply for invoices generated through subscriptions right?

[wise snow]

it could be if the collection_method isn't charged_automatically

but send_invoice