#aidan_checkout-metered
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bleak summit
Ideally we start the subscription with a 0 dollar payment, and once we begin processing we create usage records
Currently though our users are seeing an initial payment equal to one usage record when they hit our checkout page hosted by stripe.
turbid coral
Hello
Do you have an example subscription I can look at?
bleak summit
Can I provide you with a price ID or what do you need?
I apologize I’m on my phone, I can’t download discord on our work machines…
Currently we are in sandbox testing, we plan to ship this subscription flow this week
turbid coral
Price ID won't be super useful.. Do you have the Subscription ID handy? sub_xxx
bleak summit
sub_1RsQUFHJVmB8HmTJhS4BINJ6
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ocean dew
Hi Aidan, taking over for Hanzo. Just getting caught up on the thread.
bleak summit
All good
This is what our users will see at checkout
the 3.89 per processed is correct
The flat 3.89 required to get started, and per month might be confusing
Was hoping to just show 0 on subscription start, and increment usage as we go
ocean dew
Just going over how you created the Price appreciate the patience
bleak summit
Appreciate it 🙂 take your time
ocean dew
So for this I believe you would create a price where the first tier is 0 dollars up to 1,
and then 2-50 you would charge, your usual $3.89 this would allow you to have a zero dollar initial charge
bleak summit
so 0-1 is free but >2 is not, seems like they get a free usage in that case?
or am I misunderstanding?
I cant create a tier less than 1 to do a 0 - 1 tier....
ocean dew
Yeah, believe it would need to be 1 to 1
I do think that would be the trade off here is for that first unit they get a freebee
bleak summit
I can communicate that to my boss, but offering every customer 1 free without specifying that isn't ideal...
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sacred verge
aidan_checkout-metered
Are you really using metered billing? If so there should be no payment upfront unless you misconfigured your Price
bleak summit
Apparently staff checked the price config, and things seemed on the up and up
sacred verge
Can you share the exact Price id?
bleak summit
price_1Rnng2HJVmB8HmTJp8kvEUoS
sacred verge
okay so that Price is definitely misconfigured
it's using licensed pricing and you said you wanted metered
bleak summit
Sorry, I guess I'm not aware of the difference, the setup seemed right when we went through the stripe ui
tiered pricing with metered billing is what we're after and tiered seemed like the right option
sacred verge
that isn't the section that's wrong
That bottom one is "usage-based" and that is what metered billing is for
Is it possible you mixed things up and that's not what you wanted to use?
Licensed pricing is: pay upfront for your seats. Like number of users of an application for example
Metered billing is: report usage in real time and let Stripe bill for usage at the end of the period
bleak summit
gotcha, okay I'll re-create the product and test 🙂 so sorry about that
sacred verge
No worries at all, this is so subtle, especially because the word metered is not even mention in that UI (which also confused me)
sacred verge
yes
sacred verge
yeah so confusing this UI
bleak summit
I think we're good then, I can see pricing doesnt start till after the first unit
sacred verge
yay!
sacred verge
Sure thing!