#brinca_best-practices
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eternal vessel
The monetization model includes subscriptions for premium features, digital goods (exercise packs, digital currency, avatars, cosmetic items, etc), and physical goods (supplements/vitamins, gym equipment, sportswear, merchandise, etc).
The partner program allows gyms, professional trainers and influencers to create clubs (branded versions of the app, but within the same app) with their own subscription plans and physical goods, sort of like Shopify, but more limited.
severe anvil
hi! looking at this now
i think we might need to redirect you to our support team for this as this is more related to reporting and our data pipeline features, which our support team generally handles. let me double check a few things first though.
just double checking, is this exclusively for subscriptions?
eternal vessel
well, partners may sell subscriptions (local gym access, personal trainer sessions, etc), but also physical goods (supplements/vitamins, gym equipment, sportswear, merchandise, etc), and club member subscriptions (premium content, exclusive articles, custom exercise packs, personalized support, etc)
we're thinking of eventually allowing them to also sell digital goods (cosmetic items, custom avatars, etc), but that can be a bit tricky, so it's not planned for the immediate future
It is not clear whether the stores require the third party subscriptions or physical goods to be billed through their billing system, but I know they do for digital goods
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severe anvil
ok, so i think the route you'll want to take here will depend on a few things - first off, how much of the logic you want stripe to manage, and how much you want to maintain externally. to limit the discussion to subscriptions (for now) for the sake of simplicity, you could either
- use Stripe for some subscriptions, and for the others manage the entire subscription lifecycle as well as billing outside of stripe, then try using our data pipeline features to import data
- use our custom payment methods integration to keep most of the subscription lifecycle logic managed by stripe, but you would still manage the billing with the third party directly
eternal vessel
By "data pipeline features" you mean the Google Play/App Store connectors, and such?
So we could use a third party billing system (Google Play, App Store, etc), or even our own (e.g. invoicing the clients directly), and then reconcile all of this data in Stripe using the data pipeline features, so that the appropriate partners are credited with their revenue cut, right?
craggy knoll
hey there just stepping in as solanum needs to step away. Yea, that's what they were referring to, those various methods for bringing in external data for reporting etc.
We don't know much about those specific data import features and reconciliation, but I support team can help with that
eternal vessel
oh ok, I'll follow up with them
craggy knoll
So I would suggest writing in with the details about the other systems you'd need to reconcile against so they can advise on any potential workable solutions: https://support.stripe.com/contact
eternal vessel
ok, thanks for your time! 🙂
eternal vessel
To follow up just for someone else visiting from the future, Stripe can be used for physical goods and services, though for digital goods and content you need to use the store's own billing system.
It is not possible to use the data pipeline features to reconcile these non-Stripe payments into Stripe, as these are suited more for analytics and cannot trigger payments within the system.
However it is possible to reconcile the payments manually, by keeping track of the third party payments and corresponding partner fees in our own backend, then crediting the relevant partner(s) Stripe accounts for the amount due, either via the Transfers API, or manually through the dashboard.