#alexrak2_subscriptions-updates
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delicate orbit
If there was a way to bundle 100+ subscriptions to one invoice every year, and have it prorated based off when the subscription started to the bill period this would also be ideal.
uncut grail
Hi there 👋 sorry, I'm not really sure I'm grasping what you're trying to ask here. It's not possible to have multiple Subscriptions consolidate to a single Invoice.
delicate orbit
What would be the best approach then for my use case?
a customer can have hundreds of devices, each device theoretically should be its on subscription. When a customer buys a device, 1 year trial is included. If i do a subscription per device a customer will get a hundred invoices which is excessive and hard to keep track of.
uncut grail
So it sounds like each device shouldn't be its own Subscription then, so your customers don't have (potentially) hundres of Invoices.
delicate orbit
agreed, as of right now i have one subscription and just update the qty, but i dont have a way give each device a free trial for a year then if i update the qty, unless i would do it through cronjobs, but was hoping if stripe had a way to schedule changes through one api. Like every time a device activates, schedule 1 year later to udpate the qty by one.
uncut grail
Sorry, we don't have anything like that. Subscription Schedules are the closest thing coming to mind. They allow to create and manage Subscription Schedules which can be used to update a Subscription at some point in the future.
https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules
delicate orbit
hmm schedules. So theoretically first device creates the subscription at 0 qty. create a schedule to update the qty to 1 a year later, second device activates 2 months after, so 2 monthhs after qty was updated to 1, it would update to 2. That could work, unless i misunderstood. if i didnt thank you!
uncut grail
Yup, you could build them to do that
delicate orbit
Aweomse, thanks toby, quick and helpful. I was stressing haha. Enjoy your day!
uncut grail
Happy to help1 I will warn that Subscription Schedules can be tricky, particularly updating them. 😅 But feel free to come chat with us again if they give you any troubles!
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