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shadow lake
Hi there. Could you try to explain a little more fully what you are looking for help with? If you just need help understanding how to set the billing date, you can read these docs:
https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/billing-cycle#new-subscriptions
I would recommend using billing_cycle_anchor_config instead of billing_cycle_anchor because it is designed to help handle scenarios around short months and timezone drift that sometimes causes issue when you use billing_cycle_anchor which is a UNIX timestamp
white oracle
Hi,
we want to bill our customer the month to come instead the actual month . we want to send invoice the 1 st of each month. but for the month to come. you receive 1 for 1 of may by exemple but it for the month of june
shadow lake
That is the default behavior - unless you are using Usage-based billing, which bills in arrears, Subscriptions bill for the upcoming service period
white oracle
and i'm not a devellopper. so i don't know how to do it
actually we can only bill the mouth ''actual'' if i do a subscription. let said i send invoice the 25 of each month with 7 day to paid. you paide the first. but for the month after. and this is something that we cant do in Stripe. Info receive fron support
can not even change the info writed in invoice. it's alway show the current month
shadow lake
We expect askers in this server to be developers and I can only really give you a developer answer.
white oracle
i understand. i'm just try to figure out what we need to do. from there we will emploed a develloper
or paid Stripe devellopper to help us
shadow lake
Can you give me an example Invoice in Stripe sandbox that shows what is happening now that you do not want? That will look like in_abc123 and you can find it in the dashboard
white oracle
exemple, in subscription we can only select from the actual day to the same date next mount. even if we write a note said this invoice is for ''whatever'' it alway show the real date on invoice. so if i say invoice for the mouth of june. on invoice you see invoive for May
it's normal because it's the day the invoice is create
but for us. the only thing we want it's every 1st of each mount you receive invoice. and on it it's said for the 1 of ''mount'' to the 30 or 31 end of the month
shadow lake
So are you saying you want the Invoice PDF that is paid on May 1 to say that it is for the period or June 1 > end of the month?
white oracle
Sooy for my english. i'm a french guy 🙂
not far. you paid the 1st of May. but it's for the month of june
paid service an advance
the first of june you receive invoice. for the month of july
that where thre trick part. we want to send invoice like i said. let say the 25 of each month. give you 7 day to paid
shadow lake
Okay, I think I understand what you want to do now. And do you want to do Subscriptions or one-off Invoices only?
white oracle
we have a lot subscription. we want all the same. it's all the same services
and make it automaticly.
everytime we will add a customer. we want to build him the same way
shadow lake
So you can definitely do this using Invoicing by using the period when creating the Invoice Item api reference
So you would create an Invoice that is issued on April 24/25 with 7 days to pay (days_until_due) and then when you create an Invoice Item, which sets what you're actually billing for, you define the service period as June 1-30.
I don't think you can do it for Subscriptions but I am still looking
white oracle
Are you a Stripe developper or an independent developper who work with Stripe ? just curious
shadow lake
I'm a Stripe developer. This server is maintained and staffed by Stripe developers.
white oracle
Ok, just ask because the support never point me at this site. Only my resellers give me a link
shadow lake
Support may not always be aware of the discord server, or they may be under instructions not to send people to us, I'm not sure.
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hollow wren
Hi there,
taking iver for my colleague who had to step away.
white oracle
ok
hollow wren
I checked in with him and did my own research and he did give you the correct advice on how to approach you flow correctly. Unfortunately subscriptions do not support this so you would have to create Invoices manually.
white oracle
ok, there is no way to make this work with subscription. Correct ?
hollow wren
Correct