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slow socket Sep 17, 2021, 1:45 PM

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Hey there! Just trying to test something out quick.

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You can't apply discounts that drop the price below the minimum charge, but i can't recall if this covers $0 prices.
https://stripe.com/docs/payments/checkout/discounts

Add discounts for one-time payments

Reduce the amount charged to a customer by discounting their subtotal with coupons and promotion codes.

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For those you might want to just skip checkout, though, since you don't need a payment method

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Unless you wanted to collect a payment method for later, in which case you could use setup mode.

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but as i said, testing this 🙂

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Works fine for $0 prices 🙂

unique parcel Sep 17, 2021, 1:59 PM

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@slow socket Hey there, thanks for helping me out! The use case here is we have international users who want to create an account but don't have a valid credit card. Can we create "free" plans that don't require credit card entry?

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We've considered free trials but the downside is that those have an expiration date.

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We're a non profit so our use case is a bit unique.

slow socket Sep 17, 2021, 2:01 PM

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Sure! You can just create subscriptions for those plans directly, without Checkout, too.

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Using Checkout will require a credit card, even though no payment is taken

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But you can skip the payment method collection for a subscription with a free plan

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If you create it directly via the API, rather than using Checkout

unique parcel Sep 17, 2021, 2:02 PM

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Ok, so checkout requires a credit card entry in all situations?

slow socket Sep 17, 2021, 2:04 PM

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or some payment method, yes (not necessarily a card)

unique parcel Sep 17, 2021, 2:04 PM

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Ok, but a free trial would let you skip payment method, right?

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Just trying to figure out our options if we're using Checkout.

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