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formal folio Oct 21, 2021, 9:26 PM

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Hello! No, max_redemptions cannot be updated, you can only set it when creating the Promotion Code via the API.

edgy gate Oct 21, 2021, 9:31 PM

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Wow, then i need help to redesign my solution. here it is: I have a coupon (without redemptions limit).
(what i think for my solution, but based on your answer i cannot do that anymore). I wanted to be able to issue ONE promo code per user to reward them, but one user can have redemptions increment by the time for his promotion code. All this promo codes i need them to be applied on subscription for users. Ex: monthly plan of 16 USD. promo codes are 10 USD discount. So one promo discount to be able to apply in one month subscription. for Peter who have 3 promos codes, stripe apply each one for october, november and december month.

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How can i handle this case, if i cannot upgrade promo codes to reward Peter (who start with 1 redemption for his coupon, but he is reward over time for 2 more discounts) ?

formal folio Oct 21, 2021, 9:32 PM

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I recommend creating new promotion codes for them over time.

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So they start out with one, then you create more over time.

edgy gate Oct 21, 2021, 9:33 PM

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ok, if Peter have 3 promo codes of 10 usd discount created. is Stripe is going to apply then AUTOMATICLY to the next 3 months of his subscription?

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or should i have to do anything via an api call?

formal folio Oct 21, 2021, 9:34 PM

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No, Promotion Codes are customer-redeemable, meaning the Customer decides when to use them.

edgy gate Oct 21, 2021, 9:35 PM

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Then in my case i should just create coupons, not promotion codes to be applied in the subscrptions on behalf of the user?

formal folio Oct 21, 2021, 9:36 PM

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Possibly... maybe I'm not fully understanding your use case. Can you provide more details? For example, I thought you were using Promotion Codes because they're customer-redeemable, but it sounds like you explicitly don't want that?

edgy gate Oct 21, 2021, 9:38 PM

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ok by the end of the day, i need that discount to be applied in the subscription months oct, nov and dec. because i reward my user INCREMENTLY. since subscription is renew auto, i am ok in that I DONT NEED promotion codes, just coupons!

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so i guess like promotion codes, i cannot update redemptions in coupons

formal folio Oct 21, 2021, 9:39 PM

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Hm, it does sound like coupons will work, but another thing you may want to look into are Customer credit balances: https://stripe.com/docs/invoicing/customer/balance

edgy gate Oct 21, 2021, 9:40 PM

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so what i can i do, issues one coupon by the time?

edgy gate Oct 21, 2021, 9:41 PM

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formal folio Hm, it does sound like coupons will work, but another thing you may want to look...

hmm interesting this api. i will explore it alse for my solution

formal folio Oct 21, 2021, 9:42 PM

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Another approach is to create negative amount Invoice Items for the Customer: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/invoices/subscription#adding-upcoming-invoice-items

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I think one of those two options may work better than using Coupons.

edgy gate Oct 21, 2021, 9:43 PM

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but let's say for some (ridiculous) reason i want to handle my use case with coupons. did you see that coupons could handle it (whatever it is not the best way) ?

formal folio Oct 21, 2021, 9:45 PM

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Based on what you've said I think coupons can work too. 🙂

edgy gate Oct 21, 2021, 9:50 PM

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but since i can't update redemptions after creation for coupons, how will be the workflow. I Will issues as many coupons i want for my user, let's say 3 for instance. But is Stripe will applied AUTO only ONE coupon per INVOICE without any needs in my side

formal folio Oct 21, 2021, 9:51 PM

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Yeah, that last part isn't going to happen.

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You need to make API calls to make that happen with coupons at the correct times.

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No matter what you're going to need to make API calls of some kind at the correct times, really.

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Well, I guess you could technically set up a Subscription Schedule to do what you want over time: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules

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You could schedule phases to apply coupons or add negative Invoice items in the future.

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