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quick anchor Dec 10, 2021, 11:39 PM

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yes cancel_at_period_end would work

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but why would you create a trial that just cancels itself?

alpine bone Dec 10, 2021, 11:41 PM

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I think you misunderstood. I don't want it to cancel at the end of the trial.

quick anchor Dec 10, 2021, 11:41 PM

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can you give a concrete example?

alpine bone Dec 10, 2021, 11:42 PM

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subscription for one month. 7 day trail. ends at the end of the month.

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does that help?

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I guess I can do this as a One-Time payment but wanted to see if I can use subscription logic instead.

quick anchor Dec 10, 2021, 11:47 PM

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gotcha so it'd be something like
December 10: trial start
December 17: first payment
January 17: cancel automatically

alpine bone Dec 10, 2021, 11:48 PM

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yup, you got it.

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(my example was a bit more general, i like your concrete example 💯 )

alpine bone Dec 11, 2021, 12:12 AM

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No rush, but not sure where we're at now. Are you looking into a solution for the example you gave?

quick anchor Dec 11, 2021, 12:14 AM

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Sorry lots happening at once

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so you want to look at subscription schedules: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules

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that allows you to define a phase on your subscription and have it cancel at the end of the first real phase past the trial

alpine bone Dec 11, 2021, 12:16 AM

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no worries. thanks for the quick response.

was hoping that I wouldn't have to use subscription schedules because they seem to add quite a bit of complexity. but i'll try it out at least. have a great weekend!

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actually, one more question. Would you recommend a one-time price for this case, or to use subscription schedules?

quick anchor Dec 11, 2021, 12:29 AM

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schedules will meet exactly your needs. They are not too complex when you only have one phase like yours!

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