#Kévin Marcachi-subscription pricing models
river otter
I am struggling with this for too long, so I thank you so much for helping me
I want to create a subscription like a pay as you go, and another with prepaid amount. Both must be metered according to use of products by the customer.
dusky vault
how would it be prepaid if it is metered?
you could combine flat-rate and metered usage as you can see here https://stripe.com/docs/products-prices/pricing-models#flat-rate-metered-usage
river otter
Idea is to prepay for resources (with a discount), and pay an extra if prepaid amount is not enough
Yes, I already read all that. But I could not find any way to manage my case within the dashboard.
dusky vault
so basically it is a case of flat-rate with metered usage, the only thing that you need to do for it to work for you is basically reporting the delta metered usage (the extra that is not covered by the flat-rate)
so let's say a customer pays a flat-rate of 10$ which entitles them to 100 quantity, if by the end of the month they use 150, then you would only report the usage of 50
river otter
Totally agree. But I can't find a way to collect the 10$ at the beginning of the month, and the rest at the end of the month with a single subscription. Am I missing something ?
dusky vault
no you're not and it's really tricky and by default you can't do it but there's a workaround
I reread my phrase and it's so confusing so sorry about that
I will try to explain
river otter
I am listening like I've never did in my whole life 😄
dusky vault
😂
I'm just trying this so just give me a few minutes to verify what I was about to tell you
river otter
The only one solution I thought about was make a product for a given prepaid amount, and collect it with a payment intent through the api at the beginning of the month, but there is a lot of treatment to do on my application side, and I would prefer not to, to keep it clearer.
dusky vault
I'm still checking this, just give me a couple more minutes please
river otter
I maybe found another idea. When creating a subscription, it is possible to ask for Stripe to collect when a given amount due is reached. Maybe that if I set it equal to the prepaid amount, it will be collected directly 👹
dusky vault
sorry I think it's simpler than I expected
by default if you create a subscription with 2 prices, 1 flat-rate and 1 metered it will directly create an invoice with the amount of the flat-rate. so it's kind of prepaid
before the next billing cycle you would have to create a usage record
river otter
No, seriously? I am a glad to hear that, and also a little ambarrassed. Thank you very much for your help.
dusky vault
this would give you a post-paid sum
river otter
Excellent. Once again, thank you 🙏
dusky vault
no worries and you shouldn't be embarrassed we're here to help you out figuring out how to use the product
river otter
Glad to hear that, I was about to create another discord account with a brand new fake name XD
dusky vault
no need I promise, and most probably you will have someone else next time you come
river otter
I hope not 😉