#Jonas Reif-reuse-payment-method
desert vector
Hi 👋 please bear with me a moment while I double check if Checkout Sessions can save payment methods like that.
I believe the parameter that you're looking for is payment_intent_data.setup_future_usage which allows you to tell the Checkout Session's underlying Payment Intent that the provided Payment Method should be set up to be reused.
https://stripe.com/docs/api/checkout/sessions/create#create_checkout_session-payment_intent_data-setup_future_usage
Since you're talking about using this for a Subscription, you'll want to look into setting that parameter to off_session.
wooden basin
Ok thanks for the link.
But when setting this parameter, then all payment methods which do not support the future usage will not be shown (or stripe checkout will not load) - but we want to also show klarna, sofort and other payment methods
Is there a way/setting to setup some payment methods for future usage, and others not?
desert vector
Ah, good point. No there isn't a way to set that parameter on a per-payment-method-type basis.
Checkout can prefill a customer's payment details if certain criteria are met, and I'm looking for the documentation that talks about that in more detail.
wooden basin
ok.
But if we do not want a checkout form, could we somehow use the payment methods?
Imagine we just want to show a button "Click here to subscribe to all for xx$"
desert vector
If you try to handle everything behind the scenes like that, then you'll want to use a payment method that was already optimized for off-session payments. You would also run into problems if you try to reuse single-use or on-session only payment methods.
I think the easiest approach would be to include the subscription in the one-time purchase checkout session rather than having two separate transactions, but that removes the buy-then-upsell approach that you described.
wooden basin
ok let me think about it. I will get back in 1 hour
desert vector
Sounds good, I'll think on it some more and see if I can come up with a cleaner apporach.
wooden basin
Ok.
Yes thats unfortunately not what we really were looking for...
We kind of need a way where we can set the future_usage / off_session for each payment method individually.
So that the flows looks like:
Example 1:
- User makes payment with "sofort" / "klarna"
- User has to add another payment method to make the upsell to the subscription
Example 2:
- User makes payment with "paypal" / "card"/ "sepa_debit"
- User can make a one click upsell to the subscription
dusty magnet
Hi there 👋 I'm taking over for Toby. Give me a minute to get up to speed
To clarify, you want the user to have to come back and make the upsell and you don't want to use Checkout with Subscription upsells, right?
wooden basin
Yes. I dont want subscription upsells.
I want the upsell on the thank-you-page / another page
dusty magnet
Ah, okay. In that case, your best bet would be to modify the Subscription and add the upsell: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/upgrade-downgrade
There are a lot of nuances for how/when to bill (e.g. one-off, recurring, bill at end-of-month, bill at time of upsell, etc.), so I would recommend digging in a bit to the above guide
Let me know if you have any questions about specifics though. Happy to assist
wooden basin
The first purchase is a one time product. And as upsell we want to offer a subscription...
dusty magnet
Ah, okay, and you don't want them to have to re-eneter their payment details I assume?
wooden basin
Yes correct
Maybe it's somehow doable when we build a custom checkout page with stripe elements? But I think there we will have the same problem, that when we enable "future_usage" that some payment methods are not visible
I have to leave for today.
Would be really happy if you have any idea🙌