srn - Subscriptions + Eleemnts | Stripe Developers | Page 1

pastel shadow May 23, 2022, 8:49 PM

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Hello! It depends on your flow and what exactly you're doing. Can you provide more details?

craggy herald May 23, 2022, 8:51 PM

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I am using stripe connect with standard account and direct charges. Buyers can subscribe to third party merchants.

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Each merchant will have 1 product with multiple prices (monthly, annual plans etc.)

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if a checkout flow doesn't complete, should i reuse the same subscription object between buyer and merchant? 2) if a subscription is paid for, and later canceled, do i reuse the same subscription object if the buyer wants to resume?

pastel shadow May 23, 2022, 8:53 PM

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For #1, that depends on what you mean by "doesn't complete".

craggy herald May 23, 2022, 8:54 PM

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the buyer starts the payment process but doesn't enter credit card info or payment doesnt succeed

pastel shadow May 23, 2022, 8:54 PM

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For #2, generally speaking no, you would create a new Subscription. See here for details: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/cancel#reactivating-canceled-subscriptions

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Right, but then what happens? What series of events would lead you to potentially using the existing Subscription, and how much time passes?

craggy herald May 23, 2022, 8:55 PM

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the buyer restarts the checkout/payment flow. it can be at any indeterminate time in the future

pastel shadow May 23, 2022, 8:58 PM

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You should create a new Subscription in that case.

craggy herald May 23, 2022, 8:59 PM

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ok, so to summarize for each payment flow that is started, i should be creating a new subscription?

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is this also the case with a customer object? or should that be reused for the same buyer?

pastel shadow May 23, 2022, 9:02 PM

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You should probably reuse the Customer objects.

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