#keiron-future-subscriptions
shut holly
Hi 👋 you're seeing that error because the system is still trying to create the subscription immediately, so if the billing anchor is outside of the current period then the system doesn't know when to bill for the period and throws that error.
Instead of using just a Subscription, you can look into our Subscription Schedules which give you greater flexibility in scheduling subscriptions.
https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules/use-cases#start-subscription-future
https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules
sand quest
Awesome thank you. I did look at Subscription Schedules but obviously not closely enough 😎
shut holly
Any time!
sand quest
Hi @shut holly , could you let me know if it is possible to add a custom price when setting up SubscriptionSchedule please?
I imagine I would have an initial phase which would be my member's initial payment (which can be any value). Following this I would have a phase that is x amount of months that they have paid upfront for, then I imagine I would release the subscription from the schedule
shut holly
I'm not sure how long the span is between the first payment and the start of the rest of the subscription, but my initial thought is that it'd be better to handle the first payment as just a payment rather than having it be part of the subscription.
When creating the Sub Sched, you can use phases.items.price_data to define ad-hoc prices.
https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscription_schedules/create#create_subscription_schedule-phases-items-price_data
sand quest
excellent, thank you
shut holly
Happy to help!