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pearl ferry Jun 28, 2022, 5:47 PM

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That's a good question. Let me dig on this for a few minutes and I'll circle back

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So you would have to create Phases for this to work. Otherwise you're constrained to a maximum trial period of 2 years.

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Ideally you wouldn't use a trial at all and simply create the first Phase (which charges nothing) for whatever length of time you need the customer to not be charged

balmy quiver Jun 28, 2022, 5:57 PM

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Got it. Am I allowed to use start_date in the Phase object? In the docs https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/subscription-schedules I see it being used, but when I add it in, I get Typescript errors because it looks like start_date is not supported

Subscription Schedules API

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I'm using api version 2020-08-27

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Oh the difference is the docs are doing .update() while I'm trying to do .create()

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I should still be able to create the schedule with a start and end date, no?

pearl ferry Jun 28, 2022, 6:07 PM

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You can specify a start date, and end date cvan be set via: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscription_schedules/create#create_subscription_schedule-phases-end_date

Stripe API reference – Create a schedule – curl

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balmy quiver Jun 28, 2022, 6:16 PM

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hmm

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pearl ferry Jun 28, 2022, 6:17 PM

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https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscription_schedules/create#create_subscription_schedule-start_date

Stripe API reference – Create a schedule – curl

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start_date lives in the Schedule object, whereas end_date lives in the Phase object

balmy quiver Jun 28, 2022, 6:19 PM

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when I do that, it charges an invoice immediately

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I even set proration_behavior: 'none

pearl ferry Jun 28, 2022, 6:23 PM

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I believe you would want to create a zero-dollar Invoice for that first charge

balmy quiver Jun 28, 2022, 6:25 PM

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Would I do that right from this create() call? I'm passing a Price ID in the items array, how do I override it to charge $0?

pearl ferry Jun 28, 2022, 6:32 PM

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You would configure the Phase items to have a $0 Price, I believe. So you would create the Price with a zero-dollar amount and then create the Subscription Schedule that has phases.items.price equal to the Price you just created

balmy quiver Jun 28, 2022, 6:36 PM

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🤔 interesting. that seem's odd to me. because it should charge the regular price on that next billing date. so would that be a 2nd phase I would have to add?

pearl ferry Jun 28, 2022, 6:39 PM

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Exactly. The first Phase would be for the unpaid time and the second Phase would be for the paid time

balmy quiver Jun 28, 2022, 6:40 PM

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The problem is we support a lot of currencies. We have to go in and add $0 for all? No way to just charge nothing without adding a new price?

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