SaileshKumar - Coupons | Stripe Developers | Page 1

fringe sage Jul 8, 2022, 5:10 PM

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hi 👋
You'll need to create a corresponding Coupon record in Stripe too.

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Promotion codes are user-friendly wrappers around Coupon records

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But essentially, yes you are correct

valid sapphire Jul 8, 2022, 5:11 PM

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ah yes so i need a coupon not a promotion code

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since it would be "automatic" to the customer in my case

fringe sage Jul 8, 2022, 5:11 PM

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Yes, in that situation you would apply the coupon when you create the checkout session

valid sapphire Jul 8, 2022, 5:12 PM

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Got it - and do I need to clean up the coupon and delete them or something?

fringe sage Jul 8, 2022, 5:13 PM

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You can if you want but it's not necessary.
https://stripe.com/docs/api/coupons/delete

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You can configure a fair amount of coupon behavior when you create them. I would include the reference to your own DB's coupon record in the metadata property:
https://stripe.com/docs/api/coupons/create

valid sapphire Jul 8, 2022, 5:15 PM

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Got it - thank you!

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I guess I worry about having like thousands of coupons in the dashboard

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Most of them are referral coupons, so they'd be the same value

fringe sage Jul 8, 2022, 5:16 PM

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I can understand that. You can always programmatically delete them

valid sapphire Jul 8, 2022, 5:16 PM

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maybe I can have one coupon for all referrals

fringe sage Jul 8, 2022, 5:17 PM

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I wrote a script that created 500 coupons and then had to write another to delete them. I was testing API speeds

valid sapphire Jul 8, 2022, 5:18 PM

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Nice - is the preferred "stripe way" to have one coupon represent a referral

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or one per referral

fringe sage Jul 8, 2022, 5:19 PM

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That is entirely up to you. Some businesses like to keep things discrete and specific to a single customer. Others reuse the same coupon to track usage. Stripe keeps track of each coupon's redemption count

valid sapphire Jul 8, 2022, 5:19 PM

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Got it ok - thank you for the help!

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