Coupon...only for subscriptions? Or invoices?

[Steve Sensenig]

So I have a subscription service. Applying a coupon when a customer signs up for a plan works perfectly. However, I offer a lifetime option that is not a plan, just a one-time purchase. When I apply my 15% lifetime coupon, and then charge them, the discount does not get applied.

Are coupons only good for subscriptions, but not straight charged amounts?

steve :)

[Colin Sidoti]

Not exactly, but it looks like you can do what you need with Invoices.

Here's a quote from the docs on Coupons:

"A coupon contains information about a percent-off or amount-off discount you might want to apply to a customer. Coupons only apply to invoices; they do not apply to one-off charges."

https://stripe.com/docs/api#coupons

If you have an Invoice, though, it looks like you can add an arbitrary "Invoice Item."  Then it will then be charged with the rest of your invoice:

https://stripe.com/docs/api#create_invoiceitem

steve :)

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[Steve Sensenig]

I can't believe I missed that paragraph in the docs. Thank you!

steve :)

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