We offer a Pro Monthly Subscription where the monthly rate is $50 but we require the first 2-months to be pre-paid upfront.
Or you could rephrase another way; the first month of a Subscription is paid and the second month is pre-paid.
With another payment processor (FastSpring) we could configure a First Period Length on Subscriptions. For example, a Pro Monthly Subscription is purchased but the First Period Length is set to 2-months.
Here's a scenario:
Subscription is purchased on July 1st
First 2-months pre-paid on July 1st = $100
Next charge date is September 1st = $50
Charges ($50) continue monthly until Subscription is cancelled
We haven't found a clean way to accomplish the same First Period Length with Stripe.
Any idea how something similar could be configured with Stripe?
You can achieve this with a trial period and a one off-invoice. Here's the flow:
Create the subscription and set the trial period to 60 days: https://stripe.com/docs/api/subscriptions/create#create_subscription-trial_period_days
Create a one-off invoice to immediately charge for 2 months ($100): https://stripe.com/docs/billing/invoices/one-off
After the 2 month trial period is over, the regular monthly subscription ($50 a month) will kick in
A Product with two Pricing Plans and a scheduled change to the Subscription was a good fit for our scenario.
The first Pricing Plan (Intro) is configured with a 2-month term and $100 fee (2 * $50/month).
Second Pricing Plan is the regular monthly rate ($50/month).
When the Subscription is created the Intro plan starts on Day0 and a change is scheduled for 2-months to switch the Subscription to the regular Monthly pricing plan.
Here's the configuration in the Dashboard:
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I have a question regarding the free azure credits.
I registered on 11/19/2021 and used around 80$ (60EUR) of services during December and my credits are going to expire on the 12/19/2021.
I want to stop my services before the 19, but:
Will I be billed at the end of the month and, more important, will my credits be used?
Or they are going to expire on the 19 and at the end of the month, I will be billed on my credit card?
How can I pay now for the services I used directly with my credits?
You have got free credits only for a month so after 19 your free subscription will get deactivate and if you want to continue then your free subscription will changed to Pay-as-you-Go but it will completely depends on you.
I am using Azure Pay As You Go subscription. I wanted to create Azure IOT hub with S1:Stander Tier. Cost per month is :1652.41 INR. If I use it for 8 hrs for trying some example and delete the that create IOT hub, will it charge 1652.41 INR Or hourly or daily basis?
This is answered in the FAQ at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/pricing/details/iot-hub/
The relevant section for these standing charges are:
How does billing work for the IoT Hub service?
The consumption of IoT Hub units is measured on a daily basis, and the billing is generated on a monthly basis. Customers are billed based on the number of IoT Hub units that have been consumed during the month.
Is the billing prorated if I purchase an additional IoT Hub unit mid-month?
You can choose to increase the number of IoT Hub units purchased at any time. If you sign up for the service mid-month, your monthly bill will be pro-rated based on the number of days remaining in the month. (For the purpose of the IoT Hub service, a month is defined as 31 days). If you increase the number of units of IoT Hub mid-month, your monthly bill will be based on the number of units available for each day during the month.
So for your example of 8 hours use in a single day will be measured as the monthly rate divided by 31.
I created a free account in Azure.com.For custom domain I chose D1(shared) option for 9$. Now the issue is, my total free credit are still 200$ how? Will I pay 9$ from my credit card? Since it's totally free account and they will not charge unless I convert my account to Pay-As-You-Go subscription. Even they delete it after the trail. I tried to talk with their support they told me that it's free and you will not be charged, but my 200$ credits are still there.
You can see in the image what option I chose:
The $9.67 is the cost of running this app for 1 month. So if you create this app on the first of the month and let it run through the 30th, then you would be left with $190.33 azure credits.
When you create the app the 9.67 is not charged upfront but rather you would be charged about $0.013 per hour.
So if the app is there for 24 hours for 30 days then that would be $0.013 * 24(hours in a day) * 30(days in a month) = $9.67 aprox.
Lets say we are using BizSpark in Azure with 130EUR starting credits, and consumption comes out to be 200EUR. I'll be charged to pay 70EUR. Will these charges be paid automatically if I've entered the credit card info to my subscription?
Simple answer is yes. Your credit card will be charged automatically for the excess charges (70 EUR in your example) approximately within a month after your billing cycle ends.
How are Streaming Units is being charged; per day or per month?
Media Services pricing page shows:
~ $4.48/day ($139/mo)
Billing is prorated daily based on 31 days per month.
while pricing calculator page is based on only per month calculation.
Thanks.
Regards
It's prorated daily. So as soon as you turn it on, you are charged for the first day. The pricing calculator is only showing the monthly fee and not allowing you set it by day.