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Recurly subscription non-prorated

Currently, I have a recurly subscription setup to start every Friday.

I am trying to create a recurly subscription that is NOT pro rated. The customer pays £33 a week for access (they are sent an item in the post), renewed every Friday.

I would like to start the customers subscription immediately, and then renew every Friday. eg

If they sign up on Thursday - they pay £33.... then they pay a further £33 on the Friday, and every Friday thereafter.

I've gone through the recurly docs, and see that all time based subscriptions which start immediately are pro-rated. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I would handle this scenario?

Thanks, Rob

Solution

  • You have a few more options:

    • Use the starts_at parameter to have the subscription start on the next Friday. The downside of this method is that the subscription will not become active until that date
      • Create the subscription, then use the postpone method to set the next renewal date. There is no proration with this model. I'd prefer this over the free trial, since the trial language is user-facing and a bit confusing.