Hello shopify community, I am building a simple app, but I am having a problem with setting up the trial days.. I am using the latest node boilerplate where in i have to setup billing config upon installation. const billingConfig = { “Premium”: { interval: BillingInterval.Every30Days, amount: 1…

Hi @geobertz , You can achieve this by saving the shop id or unique id to your database. That means, when any users install your app you should save users shop id or unique id to your database table and create some more field for status(active/inactive), start date(installed date) and end date(date…

Hi thank you for your response. I get the idea, so my theory is correct.. Ill definitely try this.. I have another question though, how do we make an app 100% FREE? There is no option in billing API to make it FREE.. cant set 0$ as price. and more than 1000 days as trial days.

Hello @geobertz , Recently we launched custom pricing app and its free. Login to your shopify partner account go to your app and select the option. Please refer screen shot: [oscprofessional_0-1677501010265.png] You can manage your app pricing here. Thanks …

Hi @oscprofessional , I also setup 14-days trial, but I don’t know when trial ends, how can I update remain trial days in database? Do you have solution for this?

Hello, Can you please clarify one behavior? Does Shopify handle it? I mean, every time the user uninstalls and reinstalls again, the trial day will apply again? Example: The user used the app for 20 days and the app has 21 days trial, so If a user uninstalls and installs again, Shopify gives 21 da…

You have to check every time the merchant enters your app, compare current date and date of installation. You can redirect them to billing after the trial ends.

Yep, it will will give them 21 days trial again. That is why its important to save the initial installation date, If they re-install, check your database if the store is already recorded with the initial installation date. Compute how many days they still have for the trial, if they already used …

Thank you very much for your quick response Can you help me with currentPeriodEnd If my application has 21 days of the free trial, what will be the value of the currentPeriodEnd field in the getCurrentSubscription query? Without trial days, I will be equal to (for a monthly subscription): the sub…

How to preserve trial days after reinstalling a Shopify app?

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geobertz February 27, 2023, 2:05pm 5

Oh i see and just set billing to undefined right?
Thank you so much

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How to preserve trial days after reinstalling a Shopify app?

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