Fixed and recurring pricing policies not working.

[d_tehrani]

Hi.

I would like to create a subscription group that will discount 5% on the initial purchase and 10% from the second billing.

I've set the selling plan group's fixed pricing policy to 5% and set the recurring pricing policy to 10% with afterCycle = 1.

But the subscription is kept billing 5% off the price.

Appreciate it if someone could tell me what I'm doing wrong here.

Thanks.

[qc11]

Hi,

The way you setup the fixed and recurring billing policy sounds all good to me.

Would you be able to offer more details in terms of how it's not working:

Is it when you trying to charge your second order or the pricing policy you fetched doesn't match?

[d_tehrani]

Hi. Thank you for the reply.

Below is the code that I used to create a selling plan group. The fetched pricing policies are correct, but when I try to charge a second order, the discount percentage of the order doesn't match.

mutation sellingPlanGroupCreate($input: SellingPlanGroupInput!, $resources: SellingPlanGroupResourceInput) {
  sellingPlanGroupCreate(input: $input, resources: $resources) {
    sellingPlanGroup {
      id
    }
    userErrors {
      code
      field
      message
    }
  }
}



{
  "resources": {
    "productIds": [
      "gid://shopify/Product/6132261257366"
    ]
  },
  "input": {
    "name": "test",
    "options": [
      "test-option-1"
    ],
    "sellingPlansToCreate": [
      {
        "options": [
          "test-option-1"
        ],
        "billingPolicy": {
          "recurring": {
            "interval": "MONTH",
            "intervalCount": 1
          }
        },
        "deliveryPolicy": {
          "recurring": {
            "interval": "MONTH",
            "intervalCount": 1
          }
        },
        "name": "selling-plan-test",
        "pricingPolicies": [
          {
            "fixed": {
              "adjustmentType": "PERCENTAGE",
              "adjustmentValue": {
                "percentage": 5
              }
            }
          },
          {
            "recurring": {
              "adjustmentType": "PERCENTAGE",
              "adjustmentValue": {
                "percentage": 10
              },
              "afterCycle": 1
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

[qc11]

Hi,

Just want to make sure: did you try to charge the second order by using `subscriptionBillingAttemptCreate`?

[d_tehrani]

Yes.

Please tell me if there is any other information you need.

[qc11 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I think there might be some misunderstanding in terms of using the price.
Shopify doesn't automatically transition the contract after a cycle. You might still need to update the price of the contract line after the first cycle.

We store the `computedPrice` on the pricing policy where you could fetch and then apply it:

More info please see here:

• Computed Price: https://shopify.dev/docs/admin-api/graphql/reference/orders/subscriptioncyclepriceadjustment
• Subscription Line: https://shopify.dev/docs/admin-api/graphql/reference/orders/subscriptionline
• Line Update https://shopify.dev/docs/admin-api/graphql/reference/orders/subscriptiondraftlineupdate

[d_tehrani]

Hi.

That makes sense.
Just want to make sure, should I update the currentPrice of a subscriptionLine, or the discountAllocation using subscriptionDraftDiscountAdd, after the first cycle?

[qc11]

Hi,

`SubscriptionCyclePriceAdjustment.computedPrice` should reflect the final price after applying pricing policy. So updating currentPrice with computedPrice would achieve the goal here.

`discountAllocation` works for the cases that any other discount applied on top of the pricing policy price.

[nhsanga12]

Hi @qc11, I got the same issue with @d_tehrani. This is the pricingPolicy values of subscription contract.

pricingPolicy [
      {
        afterCycle: 0,
        adjustmentType: 'PERCENTAGE',
        adjustmentValue: {
          __typename: 'SellingPlanPricingPolicyPercentageValue',
          percentage: 35
        },
        computedPrice: { amount: '19.5', currencyCode: 'USD' }
      },
      {
        afterCycle: 1,
        adjustmentType: 'PERCENTAGE',
        adjustmentValue: {
          __typename: 'SellingPlanPricingPolicyPercentageValue',
          percentage: 40
        },
        computedPrice: { amount: '18.0', currencyCode: 'USD' }
      }
    ]

I have two pricing policies with two afterCycle values. And the message displayed when the customer makes a checkout saying "First payment $19.50, then $18.00 every day", but actually in the second payment cycle the Shopify still collects $19.50 instead of $18.

Any ideas for my case? Thanks!

[EllaBrown2021]

Have you solved this problem?