Recurring Payments - Trial without card

Question

We're developing a system whereby the user will be sign-up and have a 3 month trial without entering card details. Once the trial period is up they get sent an e-mail asking them to come back and register card details in order to setup a recurring payment in order to continue accessing the site.

Is it possible to configure recurring payments with Braintree such that we don't provide a card for the trial period and then configure one upon notification that it has expired?

Thanks!

Answer 1

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Braintree subscriptions require a credit card to be created. That way, the transition from trial period to billing doesn't require any action by the customer or merchant. Since our core service is billing credit cards, that's what subscriptions are designed to do.

In your case, it sounds like you can create a subscription in your application, and only link it to a Braintree subscription if / when credit card details are entered. You'll need to handle tracking the three month time limit yourself.