Hi,
I successfully use PayPal Subscriptions for many years but I struggle with identifying subscription transactions.
Example:
On my website some subscribing for my service on the 15.01.2022 and is paying monthly.
So Paypal is charging on the
15.01.2022
15.02.2022
15.03.2022
15.04.2022
... and so on. On my Backend I also know that the user subscribed on the same date and I create bills on the
15.01.2022
15.02.2022
15.03.2022
15.04.2022
... and so on and send it to the user.
But I have problems with my accounting, because sometimes a subscriber has no money and the payment is happening a few days / weeks later.
So for example paypal should get the money on the 15.05.2022 but the user has no money and the transaction is happening on the 03.06.2022.
In this case I try to look into my backend and try to find the correct bill. But because the dates do not match, I have to "guess"
How can I exactly determine the correct bill?
I have some ideas, but do not find anything useful in the rest API.
1) Can I ask the system somehow if the transaction from 03.06.2022 was actually planned to be payed on the 15.05.2022
2) Can I ask the system which payment cycle it was? (So I can just count my bills?)
3) Any other idea?
I hope my problem is undestandable.
Thank you 🙂
