This documentation group focuses on Stripe's **Subscription Management** features, providing comprehensive guidance for businesses looking to implement and manage recurring billing.

The core of this documentation revolves around **Stripe Subscriptions**, covering everything from the fundamental concepts of how subscriptions work and how to build a robust integration, to advanced features like flexible billing modes, custom pricing models (flat-rate, per-seat, tiered, usage-based), and managing subscription lifecycles (creating, modifying, canceling, pausing, and backdating).

Key areas explored include:

*   **Subscription Fundamentals:** Understanding the subscription lifecycle, how subscriptions work, and designing an integration.
*   **Pricing and Product Management:** Setting up various pricing models, defining products and prices, and using embeddable pricing tables.
*   **Subscription Lifecycle Management:**
    *   **Creation and Trials:** Building subscription integrations, configuring trial offers (free and paid), and managing trial compliance.
    *   **Billing Cycles:** Setting billing renewal dates and understanding billing modes (classic vs. flexible).
    *   **Modifications:** Changing prices, managing prorations, handling pending updates, and using subscription schedules.
    *   **Cancellation and Pausing:** Canceling subscriptions, pausing subscriptions, and pausing payment collection.
    *   **Billing in Advance:** Pre-billing customers for future cycles.
*   **Entitlements:** Managing customer access to product features based on subscription status.
*   **Payment Methods:** Supporting a wide range of payment methods for subscriptions, including direct debits (ACH, SEPA, Bacs, BECS), bank transfers, PayPal, Pix, Revolut Pay, local cards (South Korea, Nigeria), and more.
*   **Migration and Integration:** Migrating existing subscriptions to Stripe using toolkits or APIs, and integrating with third-party payment processors.
*   **Advanced Features:** Using coupons and promotion codes for discounts, and managing subscriptions on iOS.
*   **Automation and Monitoring:** Utilizing webhooks to receive notifications of subscription activity.

This collection of documentation is essential for developers and businesses looking to leverage Stripe for recurring revenue models, offering detailed instructions, best practices, and API references for a complete subscription management solution.