Is it possible to build a function that notifies the user if they have clicked on a subscription but not paid?

Question

I am looking into building a simple subscription site for a project. The subscription will be a physical product that people will get delivered to their door.

I am going to use Stripe and Laravel to build it as there is a really nice package that has just been released for Stripe with Laravel here https://github.com/laravel/cashier

I have been looking at Laravel and this package and Stripe and I cannot find anything that would allow you to send an email to a user (registered of course) saying 'you did not buy that subscription when you clicked on it'.

Would it be possible to do this with in Laravel notifications at all?

Not familiar with Laravel, but I am sure it will be possible. Most modern frameworks allow you to do anything that can be done in a web user interface. — halfer, Mar 07 '14 at 12:28
Maybe you should check to the event system of laravel http://laravel.com/docs/events — KeizerBridge, Mar 07 '14 at 14:17

cfkane · Answer 1 · 2014-03-08T04:08:11.103

I'm erasing my previous answer (recommending using mailchimp/Mandrill) after finding something in the documentation in Laravel I hadn't seen before.

Laravel has a queuing system built that using Carbon can delay the email send so it becomes pretty easy once you've created the email that you'd like to send.

protected function queueReminder($message, $delay)
   {
      $date = Carbon::now()->addMinutes($delay);
      $reminder = Queue::later($date, 'SendEmail@send', array('message' => $message));
      Session::put('reminder', $reminder);

      Return True;
   }

Then when they make their purchase go back and cancel the email with:

 protected function destroyReminder()
   {
      return $reminder->getJobId(Session::get('reminder'))->delete();  
   }

And that should do it ... I haven't tried it, but I hope it works!

Yeah I could use a service like Mandrill – M dunbavan Mar 07 '14 at 15:14 — M dunbavan, Mar 07 '14 at 15:14

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

I am not familiar with the Stripe package but I would consider doing this:

when something is dropped in the cart, make an entry in #_cart_tmp table with uid, cart_id, notified (to mark if has received reminder email) or whatever might make the follow up process easier
when paid, remove it
run a cron every 90', checking this table and sending emails accordingly.

The only alternative would be a JavaScript timeout function which of course is not sufficient and will not run if the user is not connected.

Is it possible to build a function that notifies the user if they have clicked on a subscription but not paid?

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