

If you want to modify the prefix for your account, you can change it in the Invoice template. Stripe automatically assigns the account-wide prefix, but you can override it to make it clearer that these invoices come from you. Your first invoice would be RKTRIDE-0001, a second invoice to a different customer would be RKTRIDE-0002, another invoice to the first customer would be RKTRIDE-0003, and so on. When you configure an invoice to use account-level numbering, each invoice number starts with a common prefix and has a sequential number.įor example, if your business is named Rocket Rides, you might set the prefix to RKTRIDE. Prefixes have to be between 3 and 12 characters and they can’t match any other customer prefix, including prefixes that are no longer in use. You can set prefixes on the Customers page in the Dashboard or with the API by using the invoice_prefix parameter. You can override prefixes so that you can trace invoices back to your customers. The first invoice number for Typographic would be TYPGRA-0001, the second would be TYPGRA-0002 and so on. When you configure an invoice to use customer-level numbering, each invoice number begins with the customer’s unique invoice prefix.įor example, if one of your customers is a business named Typographic, you might set the prefix to TYPGRA. When switching between schemes or updating prefixes, only future invoices use the new settings. All other countries default to customer level sequencing because it doesn’t expose the total number of invoices. European Union member countries and the United Kingdom typically require account level sequencing. Stripe chooses a default behavior based on the country your Stripe account is based in. Sequentially across your account (account-level)-Uses the same prefix for every customer and assigns invoice numbers sequentially across your entire account. Sequentially for each customer (customer-level)-Uses a unique prefix for each customer and assigns invoice numbers sequentially for a given customer.

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(The full invoice number is always unique across your account in both schemes.) Stripe supports two invoice numbering schemes: Invoice numbers have a prefix and suffix, such as 586A2E-0139 or MYSHOP-1203. Stripe automatically generates invoice numbers to help track and reconcile invoices.
