Customers are of course your most valuable asset. In Upodi, Customers have a profile which contains information on the customer and associated payment methods, i.e. a credit card, in order to charge the customer for their subscriptions.

A customer holds information such as contact details, addresses and currency. These informations are passed around the billing of subscriptions, and will be included on the final invoice of a billing cycle.

## Using the API

**Preferrence currency** A customer will have a preferred currency or the default currency. This states in which currency the customer will be billed. Upon a billing cycle Upodi will try to fulfill this preferrence by matching the customer currency with the product plan currencies available. Should a match exist, the subscription and following invoices, will be in the matching currency. If no match is found, the product plan default currency superseeds the decision.

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Currency calculations

Upodi does not calculate pricing on currencies. We merely pass on the currency between states of subscriptions and match these with the proper payment.

## What's Next

• Please visit [the conceptual](🔗) model for relationships.

• [Sign in to Upodi](🔗) to create your first customer.

• If you are a developer, review the [API on customer](🔗) and the [customer object](🔗).

## Questions?

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