What is a product?
Products describe the specific goods or services you offer to your customers.- If you’re an e-commerce store selling orthopedic goods, one of your products might be an orthopedic shoe. In Flex, you can create a separate product for each size and color combination.
- If you’re a Service app, you might have a subscription with basic and premium pricing tiers. In this case, both basic and premium are separate products because they typically offer unique attributes or features.
not_eligible
.
When you create a product in Flex, you have to provide a name. You can optionally add other attributes to a product to determine it’s eligibility.
HSA/FSA eligibility for a product
A product can fall under one of the following eligibility types:- Not Eligible - The product is not HSA/FSA eligible.
- Auto Substantiation - The product is HSA/FSA eligible because it is on the SIGIS Eligible Product List.
- Private Label - The product is HSA/FSA eligible because it has been added to Flex’s Private Label List. In order to be on the private label a product must have substantially the same active ingredient, form, and function, to a national brand-equivalent item that is included in the SIGIS Eligible Product File
- Vision - The product is HSA/FSA eligible because it is a prescription for vision.
- Prescription - The product is HSA/FSA eligible because it s a prescription.
- Letter of Medical Necessity - The product may be eligible through a letter of medical necessity.
What is a price?
Price objects are the numerical amount to pay. You don’t need to create new prices for each purchase–if you’re selling a product for one price, you only need to create one price. Prices can either be one-time or recurring. Subscriptions use recurring prices to charge the customer at an interval, such as “once a month.” If you sell the same service at several different subscription intervals, it’s best to create multiple recurring prices for the same product. Because a product can have multiple prices associated with it, you’ll need to specify which price to use when creating Checkout Sessions or Payment Links.Working with products and prices
Create a product
To create a product you can do so using the Product API or via the partner dashboard. If your product is already on the eligible product list provide a GTIN as part of the payload along withauto_substantiation
as the hsa_fsa_eligibility
type requested.
If you’ve worked with the Flex team to determine your product may be eligible via a Letter of Medical Necessity, specify the visit_type
that was provided to you along with
letter_of_medical_necessity
as the hsa_fsa_eligibility
type requested.
If you’ve worked with the Flex team to determine your product is eligible on the private label list, specify the reference_gtin
that was provided to you along with
private_label
as the hsa_fsa_eligibility
type requested.
if your product is a vision prescription or prescription product, please specify the corresponding hsa_fsa_eligibility
type.