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| * **Reference Name** \\ This is an internal name for the //Plan//. It is not shown to customers. | * **Reference Name** \\ This is an internal name for the //Plan//. It is not shown to customers. |
| * **Billing Period** \\ Select the billing interval from the following selections: __day__, __week__, __month__, __year__. You can use the //Billing Frequency// field to "adjust" the //Billing Period//. __For example__, to create a //Quarterly Billing Period//, choose //Month// here and then enter 3 under //Billing Frequency//. | * **Billing Period** \\ Select the billing interval from the following selections: __day__, __week__, __month__, __year__. You can use the //Billing Frequency// field to "adjust" the //Billing Period//. __For example__, to create a //Quarterly Billing Period//, choose //Month// here and then enter 3 under //Billing Frequency//. |
| * **Billing Frequency** \\ Select how often the subscription will be billed, based on the interval selected under //Billing Period//. __For example__, if you are selling a bi-weekly subscription, you will select "Week" under the Billing Period and enter 2 under "Billing Frequency" (the subscription will be charged every 2 weeks). Note that some payment gateways have restrictions on the frequency. For example, [[:authorize.net|Authorize.Net]] requires that the billing interval be between 7 and 365 day (i.e. you can't have a subscription shorter than a weekly subscription, if you are using Authorize.Net). | * **Billing Frequency** \\ Select how often the subscription will be billed, based on the interval selected under //Billing Period//. __For example__, if you are selling a bi-weekly subscription, you will select "Week" under the Billing Period and enter 2 under "Billing Frequency" (the subscription will be charged every 2 weeks). Note that some payment gateways have restrictions on the frequency. For example, [[payment-gateways:authorize.net|Authorize.Net]] requires that the billing interval be between 7 and 365 day (i.e. you can't have a subscription shorter than a weekly subscription, if you are using Authorize.Net). |
| * **Total Billing Cycles** (//Bill until canceled?//) \\ Enter the total number of billing cycles. For an ongoing subscription (a subscription that never ends), answer "//Yes//" to the question "//Bill until canceled?//", or enter //0// if there is an input field. If the subscription does end after a certain number of billing occurrences, then enter that number here. __For example__, if you wanted to sell a 2-year subscription that is billed quarterly, you would enter: | * **Total Billing Cycles** (//Bill until canceled?//) \\ Enter the total number of billing cycles. For an ongoing subscription (a subscription that never ends), answer "//Yes//" to the question "//Bill until canceled?//", or enter //0// if there is an input field. If the subscription does end after a certain number of billing occurrences, then enter that number here. __For example__, if you wanted to sell a 2-year subscription that is billed quarterly, you would enter: |
| * Month under Billing Period | * Month under Billing Period |
