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- | ====== Adding and Editing Plans ====== | ||
- | ===== What a Plan is ===== | ||
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- | For a definition of what a Plan is in the SubscriptionBridge system, please see the [[: | ||
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- | Note that - unlike Products - Plans are shared across all of the Stores that you set up in your SubscriptionBridge Merchant Center. In other words, Plans are not store-specific. That's because the same Plan (e.g. monthly payment, no trial, using PayPal) could well be shared across different subscription-based products and services, in different Stores. | ||
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- | ===== Adding a New Plan ===== | ||
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- | To add a new Plan, do the following: | ||
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- | * Click on //Stores// in the Merchant Center navigation | ||
- | * Select any of your //Stores// | ||
- | * Under // | ||
- | * The page will display a list of available Plans. Click on //Add New Plan// to add a new one. | ||
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- | {{: | ||
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- | On the //Add New Plan// form you will find the following fields: | ||
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- | * **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 " | ||
- | * **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, | ||
- | * **Total Billing Cycles** \\ Enter the total number of billing cycles. For an ongoing subscription (a subscription that never ends), enter 0. If the subscription does end after a certain number of billing occurrences, | ||
- | * Month under Billing Period | ||
- | * 3 under Billing Frequency | ||
- | * 8 under Total Billing Cycles (4 quarters a year, times 2 years). | ||
- | * **Currency Code** \\ Select the currency used by your store. | ||
- | * **Is there a Trial period?** \\ Indicate whether there is a //Trial// period or not. Note that a //Trial// does not have to be a "Free Trial" | ||
- | * **Trial Billing Period** \\ Select the billing interval (e.g. " | ||
- | * **Trial Billing Frequency** \\ Select how often the subscription will be billed during the trial, based on the interval selected under //Trial Billing Period//. __For example__, if you want to offer a 3-month trial at a discounted price, you will select " | ||
- | * **Trial Total Billing Cycles** \\ Enter the total number of billing cycles for the //Trial Period//. For a free 1-month trial, you would enter 1 here, 1 under //Trial Billing Frequency//, | ||
- | * **Subscription Starts Immediately? | ||
- | * **Start Date** \\ Enter a //Start Date// if the subscription is not set to start immediately (i.e. at the time it is ordered). If there is a //Trial Period//, the //Trial// will start on the //Start Date//. | ||
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- | ===== Viewing and Editing Existing Plan ===== | ||
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- | To view all the Plans in your SubscriptionBridge Merchant Center, do the following: | ||
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- | * Click on //Stores// in the Merchant Center navigation | ||
- | * Under any of the stores, locate the // | ||
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- | On the page that lists all //Plans// under the selected //Store// you can: | ||
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- | * Click on any column heading to sort the table by that column | ||
- | * Click on the //Edit// icon ({{: | ||
- | * Click on // | ||
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- | <note important> | ||
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- | ===== Related Articles ===== | ||
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- | * [[products|Adding and Editing Products]] | ||
- | * [[packages|Adding and Editing Packages]] | ||
- | * [[packages|Adding and Editing Features]] |
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