Create subscription plan

Subscription plans allow you to charge periodic fees to your customers for using the service.

You can assign subscription plans to products (both main and add-on ones), customers and accounts.

To create a new subscription plan, fill in the subscription details and click Save. To create more subscription plans, click Save & Add another.

Type a unique name for the subscription plan.

Type a clear subscription name that end users see on their invoices and self-care interfaces.

Select a currency the subscription is priced in. Once saved, the currency can’t be changed.

Choose whether the subscription is managed by an administrator or a particular reseller.

Select the way subscription charges apply to a customer's account.

• At the end of the billing period – the customer is charged the full subscription fee when their billing period closes.

• In advance – the customer is charged one or more periods in advance. The charges apply for the following period at the end of the current billing period.

  For example, on April 1st your postpaid customer activates a subscription charged 2 months in advance. Therefore, their invoice for April includes charges for April and for the following 2 billing periods, May and June. The invoice for May includes charges for July since the subscription charge covers 2 periods in advance (June and July).

  When activated within the current billing period, e.g., on April 10th, the customer's invoice contains the pro-rated subscription fee for the incomplete billing period (from April 10th till April 30th) and their advance subscription charges for the following 2 billing periods (May and June).

  Periods in advance

  Specify the number of periods to charge your customers in advance.

• Progressively – the customer is charged a pro-rated subscription fee on a day-to-day basis. This means that by the end of the billing period, the charged amount covers the total subscription fee.

  For example, if the monthly subscription fee is $9.99, a daily charge is equal to $0.33. On the 10th day the subscription charges total $3.33 and by the end of the month, $9.99.

  xDR generation mode

  Specify how PortaBilling generates xDRs for customer subscriptions.

  • Select Keep total charge only to generate a single xDR that is updated every day to cover subscription charges from the beginning of the billing period until the current day.
  • Select Generate daily charges to generate a separate xDR for each daily subscription charge. These xDRs can be used for accounting and reporting.

Specify the date upon which subscription charges apply.

• At the given start date subscriptions become active on the date specified in the Start Date field. Note that if the Start Date is set to “immediately,” the subscription is activated within an hour after adding it.

• Upon the account's first usage subscriptions become active on the later of the Start Date or the account's first usage date. The subscription activates within an hour.

Specify a one-time fee that automatically applies when a subscription is activated. It is not pro-rated.

Specify a monthly fee.

Specify a daily fee.

Select a check box to assign the same subscription multiple times. Once the subscription is saved, this option is read-only.