Create a subscription product

To create a subscription product, do these steps.

1. Access the New Product pop-up by one of the following methods.

   1. On the navigation bar, select Products. In the top right corner of Products view, click (+).

   2. On the navigation bar, click (+), and select Add Product.

      

Enter product details

1. Enter the Product Name. If you want to create a basic product with custom pricing in orders, you do not need to enter any more information.

2. (Optional) Enter a Product ID. If you do not enter one, BillPro creates one for you. Try to make this a unique identifier, but in any case BillPro also creates an internal ID to uniquely identify each product.

3. (Optional) To add your product to a category for filtering, select a Product Group.

4. (Optional) To define the increments by which your product is divisible, select a Product Unit.

5. By default, the Product Status is Active, which means that you can select it in orders.

   

6. (Optional) Enter a Short Description and a Long Description of the product, which will display for the customer, and a Product Note, which is not visible to the customer.

7. (Optional) For Select Product Images, click Browse to upload one or more images from your local files. BillPro saves and resizes the image to display it for the customer in the checkout.

   

Enter product pricing

1. Enter the Price, which is the amount of the periodic payment.

2. If you are selling in a different currency, select the Currency.

3. (Optional) Select a Fee to add to the gross price.

4. (Optional) Select a Discount to deduct from gross price.

5. (Optional) Select a Tax to display as part of the gross price.

6. (Optional) Select Lock Pricing to prevent changes to the pricing in orders.

   

7. For the Product Type select Subscription.

   

   
   

Configure subscription product payments

Configure the payments for a subscription product with these steps.

1. (Optional) Select Lock Payment to prevent changes to the payment type in the order. If you do not lock payments, then you can change the subscription payment interval in an order.

2. (Optional) Select the checkbox to Apply fee to initial payment only. You cannot change this option in an order.

3. (Optional) Select the checkbox to Apply discount to initial payment only. You cannot change this option in an order.

4. BillPro will calculate the Initial Amount and Recurring Amount. For the Recurring Collection Interval select from Monthly, Quarterly, and Yearly.

   

   
   

5. Review the payment details and click Save.

   

BillPro will create product and display it so that you can check it. Now you can select the product in orders.

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Flexible subscriptions with the API

You can use the BillPro API to manage the billing events for subscription orders and create custom amounts and more flexible billing cycles.