'Recurring billing' add-on

The Recurring Billing add-on is created to help business owners to sell and track products based on the subscription (e.g. membership fees, subscription services, hosting plans, etc.).

CS-Cart allows to create your own recurring plan which automates the process.

In order to set up the Recurring Billing add-on:

• Sign in your administration panel;
• Open the Administration tab;
• Click on the Add-ons link;Find the the Recurring billing add-on in the list;
• Replace its status from Disabled to Active in the select box on the right;
• This will enable the add-on;
• Clicking on the edit link of the Recurring Billing add-on will open the section;
• Specify the following fields in this section:
• Initial status for new recurring orders – the specified status will be automatically attached to new orders with subscriptions.
• Number of attempts after order failed - number of attempts to pay for previously failed orders.
• Next attempt if order failed – number of days before new attempt to pay a failed order.
• Go to the Orders tab in the same window.
• Fill in the following fields here:
• E-mail subjects: specify custom subjects for the e-mail notification the users will get in case status of their order is changed;
• E-mail headers: specify custom headers for the email notifications the users will get in case status of their order is changed.
• Go to the Notification tab in the same window;
• Fill in the following fields here:
• Notification duration – specify the number of days preceding the payment when the subscriber starts receiving reminders.
• E-mail subject - Subject of an email notification.
• E-mail header - Header of an email notification.
• Click on the Save button.

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