How to add a subscription

There are several ways to create a subscription:

1. Add the subscription for the existing customer;
2. Create the customer along with the subscription;
3. Add a subscription from the Charges section.

Using the Interface

Way 1:

1. Go to Subscriptions;
2. Choose Add new tab;
3. Fill in customer details, schedule and payment information
4. Click Add Subscription.

Way 2:

1. Go to Customers;
2. Click on Actions next to the customer in question;
3. Choose Add Subscription;
4. Fill in the subscription details;
5. Click Add Subscription.

Way 3:

1. Go to Charges;
2. Click on Add new;
3. Choose Subscription in the Select Payment Type dropdown;
4. Fill in customer details, schedule and payment information;
5. Click Create Subscription.

Success!

Using the API

Steps:

1. A simple POST /v1/subscriptions

   {
              "amount": "10.00",
              "currency": "AUD",
              "reference": "Custom user reference",
              "description": "Custom user description",
              "customer": {
                  "first_name": "Test_first_name",
                  "last_name": "Test_last_name",
                  "email": "Test@test.com",
                  "reference": "CustomReference",
                  "payment_source": {
                      "address_line1": "Testline1",
                      "address_line2": "Testline2",
                      "address_city": "Testcity",
                      "address_state": "Teststate",
                      "address_country": "AU",
                      "address_postcode": "1234",
                      "gateway_id": "55925037556cc23c1ed3773e",
                      "card_name": "Test User",
                      "card_number": "4200000000000000",
                      "expire_month": "01",
                      "expire_year": "17",
                      "card_ccv": "123"
                  }
              },
              "schedule": {
                "frequency": "1",
                "interval": "day", 
                "start_date": "2015-07-20",
                "end_date": "2016-07-25T07:35:11Z"
              }
        },
   	

   Success!

A more detailed overview of the subscription feature can be found in this video:

Note: By default, the first charge on the subscription is scheduled for 11:30 AM UTC of the current day. If you create a subscription earlier, the charge will happen at this particular time, so do not worry if you do not see an immediate payment. If a subscription is created after 11:30 AM UTC, the charge will be made right away. 

If you want the charge to occur at a specific time, you can mention it in the "start_date" when creating a subscription through the API.

Note: If you want your subscription to fire up on the last day of the month, the following line should be added to your company settings:

"assessment_follow_end_month": true

Contact our support team to enable this feature.

Follow the core principles below to set up the subscription according to the customer's needs.

Core Principles

1. Interval -  this means how often you would like your customer's subscription to be charged: per day, week, month or year. 
2. Frequency - Determines the frequency of charges depending on the Interval you choose previously. For example, if you want to charge every 5 days, set Interval to "days" and Frequency to "5". If you want it every month, set Interval to "Month" and Frequency to "1".
3. Start Date - Choose when you'd like the schedule to start and the first charge to be made. 
4. End - Determines how and when your customer's subscription will end. 
   1. End never –  keep running until manually removed
   2. End date – keep running up until the specified date which you can specify in a new window. 
   3. End amount reached or exceeded - keep running until a certain threshold has been reached or exceeded (a new window will pop up here for you to determine this threshold)
   4. End amount not to exceed - keep running but will not exceed your specified limit (a new window will pop up here for you to determine the total amount). If there's a 'gap' the remainder will not be processed.
   5. Total transactions - keep running until X number of payments have been collected within the Subscription (a new window will pop up here for you to determine the transaction amount)
   6. Total amount equals -keep running up until at least the specified total amount is collected (a new window will pop up here for you to determine the total amount). If there's a 'gap' the remainder will be processed at the last transaction.