This tutorial is geared for a subscription website that keeps content or services behind a paywall and asks customers to pay a recurring fee for access.
In this example let's imagine a basic scenario of a subscription website (language courses for example). We will be setting up three levels of memberships: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced (access to learning material will be according to the selected level), also three billing plans will be available: 3 months, 6 months, 12 months
Step-by-step guide:
One simple way to get this setup would be to create a virtual product 'Language Courses' with configurable options: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Creating "'Language Courses" product
Product Name: Language Courses
SKU: language-courses
Price: $9 (original price)
Click on the Advanced Inventory link
Change Manage Stock to "No"
Click Done
Create configurations:
Beginner - 9$
Intermediate - 14$
Advanced - 19$
our basic product setup is complete
2. Enable Subscriptions
Navigate to MPOWER - Configuration – General
Enable recurring subscription
3. Setup Billing Frequency (how to set up a billing frequency)
Navigate to MPOWER - Configuration – Billing Frequency
Add new billing frequency (3 months, 6 months, 12 months)
4. Open previously created product Scroll down to the Subscription Options section and open it
Scroll down to the Subscription Options section and open it
Available For: Recurring Purchase Only
Click on the ‘Manage’ button for opening Recurring Options Management
Step 1: Select attributes - Set to No all attributes
Step 2:
Is Trial Offered - NO
Start Date - Moment of purchase
Lock Product Price - NO
Unlock Preset Qty - NO
Hide Qty - YES
Savings Calculation - YES
Infinite Subscriptions - NO
Step 3: Billing Frequencies - Click on Add New button three times and select correspond Billing Frequency (3 months, 6 months, 12 months)
Step 4: Summary
Click Next and Save
At this point subscription product (parent) setup is complete
