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Enabling a Product for Installment Billing

You may not use PayPal’s recurring renewal functionality/payments in conjunction with installment billing at this time. For more information on recurring renewal memberships, visit the Setting up Recurring Renewal Membership online Help topic.

To enable a membership or subscription product for installment billing:

  1. Click the Administration hyperlink located on the Module Menu to launch the Administration module.
  2. Click the Member Types group item to view the list of available actions.
You can also enable subscriptions for installment billing. Simply select Subscription options in the Administration module drop-down menu. The step-by-step instructions described here are the same to enable installment billing for subscriptions.

  1. Follow the steps outlined in the Member Type help topic to Add a new Member Type, or use the Find functionality to locate a specific Member Type. You may also click the List Member Types link to view a list of all Member Types.
  2. Open the Member Type profile for the Member Type.
  3. Expand the list of Membership Dues Rates located in the Dues Rates child form.

From here you must either add a new dues rate, or edit an existing rate.

To add a new dues rate, click the +Add icon and follow the steps outlined on the Adding Membership Dues Rate help topic.

To edit a dues rate, click the Edit icon next to the dues rate you wish to edit.

  1. Click the Allow Installments? check box located on the Member Type and Dues Rate Information form.

This will cause the Frequency and Number of Installments drop-down menus to become visible. These drop-downs allow you to set the parameters for the billing installments.

The recurring payment profile for installment billing is created in PayPal. As a result, credit card expiration dates are managed there as well. If a customer cancels a credit card before an installment is due, please work with PayPal to determine the best method to pull a list of recurring profiles and credit card expiration dates.
  1. Expand the Frequency drop-down menu and select how frequently the customer will be billed.
  2. Expand the Number of Installments drop-down menu and select the number of installments that will be allowed to pay off this product fee.

  1. Click Save.

The installment billing settings have been saved for this dues rate. Whenever it is selected for purchase, these billing parameters will be applied to the invoice. In the case of the image above, whenever dues rate OLBDUESA is selected, the purchaser will be billed in monthly increments for four straight months at which time the full cost will be paid off.

Remember to set the Percent Paid field correctly during Member Type set-up if the membership dates should flip during the first installment as opposed to when the membership is paid in full.