Recurring Sales

Learn how to the configure recurring sales app.

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Understanding Recurring Sales 

The Recurring Sales app allows you to charge customers on a recurring basis, and is often used for paid memberships. 

After Recurring Sales are enabled, Products may be configured with a recurring price, rather than a once-off price. 

Purchase of the above Product will create a recurring billing schedule, which will generate invoices and charge the customer via the selected payment method. Via the Dashboard, you can edit, pause and terminate recurring billing plans.

You can setup a recurring sale to charge customers weekly, fortnightly, monthly, every two months, quarterly, half yearly or yearly.

Automation Triggers

If you are using Recurring Sales with the Marketing features, the following automation triggers will be available: 

Approaching a billing date:  
Useful for sending a notification to customers that their billing date is approaching. Triggers when the recurring sale is due to create its next invoice. You may specify the number of days prior to the billing date. 

When a Recurring Sales invoice is paid: 
Useful for adding customers to a members group, and for sending a confirmation to customers once they've paid their membership / subscription. Triggers when a sales invoice associated with a recurring billing schedule is marked as paid.

When a Recurring Sale is overdue:
Useful for notifying customers that their invoices have not been paid. Can be used to remove contacts from membership groups after failed payment. You may specify a minimum number of unpaid invoices, and the number of days since last payment. 

When a Recurring Sale is terminated: 
Trigger an automation in the case that a recurring sale is terminated.

When a stored card is expiring soon:
Useful for notifying customers that their credit card is expiring soon, prompting them to update their payment details. You may specify the number of days prior to the credit card expiring. 

App Requirements

In order to use the recurring sales app your Oncord plan must include the Commerce features. To change your plan click here to contact us.

Not all credit card payment gateways support recurring sales - please see the list here.

You may also charge customers via bank transfer / direct deposit via the recurring sales app, which will raise invoices marked as unpaid. 

Pricing

Use of the recurring sales app attracts a 0.5% fee in addition to your Oncord pricing plan. This fee helps us continue to improve recurring sales functionality, as well as cover costs for general maintenance and support.

The calculated fee will be added to your Oncord monthly subscription. You can review all invoices and charges to your account through the dashboard: Dashboard > Settings > My Account.

How to Enable the Add-on

To enable the add-on:

go to Dashboard > Settings > Features.

The Recurring Sales option will be listed under the Commerce Feature.

To enable the app, simply click the "ON/OFF" button.

A notice will appear to confirm that the app was installed successfully, and a "Recurring Sales" link will be added under the Commerce heading in the left sidebar of the dashboard.