Creating a One-Time-Purchase Product
Product Lifecycle Management enables creation of the products that can be purchased without creating any subscription and recurring fees. This can represent, for example, a support or delivery agreement.
Note: A subscription in Operations will be created when a product with one-time fee is purchased, however the One-time subscriptions cleaner task will delete such subscriptions once their provisioning is confirmed.
Such products are tagged as One-time purchase in UX1 screens, except for the subscription list screen, where purchased one-time-purchase products are not displayed at all. Another difference with the subscription-based products is that subscription period is not displayed for products with one-time fee.
There are several limitations applied to the products with one-time fee:
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Currently, a plan cannot include both a one-time-fee product and a subscription-based product.
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You cannot decrease the amount of already purchased products with one-time fee.
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You cannot increase the amount of already purchased products with one-time fee within an existing order. To do this, a new order must be created.
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A purchased one-time-fee product cannot be replaced with another product, which means that you cannot configure a switch path for plans with one-time-products.
To create a one-time-fee product, complete these steps:
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(Optional) Adjust fulfillment parameters of the created product.
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Following the guidelines below, prepare an Excel file, based on which the plan will be created. You can use this file for reference.
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RecurringType = One Time
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AutoRenew = Disabled
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AlignBillingOrderWithStatementDay = False
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No subscription periods must be defined in the file. In that case, 0-months periods will be created automatically.
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Billing Periods
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The following fields should not be filled as they make no sense for one-time-fee products:
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BillingPeriodAlignment
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CotermingPossibilities
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ExpirationDateAlignedWithEndOfMonth
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ExpirationDateAlignedWithSubscription
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BillingAlignmentResellerRedefineAllowed
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UpgradePath_(1...N)
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SubscriptionStartDateAfterUpgrade
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Rating Engine must be enabled for plans with one-time-fee products:
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ProcessByRatingEngine = True
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Create a plan using the prepared Excel file.
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Configure setup fee in the created plan.
As a result, your one-time-purchase product is created and can be offered to your customers.