Configure Single Use Products Using the Subscribe Portal

You can include single use products in your Product catalog using the Subscribe Merchant Portal.

• Use Case Number: 2-1-05
• Completed By: Business Manager
• Estimated Completion Time: <1 day

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Design Approach

Single use Products allow your customers to purchase a service that does not recur and which is not time or duration based, or a service that does not have an associated entitlement at all. A single use Product can be a digital download where the user makes the purchase and then downloads the digital content, for example, a language learning program, a game, or a newsletter. In this use case, the customer has immediate access to the service purchased without additional charges or restrictions. A single use Product may not have any entitlement at all but rather represent an activity or one-time charge. For example an activation fee or one-time membership. In this example there is no associated entitlement to be granted. The user pays the fee and receives the service in return, namely, activation or access to the club. Unlike Subscriptions, single use Products do not require a Billing Plan as they do not recur.

• Create Single Use Products Using the Subscribe Portal

Parent topic:Single Use Products

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Create Single Use Products Using the Subscribe Portal

Determine the single use Products that you want to offer in Subscribe. Use the following steps as a guide to creating your catalog of single-use products. Create a different product for each different single use service and price point. For example, if you have two different price points for a given service, such as $4.99 for basic service and$7.99 for premium service, then create two products. One for Basic and another for Premium. To configure single use Products:

1. In Subscribe Merchant Portal 2.0, select your starting point from the following options:
   • To create a new product, click the + New button and select Product.
   • To duplicate an existing product, select the relevant existing product (ID) from Catalog > Products and click Duplicate.
   • To edit an existing product, select the relevant existing product (ID) from Catalog > Products and click Edit.
2. Define the following Product fields in the Details Pane:
   1. In the ID field , enter your unique product identifier. Also knows as a SKU, this value uniquely identifies this product in Subscribe. It can be any alphanumeric value up to 255 characters.
   2. In the Status field, use the toggle switch to set the status of the Product toActive by moving to the right or Inactive to the left. By default, set to Active.
   3. In the Tax Classification field, enter the required classification ​provided by your tax vendor for this product. For more details, see the Avalara Avatax System Tax Codes list. This field only appears if Taxation has been activated.
3. Define the following Product fields in theDescriptions pane:
   1. Click Add to add a description.
   2. In the Description field, enter a meaningful product description (up to 255 characters long).
   3. In the Language field, select the desired language for the description from the drop-down list.
   4. To add additional Description entries in different languages, repeat these steps. You can define multiple descriptions in different languages at this time or come back later to add additional descriptions.
4. Define the following Product fields in the Pricing pane: The Pricing pane governs the product price and associated currencies and Tokens:
   1. Toggle to define the Pricing Mechanism. Toggle right for currency/token Standard Pricing. By default, field is set to Standard Pricing.
   2. Select Add Currency/Manage Currencies to define the relevant currencies. The Manage Currencies dialog box appears. You can add multiple currencies for the product at this time or come back to do so later. Note: Only one currency will be accepted for the customer’s full payment.
   3. Place your cursor in the selection box and select a currency using its ISO three-lettered currency code. For example, select USD for US dollars. When finished, click Submit.
   4. Enter the desired price in the Amount field for the defined Currencies and Tokens. Identify the relevant currency by its national flag or hover over it to see its name.
5. Define the following Product fields in the Entitlements pane:
   • Select existing Entitlements by placing cursor in the Select field and selecting the relevant existing entitlement entries. Note: Each Product can have from 0 to N Entitlements. Subscribe uses the Entitlement Identifier to identify content to the CMS/OVP.
   • Create New Entitlement entries by entering an entitlement identifier in the ID field, a Description in the corresponding field and clicking Create. Note: The newly created entitlements are added to the Select entitlement list for the Product. They can also be reused for other products.
6. When you’re done, click Save or Update.
7. Repeat the steps above for each single use Product you want to define.

Parent topic:Configure Single Use Products Using the Subscribe Portal