Do subscription buttons have a 2 year shelf life?

[rfollett]

I have created a subscribe button for a charity website. I seem to remember reading that once people have subscribed that Paypal will only take money for 2 years. Is this correct?

Can I add something to the code so this does not happen?

Any help would be great.

This is a UK paypal account

[snowshoe]

Short answer with be no.

If you set the "src" variable to = “1,” the payment will recur unless your customer cancels the subscription before the end of the billing cycle.  If  "src" variable omitted , the subscription payment will not recur at the end of the billing cycle.

For example, the button below is for $10 a month until the customer decides to cancel it:

<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick-subscriptions">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="youre email address">
<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="2">
<input type="hidden" name="src" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="a3" value="10.00">
<input type="hidden" name="p3" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="t3" value="M">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-SubscriptionsBF:btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif:NonHosted">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>