How PayPal Lets Subscribers Modify Their Subscriptions

[bluelabs]

Hello 

I have a web site were customers can subscribe for different plans.

I would like to have monthly plans

let say

Bronze 1$, Gold 2$ ...  plan5 5$

I am wandering can I setup payments like this and my clients modify it

here are the steps

1.They buy plan2 2$  / 1 month requiring

2. after 15 days they want to change the plan

3. there is modify button they click they accept new price and every one is happy...

Question one if this scenario is valid...

1.which plan with paypal I need to have FREE, 19.99 or 30$?

2. How often the clients can modify their plans?

3. In express checkout with Free plan I saw in documentation that I can't increase the price no more 20% for 6 months

This is not acceptable for me.

I am looking they can 100+%

Basically my business is 19$ per node

so the client can buy 1 node(+s) initially 19$ * 1(node) / month, 

but after 15 days they want to modify and buy one more node or go done

I understand that the second plan which they buy they will use it for free for 15 days but is OK

Q4. 

Here are the tutorials which I am looking is there something else?

somewhere in the middle search for Modify

https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/classic/paypal-payments-standard/integration-gui...

how often they can do this?  Can I do this with FREE plan "pay-as-you-go"

• Select the Add Advanced Variables checkbox; then in the text box below it, enter one of the following lines of code: modify="1" – Add this line of code to let subscribers modify their active subscriptions or sign up for new, additional subscriptions. If a subscriber has an active subscription, PayPal displays a page during checkout for accepting the new terms and pricing, with a link to a page to sign up for a new, additional subscription with the new terms and pricing. If a subscriber has a prior subscription that ended or was canceled, PayPal lets the subscriber sign up for a new subscription with the modified terms and prices. modify="2" – Add this line of code to let subscribers modify existing subscriptions only. If a a subscriber has an active subscription, PayPal displays a page during checkout for accepting the new terms and pricing. The page does not allow subscribers to sign up for new subscriptions.

https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/classic/paypal-payments-standard/integration-gui...

 <!-- Let current subscribers modify only. -->
    <input type="hidden" name="modify" value="2">

page 99  increase 20% only is not my business..

https://cms.paypal.com/cms_content/CA/en_US/files/developer/PP_ExpressCheckout_IntegrationGuide.pdf

[snowshoe]

What you have in mind cannot be done with Payments Standard (free product). 

It may be possible with Payments Pro however, will require a bit of custom work on your end.

[bluelabs]

Hi

Thank you very much for the response. 

 I would like to have Requiring payments monthly plans.

-Customer comming Buy plan $19/mo

-case one after 15days they want to MODIFY to plan and Buy one more 19$  ==> $38

Since in PayPal documentation says: Express checkouts can't modify and increase the price more than 20% for six months

My questions are about:

Subscribe, Modify, these scenarios I get from 4 phone calls 4 different answers.

Simple code here example it is about value=1 or value=2

<inputtype="hidden" name="modify"value="2">

<inputtype="hidden" name="modify"value="1">

====================

<table>

<tr><td><inputtype="hidden"name="on0"value=""></td></tr><tr><td>

<select name="os0">

<option value="Option 1">Option 1 : $1.00 USD - monthly</option>

<option value="Option 2">Option 2 : $2.00 USD - monthly</option>

</select></td></tr>

</table>

<input type="hidden"name="modify"value="2">

Here is the documentation about this

Working with Modify Subscription Buttons

https://developer.paypal.com/webapps/developer/docs/classic/paypal-payments-standard/integration-gui...

This one no one from Sales/Support explain to me the differences:

Click the Step 3 bar, and then follow the instructions for Step 3 – Adding Advanced Features to Your Subscribe Button.

I just want confirm what will happend in different scenarios....Before I spend time to develop

[bluelabs]

I am sorry,

my response was more than 20000 chars and I cut it...

From PayPal sales and support they say CAN NOT BE DONE since I looking the documention and says YES can be done

here is the email response of these specific questions I was referer to the common web site.... 

"

Welcome to PayPal, the easy and safe way to pay online!  My name is Josephine from PayPal Customer Service.

We have here advanced variables that you can integrate with your website in the PayPal button  so that you can set up the monthly plans that you wish to have.

Just visit this link: https://developer.paypal.com

Thank you for trusting PayPal. Take care and have a wonderful day!

Sincerely,
Josephine
PayPal Consumer Support
PayPal, an eBay Company

"

I am very disapointed spending this time on phone with paypal and continuing doing research how to be done.

Thanks for everyone sharing his experience