Credit Charge and Usage Guide

Some businesses require clients to subscribe to a membership or a package that includes a balance, which is periodically renewed, such as a gym subscriptions or internet packages. Membership and balance systems align in a ledger, with the capability for periodic renewal to meet the ongoing business requirements. They differ in not allowing a single client to subscribe to more than one membership, while a single client can own multiple balance packages simultaneously. The choice between them is determined based on the nature of services, business needs, and client preferences that best suit your business.

Packages in Daftra have two types: membership packages and credit recharge packages. If you want to add a new package with a specified balance that you can later assign to the client and charge a periodic predetermined price for this package, you should go to the ‘Manage Packages‘ dropdown under the ‘Points and Credits‘ in the main menu, then click on the ‘New Package‘ button.

• Package Name: This is the name that appears when you select a package for clients to subscribe to, such as ‘Internet Package 100 GB.’
• Type: In this case, we specify the type as ‘Credit Recharge.’
• Status: There are two options, either ‘Active’ to allow activation of this package for your clients, or ‘Inactive’ to stop activation.
• Price: This refers to the price of the package that will be paid periodically.
• Period: The time frame during which the balance package is renewed and recharged. For example, the package could be renewed every month, every 3 months, or every two weeks, depending on the business system.
• Description: A field that allows you to add any details specific to this balance package.

As for the type of credit for the package, you can choose it from the types pre-added in your system, or click on ‘+ Add Credit Type‘ to register a new credit type.

The screen for adding a new credit type contains only the ‘Credit Name‘ and the ‘Save‘ button.

After saving the package, on the screen for registering new packages, you will find the ‘Order Package‘ button. Click on it, select a package from the ones you have created in the system, and choose the client who wants to subscribe to the credit package.

Then, click on the ‘Save‘ button.

Upon saving the package, you will be automatically redirected to the payment screen to enter the details of the first payment if the client has made it. Otherwise, click ‘Cancel‘ if the client has not made the payment yet.

In the case of payment, you need to enter the client’s payment method, whether it’s cash, bank transfer, cheque, online payment, etc. The full amount of the credit package is automatically filled in the amount field, and the date is set. The payment status becomes complete.

• You can change the treasury to which the client’s paid amount is transferred.
• You have the option to attach files related to this payment transaction.
• You can edit the amount and record only a part of the credit package subscription, adding the remaining amount as installments on the client’s invoice.

• Note that if the client does not pay for the credit package, you can cancel the payment at this stage. Later, you can go to the client’s invoices and click ‘Add Payment‘ on the invoice related to this subscription when the client makes the payment.

To track client consumption, it is necessary to record both usage and credit recharge. You can do this through the ‘Manage Credit Usage‘ dropdown under ‘Points and Credits‘ in the main menu. Click on the ‘New Credit Usage‘ button.

There are two ways to renew the package:

• Full Package Renewal: This is done by clicking on the ‘Order Package‘ button in the ‘Manage Packages‘ dropdown under ‘Points and Credits‘ in the main menu. Then, select the client and the package. The credit is automatically reflected in the entries.

• Additional Credit Recharge: By adding a credit recharge with the desired number of units, you can do this by clicking on the ‘New Credit Charge‘ button in the ‘Manage Credit Charge‘ dropdown under ‘Points and Credits‘ in the main menu.

Then, the client and the type of credit are selected, along with the number of units and the expiration date for the usage of this credit (the date of adding the credit and the last valid date for usage).

You can track credit usage through the client file by clicking on ‘Manage Clients‘ in the dropdown under ‘Clients‘ in the main menu. Click on the client file you want to view the credit usage for.

You can add the credit type when defining the package, as mentioned earlier. Additionally, you can prepare the credit types you use in advance before adding the packages. To do so, go to ‘Settings‘ in the dropdown under ‘Points and Credits‘ in the main menu.

Click on the ‘Credit Types‘ tab.