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A subscription<\/strong> is a paid period on a client’s membership. It is created automatically when you pay a membership invoice or a renewal invoice, and it has a start date, an end date, a price, and an invoice number. The package credits are granted with it. Each client has one membership and can have several subscriptions on it.<\/p>\n

This guide explains when a membership subscription is created, how the system calculates its start and end dates for a new membership, an on-time renewal, and a late renewal, and the effect of grace days and suspension periods.<\/p>\n

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Required permissions<\/span>Manage Memberships<\/strong>, which you set up from Job Roles<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n
How to access<\/span>Direct link: Manage Subscriptions<\/strong><\/a>. Or from the main menu: Memberships<\/strong> > Manage Subscriptions<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Article contents<\/p>\n

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  1. When is a subscription created?<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Calculating the end date<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Calculating the start date<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Examples<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
  5. What changes after a subscription is created?<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
  6. When is a subscription not created?<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Frequently asked questions<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

    When is a subscription created?<\/h2>\n

    When you record a completed payment (full or partial) on an invoice that contains a membership package, whether it is the membership signup invoice or the renewal invoice. It is not created when you save the membership or the renewal itself.<\/p>\n

    Calculating the end date<\/h2>\n

    End date<\/strong> = start date + package duration \u2212 1 day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Package duration<\/th>\nExample (start 1\/10)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
    Daily<\/strong> (10 days)<\/td>\n10\/10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Weekly<\/strong> (two weeks)<\/td>\n14\/10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Monthly<\/strong> (one month)<\/td>\n31\/10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Yearly<\/strong> (one year)<\/td>\n30\/9 of the following year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Never expires<\/strong><\/td>\nNo end date<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    Calculating the start date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Case<\/th>\nSubscription start date<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
    First subscription of the membership<\/strong> (paying the new membership invoice)<\/td>\nThe joining date, even if the invoice is paid later.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Renewal before the membership expires or during the grace days<\/strong><\/td>\nThe day after the current membership end date, so the membership continues without a gap.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Renewal after the grace days end<\/strong><\/td>\nThe renewal invoice date.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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    Note:<\/strong> When you renew, the system compares the renewal invoice date<\/strong> with the membership end date + the membership renewal grace days<\/strong> from Membership Settings<\/strong><\/a>, not with the payment date.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    Examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Scenario<\/th>\nDetails<\/th>\nResulting Subscription<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
    New membership<\/td>\nMonthly plan, joined 1\/10, paid 10\/10<\/td>\n1\/10 \u2190 31\/10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Early renewal<\/td>\nThe membership ends 31\/10, renewal invoice dated 25\/10<\/td>\n1\/11 \u2190 30\/11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Renewal within the grace period (7 days)<\/td>\nThe membership ends 31\/10, renewal invoice dated 5\/11<\/td>\n1\/11 \u2190 30\/11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Late renewal<\/td>\nThe membership ends 31\/10, renewal invoice dated 20\/11<\/td>\n20\/11 \u2190 19\/12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Annual plan<\/td>\nJoined 15\/3<\/td>\n15\/3 \u2190 14\/3 of the following year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    What changes after the subscription is created?<\/h2>\n