Since HostBill 2.8 its very easy HostBill allows you to create flexible n-days free trials. You can also automate after-trial events, like:
- sending out email that trial is over
- increasing account recurring price
- changing account billing cycle from Free to one of the available recurring
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- billing options
This article will explain how to create sample free trial based on two scenarios using HostBill:
14-days free trial, suspend account afterwards and email client that
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the trial is over.
- Create or edit package in Settings ->Products and services→ Products & Services
- Change package Price to free - previewfree
- Go to Automation tab and add new custom automation task, add premade free trial task
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- The task will automatically suspend the account after the trial expires and will send email to the client. Email can be configured in Email Templates.
30-days free trial, generate invoice on 29th day
- Create or edit package in Settings ->Products and services→ Products & Services
- Change package Price to free - previewfree
- In Automation tab add custom task: "Change account billing cycle"
In Automation tab add custom task: "Change account recurring price"
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Under "Automatic suspension" set email that needs to be sent to client after suspension (i.e. "Your free trial is over"), and set auto-suspension to 1 day after due date.
Add another custom task - Send email 30 days after account creation to inform customer that
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the free trial is over.
There are numerous other applications for custom automation tasks, and even more to come with next releases!
HostBill will automatically suspend the account after the trial expires.