coupon code for free trial

[eatlocal]

I see mention of creating a coupon codes for trial amounts, but I'm not quite sure how to setup the short code.

I'm using s2member pro to manage a yearly membership on my site, but I need to offer a free membership to select individuals by offering them a code to enter in the coupon code section of the form. I don't want to create a separate for for this since I'm actually using the current s2member form to trigger both the membership, as well as triggering member access to a non-wordpress application on our site.

So, ideally I want to create a coupon code that will give a specific user access to a 1 year free subscription, where after that year they'd need to renew at the regular $50 member rate. Any tips on how to do this?

Thanks,
Jim

[eatlocal]

or is there another way to achieve what I need?

[Cristián Lávaque]

You could try having a 1 year initial term at $50 and then yearly recurring at $50. The coupon that discounts the initial/trial term would then result in the first year free. Would that work for you?

[eatlocal]

That would probably work. The question is how do I do this? I've yet to find instructions on how to set up coupons like this.

[Cristián Lávaque]

WP Admin -> s2Member -> Pro Coupon Codes

SAVE-10|10%||ta-only (10% off an Initial/Trial Amount. The ta="" attribute in your Shortcode.)

So you can do something like: 1STYEARFREE|100%||ta-only.

Does that help?

[eatlocal]

I guess I'm still confused as how it works. I created a coupon code in the Pro Coupon Code section, and tried applying it, but it said "Sorry, your coupon is not applicable."

Here is the coupon code I created (which will be handed out to select students): STUDENT123|100%||ta-only

And this is the code for the pro form

[s2Member-Pro-PayPal-Form level="1" ccaps="" desc="$50.00 USD / Yearly - ( recurring charge, for ongoing access )" ps="paypal" lc="" cc="USD" dg="0" ns="1" custom="www.landshareco.org" ta="0" tp="0" tt="D" ra="50.00" rp="1" rt="Y" rr="1" rrt="" rra="2" accept="paypal,visa,mastercard,amex,discover,maestro,solo" accept_via_paypal="paypal" coupon="" accept_coupons="1" default_country_code="" captcha="0" /]

Any thoughts on why the code isn't working? I kind of need to get this working by next week so students can start signing up.

Thanks for your help,
Jim

[eatlocal]

You can disregard that last post. I noticed I had the wrong coding added. I changed it to this " 1 Year @ $50.00 / then $50.00 USD / Yearly" and changed tp to "1" and tt to "Y", and then the coupon worked.

Now I just need to figure out why the free trial account isn't triggering the application on the non-wordpress database. it creates a user, but doesn't mark them as paid so they can use the application.

[Cristián Lávaque]

Hmm... What non-wordpress database? Sorry if you mentioned it before and I don't remember. Anyway, maybe it being a free trial/initial term causes it to not register as a paid.

Are you using the Notifications API? What is your notification URL for the other app?