Trial Offers and Payment Option Using Authorize.net

[fivehmg]

I have a website that allows registered paid users publish posts.

Right now I am using authorize.net and have it set for annual renewal.

I want to do the following and want to know if the s2 plugin can do this:

1. Trial offer - give person 60 day trial and then charge $300 for remainder of year and then $600 every year then after.

2. Charge user $150 now, $150 in 6 months and then $600 6 months later and every 12 months after that.

If this can be done, is it built in or will it require any additional coding.

Thanks for your help.
-Dave

[Cristián Lávaque]

I'm not sure how you'd do it.

The thing is that you can work with the trial/initial period/amount and the regular one, like: trial 60 days, then $600 every year. But you want three periods: 60 days trial, rest of year $300, then $600 per year. Same problem with $150 for 6 months, another $150 for 6 more months, then $600 per year.

You'd need to change it so you're working with just two: initial/trial and regular.

[fivehmg]

Hi,
i have few more questions.

1. Can i select custom role for a user who sign-up's for paid membership?

2. how can i import existing users so they are charged automatically next time.

Thanks

[Cristián Lávaque]

1. I'm not sure how you can sell another role. You can specify a default role, if that helps: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=2760

You can also just work with the roles s2Member use and edit them to add/remove capabilities using a plugin like User Role Editor. https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-role-editor/

2. If they have a subscription already in PayPal, you just add PayPal as the gateway and their subscriber IDs when importing the users. If you have s2Member Pro, you can use the user import tool. WP Admin -> s2Member -> Import/Export -> User Import

If they don't have a subscription yet, you'll need them to create it clicking your PayPal button for it. If they already have an account, they'll need to be logged in to it when clicking the button.