Reoccurring Paypal Subscriptions

What this does (added in first post)

With the current vbulletin subscription set up, it only charges your members one time. So if you have a pay based site, or forum area they have to keep subscribing, and causing them to waste time and effort (and maybe you lose money)

What this does, is give you the option if you want one time payment (standard vb) or reoccurring payment.

When you choose reoccurring the script has them sign up for a reoccurring payment, as paypal sends you confirmation each time you get a subscription payment, your system will now update their access time.

This will save your members from having to resign up all the time and hopefully save you some money


For instance, say you have a paying member?s only area, and you want them to have to pay $10 a month.

With this you can charge per month and it handles all the charges, and every month they send another payment automatically your script gets updated and sets their new expiration.


This has been asked for many times and IMO should have been in to begin with.

Enjoy and I will help as I can.

Note from the new supporter: This hack is now being actively supported again. I have updated the install instructions to work for version 3.0.7, and we can now begin to work out any existing bugs. This code is still raw and has not been tested extensively due to the difficult nature of testing paypal transactions.

[Fluous]

Okay, before I install this I have a couple questions.

When the month comes, where do they pay? From their usercp? Like if they bought a month. It expires how would they go about renewing it. If it's from paypal, then what would be the difference of a manual one. Or does it automatically just take it out. *what I'm thinking*. And what if they hit the bunkers...aka below zero in their account. I know that paypal accounts can go negative, but would this stop it upon hitting 0? Doesn't matter to me jw.

But now that I rethought and figures it pays every month itself. It's all good and I'll install.

[insanctus]

Originally Posted by Fluous

Okay, before I install this I have a couple questions.

When the month comes, where do they pay? From their usercp? Like if they bought a month. It expires how would they go about renewing it. If it's from paypal, then what would be the difference of a manual one. Or does it automatically just take it out. *what I'm thinking*. And what if they hit the bunkers...aka below zero in their account. I know that paypal accounts can go negative, but would this stop it upon hitting 0? Doesn't matter to me jw.

But now that I rethought and figures it pays every month itself. It's all good and I'll install.

It auto bills them if you select reoccur, if they hit 0 and it shows as pending, they do not get updated time limit until their payment goes thru (so they would lose access while not paid)

[Fluous]

Thank you. Was wondering how that little part worked .

[aloha]

Thanks insanctus! Erwin... just keep the install button clicked :P

[Erwin]

I've set it up. Let's see how it goes.

[insanctus]

Originally Posted by Erwin

I've set it up. Let's see how it goes.

It is working good on mine ..

[dkny]

I installed this excellent hack. I have a test account set up. The problem I have, even before installing this hack is that the members dont show up in the subscription section in admin, plus there group doesn't chang (from Regular member to Paid Member). I went to MYPHPadmin and the Subscriptionlog tables are blank. I tried it with a few test accounts. Anyone have the same problem? I need this fixed, I'm willing to pay.

[insanctus]

Originally Posted by dkny

I installed this excellent hack. I have a test account set up. The problem I have, even before installing this hack is that the members dont show up in the subscription section in admin, plus there group doesn't chang (from Regular member to Paid Member). I went to MYPHPadmin and the Subscriptionlog tables are blank. I tried it with a few test accounts. Anyone have the same problem? I need this fixed, I'm willing to pay.

Sounds like you did not edit paypal.php Step 4

[insanctus]

After some thought, I may add in some more on this.

For my uses I and I think others would like it, is one time of so much , then so much each time after.

I will play with it when wake.

[insanctus]

Here is an example of what it would look like.

So say you wanted to charge them $50 at first then $10 a month each month after this would allow that.

I will release this update once I get a chance to test it.