Miscellaneous Hacks - Subscription Notifications -- Drive paid subscriptions & renewals

Paid Subscriptions are a means of driving revenue for thousands of forums but what do you do when a subscription is about to expire? On most forums, if the subscription does not recur automatically, users lose their status and only if they notice a change in benefits do they think to renew. By proactively informing users of their subscription expiration you can help increase paid subscription renewal rates and decrease support inquiries from subscribers.

Notifications Options & Customizations:

The Subscription Notifications System can appear on your Forum Home and/or User CP pages and can display the following messages:

Expired Alert
24 Hour Alert
48 Hour Alert
7 Day Alert
1 Month Alert
Long Term Membership
No Membership

All of these messages can be configured using phrases and customized with HTML code to meet your forum's needs.

Each message is enabled/ disabled through your vB control panel with a link provided to modify the message contents using the phrase system.

Modifications/ Instructions:
Template edits: 1-2
Plugins: 1 (adds 1 template and several phrases & settings)
SQL Queries Added: 1-2 (optional)

This addon should take under 5 minutes to implement and customize. Note: Minor template modifications are required for this addon to show up (see instructions file for more details)!

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by rgreene1971

Did you ever find an integration for Zombaio with VB?

The odds of the member returning to this thread are pretty slim... Best to send them a message.

[Footman]

Originally Posted by rgreene1971

Did you ever find an integration for Zombaio with VB?

Actually I'm using aMember for that. They integrate between Zombaio and vB.

[Lpspider]

I have a question about this modification. Are these notifications dismissible? If not, is there any easy way to make them dismissible? I want my members to know their subscriptions are expiring but once they see it I want them to be able to hide then notification.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Lpspider

I have a question about this modification. Are these notifications dismissible? If not, is there any easy way to make them dismissible? I want my members to know their subscriptions are expiring but once they see it I want them to be able to hide then notification.

They are not. Making them removable would require either moving over to the notices system or building some sort of cookie function.

[Toorak Times]

Hi Ted,

So, say, I have a Merchant usergroup that I sell access to a VIP type a/c (making certain marketing mods available) for say $200 a 3 month period, or 6 or 9, or 12 etc, this will notify them that they need to renew?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Toorak Times

So, say, I have a Merchant usergroup that I sell access to a VIP type a/c (making certain marketing mods available) for say $200 a 3 month period, or 6 or 9, or 12 etc, this will notify them that they need to renew?

If it's setup as subscriptions with expiration dates, yup.

[joeychgo]

Just a thought, this is a pretty good mod, but it might be a little better if there were POP up boxes or something that would help people notice better

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by joeychgo

Just a thought, this is a pretty good mod, but it might be a little better if there were POP up boxes or something that would help people notice better

Thanks for the suggestion! Not much activity on this mod from the user base but it's very simple to customize how it appears if you don't want to wait around for updates.

[jnmann]

Just having a quick look at this. I have a recurring subscription service installed but the auto renew doesn't seem to be working properly.

Is this a stand-alone mod or does it work in conjunction with something already in VB please?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by jnmann

Just having a quick look at this. I have a recurring subscription service installed but the auto renew doesn't seem to be working properly.

Is this a stand-alone mod or does it work in conjunction with something already in VB please?

This works with the default vB subscriptions. If you're using another system for more advanced options, notifications would not appear for it.