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Reoccurring Paypal Subscriptions · **Released**: 05-06-2004

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.

amykhar · #**212** 06-09-2005, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by concreteweb

We've had some time to test all of our subscriptions.

Here's an update from my earlier message today.

1. All of our regular non-recurring subscriptions work fine - everyone gets their account updated a.o.k.

2. None of the recurring subscriptions get their accounts updated.

It sure looks like this is an issue with the mod since standard subs work like a charm.

Comments anyone?

Are you using IPN or are you using the notify url? I don't think this hack works if you haven't set up IPN.
Have you followed all of the hack's directions? You may have missed the file changes to paypal.php. If you did, it won't recognize the new IPN variables.
I am not using 3.0.3 and can't test on that platform.

concreteweb · #**213** 06-10-2005, 02:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amykhar

Are you using IPN or are you using the notify url? I don't think this hack works if you haven't set up IPN.
Have you followed all of the hack's directions? You may have missed the file changes to paypal.php. If you did, it won't recognize the new IPN variables.
I am not using 3.0.3 and can't test on that platform.

Yes, we are using IPN. Checked and double-checked the install files - including paypal.php.

Strange indeed. This underscores the weakness of the current vbulletin software with all the variations between the different versions.

I hope 3.5 will get us to some kind of mod stability.

fashunphotog · #**214** 06-21-2005, 01:19 PM

Hey! I'm interested in this hack but I'd like to know first if it will allow me to set up a free period of say 90days and then begin charging the appropriate fee from that point on?

If not, anyone know of any hacks that will allow that?

Thanks for whatever info you can supply,

FaShUnPhOtOg

amykhar · #**215** 06-21-2005, 01:45 PM

No. It doesn't have the free period, fashun. I don't know if there is a hack that does.

Amy

fashunphotog · #**216** 06-21-2005, 04:04 PM

I noticed after I posted my reply/question that insanctus, in a later post, indicated s/he (gender unknown to me, sorry), had actually coded that option but had not decided how it should look so had not released it yet.

I'm wondering now if s/he has since released it and I haven't found it yet? If not, would Insanctus please release what s/he has and let us worry about how it looks to our end users? Perhaps one of us can make suggestions after we see it in action?

FaShUnPhOtOg

amykhar · #**217** 06-21-2005, 04:26 PM

Insanctus no longer posts here. And he's a he.

Amy

fashunphotog · #**218** 06-21-2005, 04:42 PM

well, hmph! we need this option rather quickly.... I was hoping he (thank you for that

would be willing to supply it. Would it be a difficult hack do you think? Do you know anyone willing to code it? (Hint, hint, "wink, wink, nudge, nudge, know what ah mean, guvnor?")

FaShUnPhOtOg
aka Michael

Anarchy · #**219** 07-02-2005, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amykhar

Romeos, as I said before, that could be the problem with the stock vbulletin subscriptions. I have had problems with those ever since vbulletin 3 was in beta.

Make sure the paypal recurring subscription was set up and make sure you made the changes to the paypal.php file. If you did the paypal.php changes, you are probably seeing the same problem many of us see with subscriptions in general.

This script works perfect on 3.0.6 so its a change from .6 to .7

Im using it for hundreds of subs on a .6 board and it won't work on my .7 boards

amykhar · #**220** 07-02-2005, 12:30 PM

I am using .7 and it works just fine for me.

bchertov · #**221** 07-08-2005, 11:24 PM

Hi,

I am considering installing this hack for my 3.0.6 board.

Do the same install insructions apply to 3.0.6?

ALSO, is there a provision for the price to change on the recurring charge - say the price goes up after an introductory special?

Thanks!
Barry

amykhar · #**222** 07-09-2005, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bchertov

Hi,

I am considering installing this hack for my 3.0.6 board.

Do the same install insructions apply to 3.0.6?

ALSO, is there a provision for the price to change on the recurring charge - say the price goes up after an introductory special?

Thanks!
Barry

Yes, it should work on 3.0.6

No. There is nothing to regulate price changes. You would have to go to paypal and unsubscribe your users and have them resubscribe.

sub_ubi · #**223** 07-12-2005, 02:45 AM

Anyone up for porting a bunch of old "reocurring" subscriptions to 3.5? The new payment system is much better, so having both work at the same time would be wonderful. Old people keep their subscriptions, new people sign up with the new system.

Anarchy · #**224** 07-19-2005, 09:56 PM

I'm having trouble now with both my forums and they were working fine. Did paypal change the way it sends back its info?

Its making the subscription, but not adding the subscription to the subscriptions in vbulletin.

amykhar · #**225** 07-19-2005, 11:06 PM

I've upgraded to 3.5 and am no longer running this mod. So, I'm honestly not sure if anything has changed on the paypal side.

Is anybody else having problems?

sunnycher · #**226** 07-20-2005, 12:14 AM

This thread is very confusing.
I am running VB 3.07 and VBA 1.0
so the paypal subscriptions I have set up (without this hack) are not going to automatically renew? BUT they will get a notice that their subscription is getting ready to expire though, right? And they have the option of renewing.

BUT, with this hack, it will automatically do it for them? Mine are annually.
also, when it automatically renews it, does it do it at the CURRENT rate or the rate they paid a year ago?

Thanks for helping me understand!

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