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

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)!

[need2fart]

Great hack thank you.

[manofphat]

Can't wait to see this on vB4!

[Falcon Capt]

Hi Ted,

GREAT MOD, been using it on vB 3.8.x, will the port to vB 4.0.x be ready soon? This mod is an absolute necessity!

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Falcon Capt

Hi Ted,

GREAT MOD, been using it on vB 3.8.x, will the port to vB 4.0.x be ready soon? This mod is an absolute necessity!

It's been out for a few weeks.

[Falcon Capt]

Originally Posted by Falcon Capt

Hi Ted,

GREAT MOD, been using it on vB 3.8.x, will the port to vB 4.0.x be ready soon? This mod is an absolute necessity!

Originally Posted by Ted S

It's been out for a few weeks.

Oooppsss... I guess I should have searched before posting. I had searched several weeks ago and didn't see it, thanks for porting this EXCELLENT mod to vB4!

You may want to include a link to the vB4 version in the header block of this mod so if someone stumbles across it they can easily find the vB4 version of the mod.

Thanks again!

vB4 version of this mod

[BirdOPrey5]

I have about 20 members who sent PayPal 'donations' before I had the formal subscription system up and running so I manually put them in the 'premium users' usergroup so they can have the benefits of membership. Is there any way I can 'convert' these users to an existing subscription? Basically add their username to my annual subscription package and a date of expiration that I choose? Otherwise I will have to check a spreadsheet each week to see who expires when.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

I have about 20 members who sent PayPal 'donations' before I had the formal subscription system up and running so I manually put them in the 'premium users' usergroup so they can have the benefits of membership. Is there any way I can 'convert' these users to an existing subscription? Basically add their username to my annual subscription package and a date of expiration that I choose? Otherwise I will have to check a spreadsheet each week to see who expires when.

You can add subscriptions via the subscription manager and assign a date when you do so.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Ted S

You can add subscriptions via the subscription manager and assign a date when you do so.

The "Add new subscription" button in subscription manager allows me to add a new 'type' of subscription that someone can buy, not add a person to an existing subscription. I've played around with all the obvious places this option should be but can't find it. Have you actually done this?

Edit- Nevermind, found it under "add user" in the controls drop down box, THANKS!!

[viper357]

Ted, couple of questions if you don't mind.

Can this be made to display on vbadvanced?

If I set a reminder for 1 month, does the reminder stay there for the entire month or is the user able to disable it, or minimise it?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by viper357

Ted, couple of questions if you don't mind.

Can this be made to display on vbadvanced?

If I set a reminder for 1 month, does the reminder stay there for the entire month or is the user able to disable it, or minimise it?

I'm not sure how vBa runs hooks but assuming it has the right plugin location, you would just have to tweak the mod to key off of it.

In 3.8 the notice does not go away. On 4.0 it uses the notices system which can be minimized.