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.

[sketch42]

Originally Posted by Jpax

ALSO is it possable to EDIT the USER that paid for the subscription to be able to UPLOAD attachments, like they pay and they can add attchments now.

just set it up in the ACP ....
ACP >Forums and Moderators > Forum Permissions> Forum X(insert your forum here)> Usergroup X(insert the your usergroup here) > Edit > Post Permissions > Can Upload Attachments [x] Yes [ ]No

and save :classic:

EDIT: almost forgot ... goto your subscription manager and make sure you check off on the right by the usergroups the name of the usergroup you want to have access to that section... as well as setting the forums that they have access to

[insanctus]

^ Correct.

As for if they cancle well sadly if they buy then download and cancle there is little you can do but be happy you got the first payment.

Myself I use a first time payment on my site (price of software) then a reoccuring yearly (for updates on said software)

[sketch42]

Originally Posted by insanctus

^ Correct.

As for if they cancle well sadly if they buy then download and cancle there is little you can do but be happy you got the first payment.

Myself I use a first time payment on my site (price of software) then a reoccuring yearly (for updates on said software)

if they cancel after a day does it refund them the money?

[Yahhoon23]

Nope. Say they sign up for a monthly sub at $5 per month.

You get their first $5 payment, then they cancel the subscription. You still get to keep their first payment and they don't get any refunds unless they try to request a refund from paypal.

Then since their sub has been cancelled, after their first month of use is up, they go back to the registered group.

[Amzadi]

I offer subscriptions based on daily, weekly, monthly and yearly rates.
Daily - $4, Weekly - $21, Monthly - $60 & Yearly - $365
Now while the amounts may be excessive for your sites, look at the structure. It increases the daily cost for the shorter terms. If you're getting a lot of cancellations after the first subscription, this may be a good idea for you to use.

[sketch42]

Originally Posted by Amzadi

I offer subscriptions based on daily, weekly, monthly and yearly rates.
Daily - $4, Weekly - $21, Monthly - $60 & Yearly - $365
Now while the amounts may be excessive for your sites, look at the structure. It increases the daily cost for the shorter terms. If you're getting a lot of cancellations after the first subscription, this may be a good idea for you to use.

o no i was just wondering if with the subscription cancellation they get refunded as well

[Amzadi]

No, they don't. It just cancels future subscription payments and VB puts them back in their previous group when it expires.

[sketch42]

Originally Posted by Amzadi

No, they don't. It just cancels future subscription payments and VB puts them back in their previous group when it expires.

BIG problem with subscription cancellations... they arent being taken out of the subscription... so i can only think that this is a prob with vb or the hack

[insanctus]

Originally Posted by sketch42

BIG problem with subscription cancellations... they arent being taken out of the subscription... so i can only think that this is a prob with vb or the hack

Well if they paid why would you want them taken out till the paid time is up?

[sketch42]

Originally Posted by insanctus

Well if they paid why would you want them taken out till the paid time is up?

because even afterwards like the month is up.... heck i even had a guy that reported a fraudulent purchase and the money was refunded .. yet he still wasnt removed

[insanctus]

That is vb , but at that point I would have banned him...... give them all ip info (if he claiming it is fake) and then let them take care of legal stuff.

[sketch42]

Originally Posted by insanctus

That is vb , but at that point I would have banned him...... give them all ip info (if he claiming it is fake) and then let them take care of legal stuff.

hmm i never thought of that......

so this is a vb bug?

[insanctus]

It is not as much a bug as just not an option?

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by insanctus

It is not as much a bug as just not an option?

Any word on the new version?

[sketch42]

I thought i would update anyone else experiencing the issue with the refunded payments.. i hope noone minds....

Originally Posted by Scott MacVicar

Paypal have changed the variables again without notifying customers. I've now updated the paypal script to handle the new reversal methods and it will be in 3.0.2.

Here's the FIX clickity click click click