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)!

[GreyGhost]

Originally Posted by Ted S

That's how it's designed to work... It checks the furthermost expiring membership to determine if the user is about to expire or not. Sites using multiple levels would have to determine their own priority system; after all you don't want to tell someone who had signed up for a month to month that their new lifetime membership is going to end.

OK thanks Ted, unfortunately I can't use it then..

... uninstalled

8-)

[tpearl5]

Ted - is there a check in the modification to accommodate for renewing subscriptions. Like "Your subscription will renew on DATE" ?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by tpearl5

Ted - is there a check in the modification to accommodate for renewing subscriptions. Like "Your subscription will renew on DATE" ?

There is not however I do believe it skips recurring ones all together. It's been a while...

[point4design]

I'm using this on my site and the notice shows when I go to the forum but can I also have the notice show when the user is on one of my cms pages that are run by content.php?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by point4design

I'm using this on my site and the notice shows when I go to the forum but can I also have the notice show when the user is on one of my cms pages that are run by content.php?

Yes but it will require hacking the plugin to extend the hook locations to whatever is called up in your content.php script.

[point4design]

Ok, I'd have no idea where to start. Anyone willing to do it for me (for pay)?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by point4design

Ok, I'd have no idea where to start. Anyone willing to do it for me (for pay)?

I'd suggest the paid modifications area. It's not a lot of work... nor highly technical.

Here's an example post to help you find the right coder:

Needed: Developer to Extend the Subscription Notification System

I am looking for a developer who can modify the Subscription Notification addon to run routines in other parts of my site, mainly to content.php generated pages from the vBulletin CMS. This simply entails modifying the existing plugin to look for additional hook locations.

While this is a quick project you must have a clear understanding of the plugin system, template hooks and vB CMS.

[Nirjonadda]

Does it work without manual template edit for 4.1.10 ?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Nirjonadda

Does it work without manual template edit for 4.1.10 ?

The addon works the same in all version of vB 4 although we offer limited support with significantly outdated builds.

[rgreene1971]

Originally Posted by Footman

I really like this and tagged it. Won't do me much good yet as I still haven't gotten Zombaio integrated with vB4 yet. Looking for help with that. Once I get that done and have some paying members this is going to be the perfect fit.

Did you ever find an integration for Zombaio with VB?