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Note: If a user wishes to cancel a recurring membership plan and uses PayPal, they must also cancel the recurring payment directly in their PayPal account.

The membership system can be used for a variety of different payment situations. The duration of a membership period as well as the price and various benefits can be altered to suit the purpose of the website.

One way to use the system is to set up several tiers that are all 1 month in duration but vary by price and the % discount that is applied to all listing fees.

Another way to arrange different membership tiers is to set up different durations such as a weekly, monthly and yearly membership where the longer memberships offer a better value of discounts for longer membership periods.

A third way to set up different membership tiers is to offer a fixed number of items per membership tier. Using this method, sellers can be offered a block of item listings for a fixed price where larger blocks could be a better value.

Any of these different methods can be used individually or mixed and matched to create a unique pricing structure for your website.

General Membership Settings

Memberships Enabled – (Disabled, Optional, or Required)

Disabled: No membership system
Optional: Membership available but not required to post items
Required: All users must be members to post items

Membership Payment Method – (Merchant Account or PayPal)

Merchant Account: No membership system
PayPal: Membership available but not required to post items

Note: This setting only applies when Billing & Fees > General > Require Fee Payment Up-front is set to ON

Cancel Membership Days – # of days to wait before automatically cancelling recurring memberships with invalid CC info.

Note: This setting only applies when Billing & Fees > General > Require Fee Payment Up-front is set to ON

Membership Tier Settings

Title – (required) A short description of each membership option.

Description – (required) A description of the membership option.

Duration – (required) Months, days, or a onetime fee. This value determines the length of the membership tier.

Note: When using a “OneTime Fee” for memberships, enter the amount in the “Recurring Price” field. The user will only be charged once.

Example: Specifying 1 month means that the membership fee will automatically be charged to the user’s account every month on the user’s anniversary date. Specifying onetime fee means the membership will never expire after the price is paid once and only once.

Recurring Price – (required) The amount due each period of membership. If onetime fee is selected as the duration, this fee is only charged once at signup.

Initial Price – (optional) This is an optional alternative signup price which replaces the “Recurring Price” for the first payment if it is set to a non-zero value.

Listing Limit – (optional) If this value is greater than zero the seller will only be allowed to sell this many items before the membership renewal date.

Note: If accepting PayPal as the method of payment, it is recommended there be an unlimited item limit. If an item limit is set, and the customer reaches that limit and wishes to renew early, they must cancel their subscription with PayPal before re-subscribing for a new membership.

Listing Fee Discount – Set this number to a value between 0 and 100. This is the percent discount the seller will receive off all listing fees (Home Page Featured, Bold Listing, etc) when they have this tier of membership.

Post Fee Discount – Set this number to a value between 0 and 100. This is the percent discount the seller will receive off the post fee when they have this tier of membership.

Final Pct Discount – Set this number to a value between 0 and 100. This is the percent discount the seller will receive off the final percent fee when they have this tier of membership.

Store Fee Discount – Set this number to a value between 0 and 100. This is the percent discount the seller will receive off the monthly store fee when they have this tier of membership.

Display Order – An integer value which determines the order (from lowest to highest) that the various membership tiers are listed.

Update Membership Tiers

Make changes in one tier.
Select the button marked “Save all changes.”

Delete Membership Tiers

Select the button marked “Delete this plan” to delete the membership tier selected.

Add New Tier

Enter all required information in the blank form.
Select the button marked “Create New Plan” to add tier.