With this billing type selected, an add-on will be used as containers for other resources. On the service order form, it is displayed as a drop-down list. A client can select only one option.
A container resource is called a parent resource. All the resources "inside" the parent resource are called child resources. To manage child resources, navigate to Products → Tariff plans → Configuration → Prices.
This billing type is used when the service provider wants to allow customers to select the add-on billing type. That's why all of the child resources are one and the same resource with different billing types.
Example: the service provider sells dedicated servers. The tariff plan includes the add-on "Traffic". The provider wants to set up the following parameters:
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- Unlimited traffic usages for 1000 euro per month.
- 1024 Gib of monthly traffic — 500 euro per month. The billing system will charge the client for resource overage — 1 euro for 1 GiB.
- 5 GiB of monthly traffic is provided for free. The billing system will charge a client for resource overage — 1 euro for 1 GiB. The maximum amount of traffic per month — 1024 GiB.
Customers can select only one option.
Navigate to Products → Tariff plans → Configuration → Prices and add three add-ons Traffic "Based on statistics". Provide specific settings for every addon:
- Unlimited. "Overage price" — 0. In the "Prices" field enter 1000 per month.
- Monthly. "Overage price" — 1. In the "Prices" field enter 500 per month. In the "Traffic limits": a unit of measure - GiB, tariff plan includes — 1024, maximum amount — lear the checkbox.
- Free. "Overage price" — 1. In the "Prices" field enter 0 per month. In the "Traffic limits": a unit of measure - GiB, tariff plan includes — 5, maximum amount — 1024.
Note: the names for the child resources are set in the "Custom name" field.
Configuration
Main settings
Billing type — select how you want to charge your clients for add-ons.
Edit resource after order — select how your customers can edit the resource after order:
- Resource can be edited — a client can edit this resource. He/she can increase it when needed and decrease only after the minimum order period is over.
- Resource cannot be edited — the client cannot edit the selected addon after order.
- Only increase — the client can only upgrade this addon.
- Only decrease — the client can only downgrade the addon. This option is available when the minimum order period is over.
Minimum order period — select a minimum period that shall pass before the client will be able to downgrade his/her add-on.
Period — number of days or months included in the minimum order period.
Manual setup — the system will create a new Task for every operation with this resource. Learn more about manual activation and tasks.
Name — the name of the drop-down list. It will be displayed on the service order form in the list of services.
Service order configuration
Sorting (count forward) — addon sorting order on the order page. If there are several resources with the same sort order, they will be sorted alphabetically.
Upload icon — select an image for this addon.
Addon description — addon description for every active localization in the billing system. The system will display this information in a hint (the'?' symbol) on the order page. You can use the following HTML-tags in this field:
- <br/> — line break.
- <b> </b> — bold print
- <i> </i> — italics.
