Payment Options
Thia page summarises the different payment options available for selling products on CheckoutJoy.
Once-off Payments
- Plans
- EssentialPro
- Processors
- All
This is the simplest type of product - you set the price and the customer pays the amount on checkout.
Subscriptions
- Plans
- EssentialPro
- Processors
- AdyenGoCardlessMolliePayFastPayPalPayStackStripe
Subscriptions are scheduled payments where the customer is charged on a regular basis, for example weekly, monthly, yearly etc.
Free Trial
- Plans
- EssentialPro
- Processors
- PayFastPayPalStripe
A free trial will set up a subscription without charging the customer on checkout.
Free trials are only available for Multiple Payments and Subscription type products. To set up a free trial, add
the number of days the free trial should last when setting up the product pricing.
Setup Fee
- Plans
- EssentialPro
- Processors
- PayPalStripe
A Setup Fee is a one-time fee that is added to the cart at checkout. It can be added to any type of product, but is usually used with Subscription or Multiple Payment products. The setup fee is charged at the time of checkout, so even when combined with a free trial product, the customer will be charged the setup fee amount.
Common cases for using a setup fee:
- It can be added to a free trial subscription product as a "financial commitment". For example to charge the customer $1 during the free trial period
- Charging a discounted first period of a subscription product - see below.
Combining a Free Trial and a Setup Fee
Trial periods for subscriptions can be combined with one time charges as well. This may happen if you want to charge a one time fee or add-on at the same time as starting a trial.
Sometimes you want to incentive your customers to buy a subscription using a discount, but the discount should only apply for the first period of the subscription. This can be achieved by combining a Free Trial with a Setup Fee.
For example, say you want to set up a subscription of $100 but want to offer a 50% discount for the first month, so that the customer pays only $50 when they sign up and then $100 per month for the rest of the subscription. This can be achieved by using combining a free trial of 30 days with a setup fee of $50. The customer will therefore pay the $50 "setup fee" on checkout, and after 30 days the $100 subscription will start.
Here's an example of a $10 subscription product with a 10 day free trial, and a $5 setup fee.
