How to set metered billing for a plan with/without a base fee? - Latest Product Catalog

Scope

How to add a base fee for my metered plan in product catalog 2.0?

I don't need a base fee for my metered plan in product catalog 2.0. How to do it?

Summary

Metered billing allows you to charge your customers based on their usage - like a postpaid plan. Metered billing is calculated by multiplying the usage quantity with the amount assigned. In such a case, you needn't set a base fee for the plan. Another business use case is setting a base fee and additional charges are calculated based on usage.

Solution

Metered billing 2.0 allows plans and recurring addons to be configured as 'Metered'. Using a combination of this, we can achieve both the use cases mentioned below.

Note: Ensure metered billing 2.0 is enabled for your Chargebee site. Refer to this for configuring metered billing on your site. For all Latest Product Catalog sites the default version available is Metered billing 2.0.

Use-case A: Metered billing without base fee

For this use case, follow the steps given below

Step 1: Create a metered plan with any pricing model.

Step 2: Add usages and generate the invoice.

Use-case B: Metered billing plan with a base fee

For example, A membership plan needs a base fee of $20 every month, and then the charges are added based on the usage of services.

Invoice Amount = Base fee + (Addon Price x Usage added)

For this use-case, follow the steps given below

Step 1: Create a non-metered plan with the flat-fee model. This is the base fee.

Step 2: Create a metered addon and attach it to the non-metered plan. This addon helps to calculate the usage.

Step 3: Add usages to the metered addon.

Please note that the sites on the legacy version of Product Catalog (1.0) will be on Metered Billing 1.0. The customisation mentioned above is not available on Metered Billing 1.0.

If you would like the latest version of Metered Billing, you will need to upgrade to the latest Product Catalog version. Here's more on this process.

The difference between Metered Billing 1.0 and 2.0 is that the settings mentioned below will only be available in 2.0 & not 1.0.

Related Documentation

Metered Billing 2.0