1. What happens when my customer's immediate checkout amount is different from the subscription amount?
Chargebee provides a detail summary on the current charge and the recurring charge in case there is a difference in terms of the amount.
Let's take this example: Consider you selling a Ebook subscription. The cost of the subscription is $10 and there is an additional deposit of $5 that must be paid for the first month alone. You can create this deposit as a non recurring add-on and add it as a mandatory add-on for the plan. Read more on this here.
When your customer check's out he will first see the Orders screen. The Orders screen will display the charge of the subscription, the total amount that they will have to Pay now, and the amount that they will have to pay when the subscription renews.
Clicking the Pay now link will list the charge summary in detail.
Your customers can proceed to make the payment by clicking the Proceed to Checkout link in the Orders page.
2. My plan has mandatory add-ons associated with it. How will it show up for customers during Checkout?
Chargebee allows you to create plans and associate add-ons to it. Read more on this here.
When your customer check's out, the mandatory recurring add-ons will get added by default to the checkout page as a induvidual line item. Your customer's will not be able to remove the mandatory add-on.
The cost of the non recurring add-ons will get added to the checkout but the details of the add-on will be shown only in the Order Summary page.
3. What can be customized as part of the legal terms shown in the portal?
4. I'm using Hosted Pages via plan specific hosted page URL integration, how should I switch to Chargebee Checkout?
Plan specific URL based integration (full page checkout) is not directly supported with Chargebee Checkout (iframe based modal checkout), however you can use the URL if you want, it will open the modal in a different tab.
But for an elegant experience, you should use the Drop-in script.
5. How do I setup ACH payment method for my Chargebee Checkout and portal?
Plaid is required to display ACH as a payment method option in Chargebee's Checkout and portal.
To setup ACH payment method for your Checkout and portal, you need to:
6. How can I restrict my customers from switching between plans while editing subscription in customer portal?
By default, there are no options avaiable in your Chargebee site to restrict your customers from swithcing between plans while editing the subscription. However, you can contact support@chargebee.com and Chargebee will set it up for you. Say, plan upgrades and downgrades can be restricted. Editing a subscription is a lot flexible in portal hence restricting your customers from switching between plans can be done however you want to.
7. I am a white label (custom domain) user, how do I enable Checkout Without Payment method?
If you are a white label/custom domain user, enabling the Checkout Without payment method feature in the Checkout & Self Serve Portal will not have any effect.
To activate this feature,
Our support team will enable this feature and get back to you.
8. If I enable Checkout Without payment method, how can I collect the payment information in case I want to charge my customer in the future?
You can use our Update Payment Method or Pay now feature to collect payments in the future.
9. If I enable Checkout Without payment method for plans with free trials, will an automatic email be triggered asking for payment information at the end of the trial?
No, automatic emails will not be sent by Chargebee asking for payment information at the end of the trial. That said, you can add the update payment method button in your trial expiry emails to get the payment information from your customers.
10. I have configured Abandoned Cart, but, I do not get any emails while testing it from my personal account. Why?
As of now, we do not send retargeted emails while testing. Merchants can view the details from the Abandoned Carts (Reports > Revenue Recovery > Abandoned Carts) report.
11. Can I see how, say, an addon/plan with tiered pricing looks like on Chargebee Checkout and Self-serve Portal?
Yes, see this FAQ.
12. How can a customer checkout a gift subscription?
Gift subscriptions can be checked out by your customers as shown in this section.
13. What are the login methods available with Chargebee?
Chargebee allows your customers to login to their self serve portal using a password or a OTP (one time password). This depends upon the configuration that you have setup in your Chargebee account.
Note: This is applicable only for users who have not set up single sign on.
To configure:
Available options are:
You can set/change your password from the portal.
14. How can my customers set a password for their self serve portal?
To set a password for your self serve portal, your customers need to login to their portal using a OTP. Next, select Account information > Set up Password.
They can login to their portal using this password from next time.
15. How can my customers set a primary/backup payment method using their self serve portal?
To add a primary/backup method:
Once this is done your customer can choose to mark a payment as Primary or Backup by logging in to their self-serve portal.
In case your customer has already added multiple payment methods to their subscription, they can set primary/backup payment method by selecting the corresponding card and clicking the ‘Set this as primary or backup' link.
1. How can I setup Plan/Addon quantity restrictions in Chargebee's Self-Serve Portal?
Plan-Addon quantity restrictions can be setup in Chargebee's Self-Serve Portal via json metadata. Here are a few samples:
Setup quantity based increments, in this case, the interval is set as 10, and the min qty is 10 and max qty is 100
{ "quantity_meta": {
"type": "range",
"min": 10,
"max": 100,
"step": 10
} }
Show specific quantity to be displayed
{"quantity_meta": {
"type": "fixed",
"values": [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
} }
2. Can gift subscriptions be viewed in the Self-serve Portal?
Yes, gift subscriptions are also included in the Portal. You can see a glimpse of that in this section.