More Than One Domain or Addon Domains

[somecows]

I have searched the forums and found rumblings of this question but no real answer.

 

Is there *any* straightforward way to have more than one domain associated with a particular product?

 

Like say I want to offer a hosting package where you get hosting for 2 domains for 20 dollars per month.

 

Obviously I could just add two products to the client account at 10 dollars per month each, but thats not really correct. is there any other way to do it? Is there any way to say ok here is a 20 dollar product that includes two domains?

 

Or what about addon domains? i would like to offer the option to do an addon domain for say, 5 dollar per month or whatever. what would be the best way to do this? i can set up a configurable option, but there is no where to put the domain name.

 

what do people do in these situations? what is the most clear and straightforward way to manage it?

[WHMCS John]

You only need to associate one domain with a package (assuming you're using cPanel) and this is the 'primary domain' that you need to enter to create an account in cPanel.

 

Any additional domains thereafter will be added as addon domains, so WHMCS does not need to track these (they're listed in WHM anyway). If you want to charge clients for addon domains then I'd recommend using a configurable option. If it's really necessary you could record the addon domains in the notes section.

[somecows]

i guess what you are saying makes sense for addon domains. what about in the case of one product with multiple independent accounts. for a specific example, i have a sort of vip client and i just charge her 35/month for 5 totally separate hosting accounts. is there any good way to do this besides just creating a 7 dollar plan and assigning 5 of them to her? thanks!

[scurrell]

what about in the case of one product with multiple independent accounts.

 

Surely each independent account is its own product?

[somecows]

well...normally i charge 9.95 for this particular web hosting account. this client said hey, i want to host 5 accounts with you, can i have a discount. shes a friend too. anyhow so i said sure, how about 5 accounts for 35 dollars per month, and she said fine. so i guess there are two ways to look at it - you could say its one product that includes 5 accounts, or you can say its 5 separate products that are specially priced. it doenst really matter that much, im just trying to figure out the best way to enter it into the system. so i guess i was just wondering if there is an *alternative* to setting up a new product which is the same as my 9.95 product, but charging 7 dollars for it instead.

 

in a way i think its more accurate to say this is 1 product with 5 accounts as opposed to 5 products, becuaes if its 5 products, the client could cancel one and still get the 7 dollar per account rate on the remaining 4. when in fact the special rate is contingent on paying the full 35 for 5 accounts.

 

but anyhow regardless of the philosophy behind it, just wondering what options are in this situation.

 

i mean would it be better to create one product with one domain that costs 35 dollars and just have notes saying waht the otehr 4 domains are? that makes me nervous because if there is a domain/account on the server, i like it to be reflected in whmcs.

[GORF]

The client has 5 seperate hosting accounts. They are seperate items. What if she cancels one of them? They are seperate, period, and should be treated as such.

 

Use the Client Groups >Discount.

 

Assign one of your standard product packages to each account.

Set the billing date the same for all 5.

Create a Client Group just for her and apply a discount to her products so the total will be $35.

 

If she ever cancels one, WHMCS will automatically drop $7.

The next monthly invoice that is generated will be for a total of $35.

 

Too easy

 

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[vincent1]

Can a discount coupon not be created that gives a discount based on quantity ordered?

 

- Vincent

[somecows]

hi tonsofstores, i really appreciate your help but dont think i quite get it. i understand that i can create a client group and figure out what % discount i would need to apply to get the price down to 35. although it would probably be hard to get it to exactly 35 on the dot but i guess thats not important. but anyhow...so i do that, and then she drops one of the 5 domains. why will the next invoice still be 35 dollars?

thank you!

[GORF]

Sorry, I was moving whole sentences around in that post and messed it up It should read:

 

Create a Client Group just for her and apply a discount to her products so the total will be $35.

The next monthly invoice that is generated will be for a total of $35.

If she ever cancels one, WHMCS will automatically drop $7.