add-ons question

[ethical]

Hi,

 

I currently use wmhap (not thrilled with it) and one of the biggest problems i have with it is being able to set add-ons that are billed on the same billing cycle that is selected for the hosting package.

 

I looked at the demo and it appears that whmcs has this same issue as the creation of an addon you create the billing period?

 

did i miss something or is this currently possible?

 

thanks

 

john

[Matt]

You should use configurable options if you want the billing cycle to match that of the product.

 

Matt

[ethical]

hi Matt,

 

sounds good but how? in the demo when i go to the add-on section i dont see that ability?

 

if you could provide more info that would be great in making my decision to move over.

 

Thanks

 

John

[Matt]

It's under the product configuration section, when adding the product. Look for the tab at the top called Configurable Options.

 

Matt

[ethical]

thats fantastic! thanks, well that was easy enough.

 

thanks

 

john

[ethical]

Hi Matt

 

sorry to resurect this old thrwead but my question pertains to this feature.

 

It seems there is a significant problem with this feature in that it AUTOMATICALLY defaults to adding on the add-on to the clients order? How do I solve this.

 

Would be better if it was check boxes instead of a drop down?

 

also it does not seem like i can set the pre-pay discount for this service? Is that possible. I offer a 10 5 discount on hosting paid yearly but instead of having a discount option (%) in the hosting products config , we basicallyenter the price for each billing period. Anyway to add something like this?

 

please advise

 

thanks!

 

john

[Willx]

Hey, this is how I did mine...

 

http://www.webhostmanaged.net/clients/order.php?step=2&pid=11

 

Now what I had done was I went into the "Config Options" tab and for each addon I just put the default one to be "None or Choose One" and had the price set to $0.00 this making it not choose for the client and it won't bill them letting them pick there own!

 

Make sense? This what you were talking about?

[ethical]

yea adding none or choose one does the trick, thanks.

 

There seem to be some real holes with this part of the script though. I think it really needs to be looked at again and incorporated in the main Product add-ons section.

 

e.g. A user can not add on one of these options after they have ordered from their account but then can do so with a product add-on, could be confusing for them...

 

plus being able to discount it based on pre-payment period needs to be a feature as well.

 

thanks

 

john