new order / service to start on specific date

[neltek]

I can see how to add a new order for a specific service for a customer to start now 

Is there any way I can get it to start at a future date 

Specific is they have just paid 2nd installment of an invoice I set up last year - the 2nd installment includes a more expensive monthly hosting fee 

I have cancelled old service and this invoice has paid for a month of hosting

So want to set them up on a recurring service for the higher priced hosting but don't want it to start for about 10 days from now once the current payment period has expired

But I want to set it up now so it send the invoice automatically on the start date without me having to remember

any ideas?

[steven99]

Change the next due date to the date you want services to "start" being paid for .  WHMCS will then invoice per settings  and invoice when that date comes up. 

[Kian]

Turn off auto-provisioning. Use DailyCronJob hook point to perform ModuleCreate API command when the difference between current date and tblhosting.regdate is equal to or greater than 10 days. As soon as you have successfully provisioned the product/service don't forget to update tblhosting.nextduedate and tblhosting.nextinvoicedate with current date otherwise customer loses 10 days of service.

Edit: nope, probably I missed the point 🤨

Edited April 8, 2019 by Kian

[neltek]

3 hours ago, steven99 said:

Change the next due date to the date you want services to "start" being paid for .  WHMCS will then invoice per settings  and invoice when that date comes up. 

when adding a new order there isn't a due date box to set a date in?

 

[neltek]

3 hours ago, steven99 said:

Change the next due date to the date you want services to "start" being paid for .  WHMCS will then invoice per settings  and invoice when that date comes up. 

do I add a billable item rather than a new order?

 

[steven99]

20 hours ago, neltek said:

when adding a new order there isn't a due date box to set a date in?

 

Either way you would set the due date so it wont matter that it isn't set at this point.   A billable item is different and wont be connected to the service's due dates and pricing. 

[neltek]

On 4/8/2019 at 9:17 PM, steven99 said:

Change the next due date to the date you want services to "start" being paid for .  WHMCS will then invoice per settings  and invoice when that date comes up. 

do I add a billable item rather than a new order?

 

[neltek]

On 4/9/2019 at 8:31 PM, steven99 said:

Either way you would set the due date so it wont matter that it isn't set at this point.   A billable item is different and wont be connected to the service's due dates and pricing. 

ah ok

My solution was to add new order with invoice and notification boxes UNTICKED

 

then accept order

 

then in service set date

 

then generate due invoices

 

(would be great if you could set dates when order is created)