Order Days Grace Period / Net 30 Billing

[WisTex]

I was reading the documentation about the "Order Days Grace" that is located under General Settings > Ordering with the description "The number of days to allow for payment of an order before being overdue." 

I was wondering if this could be used to, in effect, create Net 30 or Net 15 billing, where the due date is set 30 or 15 days after the order is placed. Based on the documentation, I believe this achieves that.

And it appears that the domain grace and redemption period is managed separately under General Settings > Domains. 

I would like to confirm that:

• The "Order Days Grace" only applies to product and service invoices, and not domains.
• That domain grace / redemption periods are managed separately from this setting.
• All future invoices for renewals also have the same grace period.

Also, is there any way to do the following?

• Only allow approved customers to have a grace period on invoices.

My goal is to allow approved vetted customers Net 30 billing for products and services (but NOT domains), while everyone else must pay in advance. 

Is there any way to set it up like this?

Edited August 4, 2021 by WisTex

[brian!]

1 hour ago, WisTex said:

The "Order Days Grace" only applies to product and service invoices, and not domains.

it should apply to all invoices, including domains.... it could lead to all sorts of strange outcomes if it didn't!

1 hour ago, WisTex said:

That domain grace / redemption periods are managed separately from this setting.

yes - ODG is just about when an invoice is considered to be "overdue" and is independent of grace/redemption of domains.

1 hour ago, WisTex said:

All future invoices for renewals also have the same grace period.

yes/no. 😜

they should use the current value at the time when the invoice is generated, e.g if the current value is 20 at the time of renewal, then 20 will be used... regardless if 30 days was the setting when the first invoice was generated x months/years ago.

so the answer is really no... of course if ODG is never changed, then you wouldn't know that.

1 hour ago, WisTex said:

Also, is there any way to do the following?

• Only allow approved customers to have a grace period on invoices.

not out of the box - it's a global setting.

2 hours ago, WisTex said:

My goal is to allow approved vetted customers Net 30 billing for products and services (but NOT domains), while everyone else must pay in advance. 

there might be paid third-party addons that can do that - but again, not out of the box.

btw, the addon below might not work in v8 without modification, but it might be a useful starting point if you want to go down this path....

https://jcpit.com.au/free-whmcs-payment-terms-module/