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Setup a 7 Day Free trial in Paypal?

by GCWilliams
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Hey guys,

I'm struggling to setup a free 7 day trial in paypal for a product. I've actually done it before, but for some reason I can't work it out again!

Basically I want it to go like this:

Free for the first 7 days
Then $17 USD for one day

Any help on how to set this up would be much appreciated.

Thank you,

Geoff
#day #free #paypal #setup #trial
  • Profile picture of the author abelacts
    Goto Merchant Services > Offer automated payments link > Create your button now.

    Check the box: Offer a trial to your subscribers.

    For "Amount to bill during trial period", choose Free trial.

    For "How long should this trial period last?" - 7 days.

    That should do the trick.
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  • Profile picture of the author Pete Egeler
    When you log into you account go to Merchant Services..

    Step 1 is "Accept Payment For.." Choose Subscriptions

    Set billing cycle, then amount of time until first billing.

    Are you charging $17 a day? Or $17 period?

    You better have a How To Turn Sand Into Gold if it's $17 a day!

    At any rate, that's where you start, and the necessary boxes drop down for you to fill out the rest of the information.

    Pete
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  • Profile picture of the author Solidsnake
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    You better have a How To Turn Sand Into Gold if it's $17 a day!
    I think this is too much.. ?
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    • Profile picture of the author GCWilliams
      Thanks guy. I think the problem is it needs to be one payment of $17... not $17 each day.

      I feel that to do this the section that says:

      After how many cycles should billing stop?

      This can be set to a minimum of 2 for some reason?

      Because I thought you need to set a free 7 day trial, and then set the number of billing cycles to 1, so it charges one time.

      But it seems this can't be done!

      abelacts, I cant' seem to find a "Offer automated payments link" section under merchant services?

      And about the "Turning gold to sand"... Well, I've been working on that ebook for a while. Should be ready soon! hehe

      Thanks again
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  • Profile picture of the author Pete Egeler
    I thought maybe that's what you were getting at.. one time $17 after the trial, but had to make sure.

    Solidsnake.. Lighten up!

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    • Profile picture of the author GCWilliams
      Still struggling with this! Anyone got any ideas?
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  • Profile picture of the author Noah Fleming
    Looks to me like PayPal changed the way the trial can be created.

    Not sure why. BUt I know you could create this type of button within aMember before... a free trial with a 1 time payment. I just tried it in aMember and it didn't work when passing along to PayPal.

    So they changed something....
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    • Profile picture of the author Iain Ainsworth
      Log into Paypal.

      Click on - Merchant Services -

      Click on - Merchant Tools - (top left)

      Look for - Useful Links - on the right

      Click on - Subscriptions and Recurring Payments -

      Click on - Create Your Button Now

      There is a square 'tick' box for - Offer a Free Trial - at the bottom of this form.
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  • Profile picture of the author Johnny Slater
    PayPal has made some serious changed to the way subscriptions are handled. For instance, before you could set your billing periods up to 30 years apart but now it seems 5 years is the max you can go between billing periods.

    From the research I have done over the last few days it looks like PayPal now requires you to have at least 2 billing periods after the free trial is over.
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    • Profile picture of the author rcdan001
      You can still create a free or reduced trial and then have a single payment. You just have to go about it a little differently.

      Create your button like you normally would (step 1).

      On the "Step 2" tab and uncheck "Save button at Paypal"

      Click "Create Button" button

      Now you should see your code (encrypted), click the link that says:
      Remove code protection

      and copy the un-encrypted code into notepad or something

      Next, you want to completely delete this line of code:
      <input type="hidden" name="src" value="1">

      Now you should be all set. The only downside is now your paypal button is un-encrypted. I just spent several days trying to figure this out.

      FYI:
      https://www.paypal.com/IntegrationCe...rSubscriptions

      Your code will look like this:
      Code:
      <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick-subscriptions">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="youremail">
<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="test">
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="2">
<input type="hidden" name="a1" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="p1" value="7">
<input type="hidden" name="t1" value="D">
<input type="hidden" name="a3" value="17.00">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="p3" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="t3" value="D">
<input type="hidden" name="sra" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-SubscriptionsBF:btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif:NonHosted">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_subscribeCC_LG.gif" border="0" 

name="submit" alt="">
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>
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    • Profile picture of the author rcdan001
      I almost forgot. I also came across this... which would probably suit your needs and still be encrypted. I haven't used it, I'm doing a 35 day trial and this tool would only let me go as high as 30 days, but other than that - it seemed like it would be the perfect solution.

      PayPal Flash Button Factory*-*website-dev.com

      I also came across this software, I haven't used it either, but I have it bookmarked if the un-encrypted buttonss become a problem.

      Beaver Valley Software - PayPal Button Machine

      Hope all this helps someone.
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      • Profile picture of the author GCWilliams
        Hey thanks rcdan001!

        Got it working perfectly following your advice.

        I really appreciate your help.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Hunter
    GCWilliams,

    So what method did you settle on?

    Thanks!
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    Ok, sure. You can follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/Chris_Hunter ;)

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  • Profile picture of the author Josh Anderson
    PayPal does not support this.

    You cannot do a free trial followed by a single payment. It must be followed by 2 or more payments.

    The example listed in this thread is a hack and is not supported by paypal and the person posting it mentioned its an unencrypted process which is not acceptable for digital because then people can steal your products.

    If you want to do a free trial followed by a single payment you need to use a platform that provides that feature and can process it with credit card.

    I even recently addressed this very issue in a document I posted about why paypal sucks for many types of transactions and should only be used for certain other types:

    PayPal Standard Limitations and Solutions
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Hunter
    Thanks for the info, Josh.

    I actually have a way to do this very thing, but I'm actually watching your videos for Nanacast right now and checking that out.

    I do have a question for you, so expect a PM soon...
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    Ok, sure. You can follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/Chris_Hunter ;)

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