Create a Free Trial + a One Time Payment on Paypal

[JMLebeau]

Hey guys,

I'm just trying to figure out how to create a Free Trial of 7 days + a one time payment of 27$ for my actual WSO. There is 2 threads that are already talking about this, don't worry I know, but none of them are giving working answers.

I tried 2 softwares, tried to work on Paypal for a couple of hours, but none of this is working. If someone could provide me a really working method or simply a link to modify or something like that so I can fix my WSO, it'd be really appreciated.

Thanks!

Jean-Michel

[JMLebeau]

Doesn't work. First of, the max billing cycle is 30 years and then when you create the link, it says that the link used is invalid.

[Alp Bozkurt]

Quite easy:

Create a subscription button in your paypal account with number of periods as '1'. So it will be a lifetime subscription with only one payment. Add a 7 day trial to your subscription button.

So a customer will signup without paying a dime, but if they don't cancel, they will be billed $27 after 7 days. And they will not be billed again.

Please let me know if you need further instructions.

[JMLebeau]

Originally Posted by Razer Rage

Epoch fail! Sorry.

In that case, try this:

In your membership site script, you can make it so they can sign up for free, without going through paypal. They just create an account. And over a period of 7 days, you give them more and more content.

On the last day, you tell them that their trial is over, and if they want to access the rest of the sites content, they must make a one time payment through paypal. You then show them the payment button.

I don't have any membership script to use here, I won't use one. Thanks for the idea tough.

[JMLebeau]

Originally Posted by Alp Bozkurt

Quite easy:

Create a subscription button in your paypal account with number of periods as '1'. So it will be a lifetime subscription with only one payment. Add a 7 day trial to your subscription button.

So a customer will signup without paying a dime, but if they don't cancel, they will be billed $27 after 7 days. And they will not be billed again.

Please let me know if you need further instructions.

Can't do this, the minimum number of periods is 2 :S

[JMLebeau]

Thanks for your help Razer, I'm not intending to run a membership site, I'm offering a free trial for my WSO, nothing more! Your solution is not bad but it's still not what I need I know some people here are offering what I want to do, maybe some of them will be willing to give me an answer.

Thank you!

[Alp Bozkurt]

Select 2 and get your button code. Modify the associated param to 1 manually and use that button.

or

Refer to this thread: Setup a 7 Day Free trial in Paypal?

[Johnny Slater]

Try this:

<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="put your email address here">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="put product name here">
<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="put your item number here">
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="put return url here">
<input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="put cancel url here">
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-SubscriptionsBF">
<input type="hidden" name="a1" value="0.00">
<input type="hidden" name="p1" value="7">
<input type="hidden" name="t1" value="D"> 
<input type="hidden" name="a3" value="7.00">
<input type="hidden" name="p3" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="t3" value="M">
<input type="hidden" name="sra" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="rm" value="2"> 
<input type="image" src="paypal_buynow.gif">
<input type="hidden" name="usr_manage" value="0"> 
</form>

[Alp Bozkurt]

Originally Posted by Razer Rage

That is an unacceptable answer for me. If I am to give help, then it may as well be the kind of help that solves the problem. What is it exactly that you are trying to do? Offer a 7 day trial and then automatically charge their accounts with a one time payment? Or what?

@ALP: You can't edit those params with the paypal generated code. And even if you could, I doubt it would work. And the link you gave is invalid. Thanks for the input though.

You can edit those params I edit them everyday. I can't understand what you mean.

Fixed the link OK

[JMLebeau]

Originally Posted by Alp Bozkurt

You can edit those params I edit them everyday. I can't understand what you mean.

Fixed the link OK

The code seems to be saved by Paypal, all we can see is the saved button ID once the button is generated. Not the right params to modify.

[JMLebeau]

Originally Posted by Johnny Slater

Try this:

<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="put your email address here">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="put product name here">
<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="put your item number here">
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="put return url here">
<input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="put cancel url here">
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-SubscriptionsBF">
<input type="hidden" name="a1" value="0.00">
<input type="hidden" name="p1" value="7">
<input type="hidden" name="t1" value="D"> 
<input type="hidden" name="a3" value="7.00">
<input type="hidden" name="p3" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="t3" value="M">
<input type="hidden" name="sra" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="rm" value="2"> 
<input type="image" src="paypal_buynow.gif">
<input type="hidden" name="usr_manage" value="0"> 
</form>

I'll try this right now, is there a way to make it a link instead of a button?

[JMLebeau]

Originally Posted by Razer Rage

That is an unacceptable answer for me. If I am to give help, then it may as well be the kind of help that solves the problem. What is it exactly that you are trying to do? Offer a 7 day trial and then automatically charge their accounts with a one time payment? Or what?

@ALP: You can't edit those params with the paypal generated code. And even if you could, I doubt it would work. And the link you gave is invalid. Thanks for the input though.

I'm trying to offer a 7 days free trial then charge a 1 time payment for the product after 7 days.

[Johnny Slater]

The code above should work fine. It's the code that I use in Simple Member Pro and I did test it through the script before I posted it.

Originally Posted by Razer Rage

If paypal doesn't work, I am certain that there is a free script out there that will do that. You'd have to take only credit card payments though. Or there might be another payment processor that does that.

If the paypal button code you're using doesn't work, I'll see if I can find one. :P

[JMLebeau]

Originally Posted by Johnny Slater

The code above should work fine. It's the code that I use in Simple Member Pro and I did test it through the script before I posted it.

Is there a way to post such form in a WSO? Can we make it a link easily?

[Johnny Slater]

Text link:

<a 
href=https://www.paypal.com/subscriptions/business=youremailaddress@here.com&item_name=youritemnamehere&item_number=
youritemnumberhere&no_shipping=1&return=yourreturnurlhere&no_note=1&a1=0.00&p1=1&t1=W&a3=27.00&p3=1&t3=Y&sra=1&no_no
te=1&usr_manage=1>Buy Now</a>

[JMLebeau]

Originally Posted by Johnny Slater

Text link:

<a 
href=https://www.paypal.com/subscriptions/business=youremailaddress@here.com&item_name=youritemnamehere&item_number=
youritemnumberhere&no_shipping=1&return=yourreturnurlhere&no_note=1&a1=0.00&p1=1&t1=W&a3=27.00&p3=1&t3=Y&sra=1&no_no
te=1&usr_manage=1>Buy Now</a>

Finally, a solution Thank you Johnny!

[Terry Kyle]

Chad Kimball runs WSOs like this (I bought one from him) and if you PM him, I'm sure he'll help you. He's one of the good guys.

Best of luck!