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Paypal recurring billing with a trial and discount code

I have a membership website where membership costs $19.99/month. I'd like to give my users 2 weeks trial period AND a discunt for the first month of payment after that. That is:

  • User purchases a membership which costs $19.99/month

  • I give the user 2 weeks free trial and after that 2 weeks I charge the user $9.99 and every other payment after that should be $19.99.

Any ideas on how to achieve that?

Solution

  • Set the start date of the profile to 2 weeks from the current date. Then set the trial amount to 9.99 and have it run for 1 month, and then set the regular amount to 19.99/mo.

    This will create an active profile immediately, but nothing will be charged at all until the start date that was set. At that point it'll charge whatever you set for the trial amount, and then it would charge the regular amount after that.