Add-on Products tab

Assigned add-on products
Field Description

Name

The name of the assigned add-on product.

Click the name link to open this add-on product.

Description

Short description of the add-on product. 

Volume Discount Plan

Volume Discount plan assigned to this add-on product.

Subscription

Subscription assigned to this add-on product.

Periodic Fee

This field appears if the add-on product includes a subscription with several payment plans (e.g. “1-month pre-paid subscription costs $5, but 3-month pre-paid subscription costs $9, and 6-month pre-paid subscription costs $12”).

 

Periodic Fee appears as a list when you assign a new add-on. Select the desired subscription fee rate from this list.

The field is read-only for the already assigned add-on product and shows the current fee for the subscription.

 

For how to select a different fee rate for this kind of subscription after you have assigned an add-on product see the Subscriptions tab section.

Life Cycle

This field shows the start from and until dates for the period during which an end user can use this product.

 

Click the Product Life Cycle icon to define when this product becomes active and when it expires.

NOTE: You cannot change the activation date after it is set.

Remove

Click this button to remove the add-on product from the account.

 

Available add-on products
Field Description

Name

The name of the add-on product available with the selected main product.

 

Click the name link to open this add-on product.

Description

Short description of the add-on product. 

Volume Discount Plan

A volume discount plan assigned to this add-on product.

Subscription

Subscription assigned to this add-on product.

Periodic Fee

This list shows available subscription fee rates if the add-on product includes a subscription with several payment plans (e.g. “1-month pre-paid subscription costs $5, but 3-month pre-paid subscription costs $9, and 6-month pre-paid subscription costs $12”).

Add

Click this button to add this add-on product to the account

Managing conflicting add-on products

Add-on products can include volume discount plans that apply to the same service, destination group and have the same threshold type. If these add-on products are of the same priority, this causes add-on product conflict. To handle such a situation, when you add an add-n product of the same priority, PortaBilling® suggests that you:

Note that volume discount plan counters will be preserved during the product change.