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<h2>Set minimum payment terms for subscriptions</h2>
<p>Ever wished you could restrict subscription cancellations based on the number of renewals processed? Is it important to you that customers pay monthly instalments? This is possible with <strong>Minimum Periods for WooCommerce Subscriptions.</strong></p>
<p>With Minimim Periods you can remove the cancellation button until you reach a minimum number of renewals. These minimum periods can be set on a per-product basis or for the website as a whole.</p>
<p>Removing the cancellation button on the My Account page has never been easier! No custom coding required.</p>
<h3>Why use Minimum Periods?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Store owners can offer subscriptions that span a minimum term.</li>
<li>Website owners can safely offer subscription up-sells without having customers cancel as soon as they receive their products.</li>
<li>Prevents customers from cancelling accidentally.</li>
<li>Adds flexibility to set minimum periods on a per-product or storewide basis.</li>
<li>Activating Minimum Periods applies to all current and future subscriptions automatically — no need to tweak each subscription individually.</li>
</ul>
<p>WooCommerce Subscriptions does not have any method to disable the “Cancel” button for active subscriptions based on the number of payments that have already been made. This extension solves that problem — either on a site-wide basis or on a per-product basis.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<h3>Storewide periods</h3>
<p>Setting minimum periods for all subscription products</p>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734003034535 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/mpws-settings-1.png" alt="" width="980" height="492" /></p>
<h3>Per product terms</h3>
<p>Setting minimum periods for individual subscription products</p>
<p><img class="wp-image-6191390 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/mp-screenshot-2.png" alt="" width="2356" height="880" /></p>
<h3>How to get started</h3>
<p>Ready to configure Minimum Periods for your subscription products? Here’s how to get started.</p>
<ol>
<li>Download and install Minimum Periods in your WooCommerce store.</li>
<li>Set the minimum period for your subscription product.</li>
<li>Check out our <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/renewal-process/minimum-periods-for-woocommerce-subscriptions/">extensive documentation</a> for any advanced setup help.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Information and requirements</h3>
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<li>Requires <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-subscriptions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WooCommerce Subscriptions</a> to access settings & features.</li>
</ul>
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Minimum Periods for WooCommerce Subscriptions

<p>Set minimum periods or payment terms for subscription products before a customer can cancel.</p>

<div class="woo-sc-box info" style="margin-top: 0px">WooCommerce Subscriptions is compatible with <a href="https://woocommerce.com/checkout-blocks/">Cart and Checkout blocks</a> — a customizable, conversion-optimized checkout experience available in WooCommerce core.</div>
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<li>Multiple <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/creating-subscription-products/#payment-schedule">billing schedules</a> available to suit your store’s needs.</li>
<li>Integration with <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/payment-gateways/">over 25 payment gateways</a> for <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/renewal-process/#section-3">automatic recurring payments</a>.</li>
<li>Supports <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/renewal-process/">manual renewal payments</a> through any WooCommerce payment gateway, along with automatic email invoices and receipts.</li>
<li>Supports <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/failed-payment-retry/">automatic rebilling on failed subscription payments</a>, so you never lose revenue.</li>
<li>Give subscribers the ability to manage their own plan, including <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/switching-guide/">upgrading or downgrading</a>, without needing to wait on you for help.</li>
<li>Built-in <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/subscription-emails/">renewal notifications</a> and automatic emails let you — and your customers — know when subscription payments have been processed, so there are never any surprises.</li>
<li><a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/reports/">Detailed reports</a> allow you to keep track of recurring revenue, number of active subscribers, and more.</li>
<li><strong>New!</strong> Allow shoppers to <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/customers-view/gifting-a-subscription/">gift subscriptions to each other</a>, helping you reach new shoppers and grow recurring revenue with less effort.</li>
<li><strong>New! </strong>Include <span style="font-weight: 400"><a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/store-manager-guide/#downloads-settings">simple and variable downloadable products with your subscriptions</a>. Link new downloadable products and manage existing ones directly from within WooCommerce Subscriptions.</span></li>
</ul>
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<h2>Capture residual revenue with recurring payments</h2>
<p dir="ltr">Can you guarantee how much money your store is going to make this month? If you offered subscription-based products, you could do just that.</p>
<p dir="ltr">With WooCommerce Subscriptions, you can <strong>create and manage products with recurring payments</strong> — payments that will give you residual revenue you can track and count on.</p>
<p dir="ltr">WooCommerce Subscriptions allows you to introduce a variety of subscriptions for physical or virtual products and services. Create product-of-the-month clubs, weekly service subscriptions or even yearly software billing packages. Add sign-up fees, offer free trials, or set expiration periods.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A subscription-based model will allow you to <strong>capture more residual revenue</strong> — and all you have to do is ship the orders.</p>
<h2>WooCommerce Subscriptions features</h2>
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<h4>Free trials and sign-up fees</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/themes/woo/images/wc-subscriptions/free-trial-sign-up-fee@2x.jpg" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>Charge an initial amount to account for customer setup costs, or allow customers to try before they buy, by adding sign-up fees and free trials to any subscription product.</p>
<h4>Subscription management</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/themes/woo/images/wc-subscriptions/manage-subscription@2x.jpg" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>Store owners get full-featured subscription management via the <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/add-or-modify-a-subscription/">WooCommerce > Edit Subscription</a> screen in your WP Admin dashboard. You can <strong>suspend</strong> or <strong>cancel</strong> a subscription, change the trial expiration, add items, shipping, fees or taxes to the subscription or modify the recurring total for future payments.</p>
<h4>Synchronized payments</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/themes/woo/images/wc-subscriptions/sync-renewal@2x.jpg" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>If you only want ship on certain days of the month, or align all customers to the same annual membership term, you can with WooCommerce Subscriptions’ <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/renewal-synchronisation/">renewal synchronization</a> feature. You can even <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/renewal-synchronisation/#prorate-first-payment">prorate the first payment</a> of a synchronized subscription purchase.</p>
<h4>Flexible product options</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/themes/woo/images/wc-subscriptions/subscriptions-main@2x.jpg" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>When <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/creating-subscription-products/">creating a subscription product</a>, you can make the product downloadable, virtual or physical, charge renewal payments weekly, monthly or annually, limit the product to one-per-customer and even charge shipping only on the initial order.</p>
<h4>Subscription coupons</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/themes/woo/images/wc-subscriptions/subscription-coupons@2x.jpg" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>Offer customers a discount on their monthly payments or only the sign-up fee. Subscriptions includes both <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/subscriptions-coupons/">recurring discount coupons and sign-up fee coupons</a>.</p>
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<h4>Variable subscriptions</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/themes/woo/images/wc-subscriptions/variable-subscription@2x.jpg" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>Create variable subscription products and allow your customers to choose a subscription that suits their needs. You can even allow customers to choose their own <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/creating-subscription-products/#variable-subscriptions">billing schedule</a>.</p>
<h4>Subscriber account management</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/my-subscriptions.png" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>Your customers can also manage their own subscriptions. With the <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/customers-view/">My Account > View Subscription</a> page, subscribers can <em>suspend</em> or <em>cancel</em> a subscription, change the shipping address or payment method for future renewals and upgrade or downgrade their subscription.</p>
<h4>Upgrades/downgrades</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/themes/woo/images/wc-subscriptions/subscription-switch-settings@2x.jpg" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>Allow customers to <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/switching-guide/">upgrade, downgrade or cross-grade</a> between different subscription products. With flexible proration options for the recurring amount, sign-up fee and length, you can also customize the costs of switching to a new subscription product to suit the needs of your store.</p>
<h4>Multiple subscriptions</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/multiple-subscription-totals.png" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>Your customers can also purchase <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/multiple-subscriptions/">different subscription products in the same transaction</a> and Subscriptions will group the products to reduce the payment gateway fees and logistical overhead for their future renewals.</p>
<h4>Customer emails</h4>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full" style="border: 1px solid #e3e3e3" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/themes/woo/images/wc-subscriptions/renewal-email@2x.jpg" alt="subscriptions-thumb-slots@2x" width="310" height="118" /></p>
<p>Automatically notify customers when a subscription renewal payment is processed, a subscription is cancelled or when a subscription has expired with built-in <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/subscription-emails/">subscription emails</a>.</p>
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<div class="woo-sc-box info" style="clear: both">Looking for a way to make your products available for purchase one-time, or on subscription? <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/all-products-for-woocommerce-subscriptions/">All Products</a> is a powerful add-on for WooCommerce Subscriptions that lets you add optional subscription plans to your existing products.</div>
<h2>Capture more residual revenue</h2>
<p>Whether your goal is to ship a surprise bundle of products to faithful customers every month or bill them for an in-person service provided by your small business, <strong>WooCommerce Subscriptions can take the stress out of capturing that all-important residual revenue</strong>.</p>
<p>You’ll be able to track how many subscribers you have, when they’re being billed, and how much revenue you’re generating — meaning you’ll always know how much revenue your store can count on as you continue to grow.</p>
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<h2>How to get started</h2>
<ol>
<li>Download, install, and activate this extension in your WooCommerce store.</li>
<li>Set up your first <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/store-manager-guide/">subscription-based product or service</a> and take it live.</li>
<li>Check out our <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/subscriptions/">detailed documentation</a> to help you customize your subscription products, renewal options and more.</li>
<li>Sit back and enjoy earning more revenue!</li>
</ol>

WooCommerce Subscriptions

<p>Let customers subscribe to your products or services and pay on a weekly, monthly or annual basis.</p>

Minimum Periods for WooCommerce Subscriptions vs WooCommerce Subscriptions