Charges default attributes

This article covers only the default attributes of the Charges that is generated under the Prepay payment model.

Charges attributes may change depending on when the related Order was paid (see Charges attributes changing).

Charge type	Conditions of generation	Charge status	Created at	Close date	Period
Setup fee	is generated when an Order is created and is closed when an Order is paid	New	Order creation date	Order creation date	selected period of a Subscription Plan
Renewal fee	is generated when an Order is created and is closed when an Order is paid	Blocked, Opened or New depending on the Billing type	Order creation date	Order creation date	selected period of a Subscription Plan
Transfer fee	is generated when an Order for domain transfer is created and is closed when an Order is paid	New	Order creation date	Order creation date	period of a domain Subscription Plan
Recurring fee	is generated when an Order is created	Blocked or New depending on the Billing type	depending on the Billing type	depending on the Billing type	billing period taking into account Plan period of the Subscription (see below)

Recurring fee Charges generation has several specific aspects:

A Subscription can generate several Recurring fee Charges for the same Service or the same Resource. A number of the generated Charges depends on the Billing type and the period of the Subscription. For the most of the Billing types (excluding Pay as you go billing type), the number of the generated Charges is calculated as N + 1, where N is the Subscription period in months.
If the Subscription was ordered on the Billing day then the total amount of the Recurring fee charges for the same Service or Resource would be equal to N.
Charges for current Billing period have the Blocked status. Charges for future Billing periods is generated with the Blocked or Opened statuses depending on the Billing type.
Charge amount is calculated in proportion to the Charge period. Recurring fee for Application or Resource usage is specified for calendar month, therefore:
1. Charges for the full months of use of the Application or the Resource will always have the same amounts, regardless of the actual number of days in a month;
2. Charges for a fraction of a calendar month are calculated as the product of the actual period of use, in days, by the amount of monthly Recurring fee divided by the actual number of days in the month.

For example, a Subscription was ordered on November, 10th for a period of two months, and the billing type is Reservation (see Charges for Reservation billing type). Recurring fee for the Subscription usage is $30 per month.

Let's assume that the Billing day is set at 1st day of each month.

The Subscription generated three Charges (the period is two months, and plus one, according to formula because the Subscription was ordered not in the Billing day):

Charge No.1:
1. Period: from the Order creation date (November, 10th) to the nearest Billing day (December, 1st).
2. Status: Blocked because the Charge was created for the current Billing period.
3. Amount: $21 (21 x $30 / 30) because the actual Subscription usage period in November was 21 days, from 10th to 30th November inclusive.
4. Created at: November, 10th.
5. Close date: nearest Billing day (December, 1st).
Charge No.2:
1. Period: from Billing day the December, 1st to the next Billing day the January, 1st.
2. Status: Blocked because the Subscription Billing type is Reservation.
3. Amount: $30 because the Subscription was active through the whole month.
4. Created at: November, 10th.
5. Close date: Billing day the January, 1st.
Charge No.3:
1. Period: from the Billing day (January, 1st) to the Subscription period end date (February, 9th).
2. Status: Blocked because the Subscription Billing type is Reservation.
3. Amount: $9.64 (9 x 30 / 28) because the actual Subscription usage period in February was 9 days, from 1st to 9th February inclusive.
4. Created at: November, 10th.
5. Close date: the Subscription period end date on February, 9th.