Charges attributes

Charges have following attributes:

1. ID - a unique identification number of a Charge.
2. Type — a purpose of the payment that is related to a Charge. Following Charges types exist:
   1. Setup fee is a non-recurring Charge for Service or Resource setup.
   2. Renewal fee is a non-recurring Charge for Service or Resource renewal.

   3. Transfer fee is a non-recurring Charge for Subscription transfer. 

      Transfer fee can be applied to domain Subscriptions only.

   4. Recurring fee is a monthly Charge for Service or Resource usage.
3. Related operation is an operation within the platform, to which the Charge is related, and which is mentioned in the Charge description. Following related operations exist:
   1. Purchasing Plan.
   2. Upgrade resource.
   3. Renewal subscription.
   4. Renewal resource.
   5. Switch Plan.
   6. Switch resource.

   7. Domain transfer.

      Related operation does not necessary directly point to an action in the platform that caused a Charge creation or changing of its attributes. Related operation should be considered together with a Charge status (see below).

      For example:

      The actual operation that is initiated by Operator is the reducing a Resource amount.

      As the result of the operation, the Charge that is related to the Upgrade resource is changed, and new Charges are generated, which are as well related to the Upgrade resource.

4. Period - a period, that is covered by a Charge. The period is measured in months, for example, one day is displayed as 0.033, and two years as 24. In Operator Control Panel, a period can be seen in a Charge description.
5. Status — Charges can have the following statuses:
   1. New - the status of a Charge, which is generated for ordered but not yet paid Services or Resources.
   2. Opened - the status of a Charge, which does not block the funds at the Account balance, and is generated for the future periods of Services or Resources usage.
   3. Blocked - the status of a Charge, which blocks the funds at the Account balance. It can be generated for Services or Resources that are provisioned at the moment, or for the future periods of the Subscription, depending on the billing type (see Charges for the Subscriptions with different billing types).
   4. Closed - the status of a Charge for Services or Resources that were already provisioned, and the amount of which was charged off from Account balance.
   5. Deleted - the status of a Charge, which was deleted due to changes in Services or Resources provisioning, or in the case when Order was not paid until the end of Due order period.
   6. Waiting for a refund — the status of a Charge, an amount of which should be returned to the Account balance.
   7. Refunded - the status of a Charge, an amount of which was returned to the Account balance due to changes in Services or Resources provisioning;
      
      
      
      
6. Discount — an amount of the discount that is applied to the Charge;
7. Amount - an amount of money, by which an Account balance will be changed after the Charge final processing;
8. Close date — supposed or actual date of the Charge final processing.