Monthly via balance (full period). Charges generation

In this article:

General rules of the Monthly via balance (full period) billing type

All subscription charges are generated at the moment of the subscription ordering with the New statuses.

Subscriptions with the Monthly via balance (full period) billing type may generate following charges types (see Charges attributes):

• Recurring fee charges for the subscription purchasing.
• Recurring fee charges for the resource upgrading.

Setup fee and Renewal fee charges for Monthly via balance (full period) billing type

There are no Setup fee, Renewal fee, and Transfer fee charges.

Recurring fee charges for Monthly via balance (full period) billing type

The Recurring fee charges are generated for all billing periods of the subscription according to the rules, described in the Charges default attributes section, when the subscription is ordered or auto-renewed.

After the order is paid, the Recurring fee charges for the current billing period receive the Blocked statuses and block the funds at the account balance. Charges for the future billing periods still have the Opened statuses. Closing of charges for the previous billing period is carried out on a monthly basis on the billing day.

Ordering and auto-renewing of the subscription to the Google Suite products

Ordering of the subscription with the Monthly via balance (full period) billing type is described below:

Let's assume that the billing day is set on the 1st day of each month, and the subscription auto-renewal point (see Plan information) is set on the subscription expiration date.

1. The subscription with a period of one month is ordered and paid 15.02.2018. At that moment the following occurs:
   1. Charges No. 1 and 2 are generated as it is described in Default Charges attributes.
   2. Charge No. 1 receives the Blocked status.
   3. Charge No. 1 amount is locked on the account balance.
   4. Charge No. 2 is in the Opened status.
2. On the next billing day 01.03.2018:
   1. A charge No. 1 with the Blocked status receives the Closed status, and the corresponding amount is debited from the account balance.
   2. The charge No. 2 receives the Blocked status, and the corresponding amount is blocked on the account balance.
3. On the subscription expiration date 14.03.2018:
   1. The charge No. 2 with the Blocked status receives the Closed status, and the corresponding amount is debited from the account balance.
   2. The subscription is automatically renewed for the next month.
   3. The new charges No. 3 and 4 for the following billing periods are generated as it is described in Default Charges attributes.
   4. Charge No. 3 receives the Blocked status.
   5. The amount of the charge No. 3 is locked on the account balance.
   6. The charge No. 2 is in the Opened status.
4. On the next billing day 01.04.2018:
   1. The charge No. 3 with the Blocked status receives the Closed status, and the corresponding amount is debited from the account balance.
   2. The charge No. 4 receives the Blocked status, and the corresponding amount is blocked on the account balance.
5. On the renewed subscription expiration date 14.04.2018:
   1. A charge No. 4 with the Blocked status receives the Closed status, and the corresponding amount is debited from the account balance.
   2. The new charges No. 5 and 6 for the following billing periods are generated as it is described in Default Charges attributes.
   3. The charge No. 5 receives the Blocked status.
   4. The charge No. 5 amount is locked on the account balance.
   5. The charge No. 6 is in the Opened status.
6. After that, the charges are generated and are closed as described above up until the subscription is stopped.
   
   

Increasing the additional resources quantity

When additional resources are ordered, the Recurring fee charges for the resources upgrading are generated. Separate charges are generated for each resource type. Generation and changing of attributes of these charges are similar to the generation and changing of attributes of charges in case of the subscription purchasing (see above).

Reducing the additional resources quantity

When the additional resource quantity is reduced, a typical charges splitting occurs, which is described in the Splitting of charges when the resource quantity is reduced article.

Subscription stop and activation

When the subscription is stopped, a typical charges splitting occurs, which is described in the Splitting of charges when a subscription is stopped article.

The activation of the subscription causes the following:

1. The period of the charge for the current billing period changes: the start date of the charge period becomes equal to the subscription activation date.
2. The amount of the charge for the current billing period changes: it becomes equal to the product of the number of days in the charge period, in days, by the amount of monthly fee divided by the total number of days in the current month.
3. The discount of the charge for the current billing period changes: it becomes proportional to the charge new amount.
4. The charge for the current billing period changes its status from Opened to Blocked.
5. Charge amount is blocked on the account balance.