Finite recurring payments and rrt

  • aabrock2187

    (@aabrock2187)


    11 years, 8 months ago

    So I am trying to run a Lifetime access membership site, and offering as one payment method a 4-month installment plan (so they pay 1/4 of the charge once a month for 4 months and then retain lifetime access). I have the necessary PayPal services to enable this, and have had a few payments. My question is this:

    Does the “rrt” parameter count the initial payment as the first month, or does the first month not start counting until the start of month two?

    Details:
    Here is my PayPal Pro Shortcode:
    [s2Member-Pro-PayPal-Form level=”4″ ccaps=”” desc=”Product Description” ps=”paypal” lc=”” cc=”USD” dg=”0″ ns=”1″ custom=”www.website.com” ta=”0″ tp=”0″ tt=”D” ra=”187.00″ rp=”1″ rt=”M” rr=”1″ rrt=”4″ rra=”2″ accept=”paypal,visa,mastercard,amex,discover” accept_via_paypal=”paypal” coupon=”” default_country_code=”” captcha=”0″ /]

    I was hoping that this configuration would allow for a total of 4 payments of 187, with the first being executed immediately and a total of 3 more scheduled. However, when I look in my PayPal Admin Panel I see one of the transactions listed as having a “Start Date” one month after the “Established Date”, and one of my customers who has paid all of their payments are due to have an additional payment taken out.

    Am I not understanding the “rrt” parameter, and the proper usage in my case would be to set it to “total payments – 1”?

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/s2member/

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  • KTS915

    (@kts915)

    11 years, 8 months ago

    The attributes are explained in the s2Member back-end.

    It looks like you have this set up for an initial period of one month (rp="1") and then four recurring monthly payments — hence five payments.

    Thread Starter aabrock2187

    (@aabrock2187)

    11 years, 8 months ago

    I was under the impression that the rp and rt attributes were used to define the recurring payment period, for example rp=2 and tr=M would mean my recurring payment period would be every 2 months, and the rtt atribute would define how many pay periods would elapse. If this is not true, what setting determines that rtt=4 is for four MONTHLY charges?

    KTS915

    (@kts915)

    11 years, 8 months ago

    Yes, you’re right. I was confusing rp with tp.

    I think the problem is that you want to grant lifetime access for installment payments that stop. I don’t believe s2Member offers that combination. It expects lifetime access to be purchased by a one-off payment.

    You need some custom coding to get what you want.

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