converting from free to paid memberships

we currently have a free level and a paid level. i want to manually move some of the free members to paid memberships. I have not been able to find a clear description in the documentation on how to do this. I know I can change the role, but not sure how they input the credit card info, when they are billed, etc. (ie., what happens next).

any assistance is appreciated, thanks.

If you’re changing the role manually from free to paid, then there wouldn’t be a subscription profile with payment info in the payment gateway.

If you want users to paid for their upgrade, have a subscription button shown to logged in users, and then his account will be upgraded after successful checkout.

can logged in users use the same subscription button as a brand new user? I thought it tells you that the username is not valid because it’s already in use?

can logged in users use the same subscription button as a brand new user? I thought it tells you that the username is not valid because it’s already in use?

With Pro Forms s2Member checks to see if a User is logged in, and will adapt to keep this from happening. However it is recommended (in case of future changes) to use s2Member’s Shortcode Conditionals and Modification Buttons/Pro Forms to have Users that are new, and without an account to use regular Pro Forms, and Members of your site to use Modification Buttons/Pro Forms.

See: Dashboard -› s2Member® -› PayPal® Pro Forms -› Billing Modification Forms
See Also: Knowledge Base » Simple Shortcode Conditionals

As an example, you might do something like the following:

[s2If !is_user_logged_in()]
// Show your regular PayPal Button/Pro Form
[/s2If]
[s2If is_user_logged_in()]
// Show your Modification Button/Pro Form
[/s2If]