Coupon Codes

Hi there,

Thank you for your help!

I am currently a free S2Member user on my website.

I am considering upgrading to pro.

3 main questions I have – advantages of Pro?

1) Will PRO allow me to export the user registration info easily?

2) Is the upgrade seamless – with no loss of current data?

3) Importantly – would it be possible with pro to create a recurrent, yearly payment BUT have a coupon code for year 1.

For example, if it is $99 yearly, can it be set up where (through Paypal), they get a $10 coupon code, which is applied to year 1, but each additional year will automatically bill at the original price of $99?

Thank you,
Garret

1) Will PRO allow me to export the user registration info easily?

Yes, it comes with an export and import tool you can use for this. [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› Import/Export[/hilite]

2) Is the upgrade seamless – with no loss of current data?

It’s very simple, you just upload the s2member-pro folder to your plugins directory and it’ll automatically add the pro features to your s2Member. Just make sure that the framework and pro versions match.

You may also want to verify that you have the Deactivation Safeguards enabled to prevent data loss (this is true for the free version updates too, not just the Pro upgrade). [hilite path]Dashboard -› s2Member® -› General Options -› Deactivation Safeguards[/hilite]

3) Importantly – would it be possible with pro to create a recurrent, yearly payment BUT have a coupon code for year 1.

The coupon can’t be applied to just a few regular term payments and not the rest. You can apply it to the initial term only, though. If your payments are yearly, then you could use the initial term for the first year and the regular term for the following ones, and your coupon could be applied to the initial term only to discount the first year.

I hope that helps. :)

Hi Cristián,

Thank you for your reply!

2 follow-up questions please :)

1) How do I make sure the “framework and pro versions match?”

2) Regarding the coupon code – so what you are saying is that I could make a payment button that has:
– Term 1 for X dollars (discounted)
– Term 2+ for X dollars (not discounted)

And this would be possible to do as an automatic yearly subscription through paypal – where year one is discounted, but each year the subscription automatically renews at full price?

Thanks!
Garret

Hi there – I am not sure if I need to open a new thread for the follow-up, but was wondering if the above follow up questions could be addressed.

Thanks!
garret

1) How do I make sure the “framework and pro versions match?”

Just make sure they’re the same version when you download them. The current latest release for both is v130617, we use the release date for the versioning: yymmdd.

2) Regarding the coupon code – so what you are saying is that I could make a payment button that has:
– Term 1 for X dollars (discounted)
– Term 2+ for X dollars (not discounted)

And this would be possible to do as an automatic yearly subscription through paypal – where year one is discounted, but each year the subscription automatically renews at full price?

Yes. You’d have the coupon apply to the trial/initial amount only, and the regular one would be without discount. So the initial and regular amounts and terms would be the same, but the coupon applied only to the initial one.