Customer Referral Program Credits

I have been getting familiar with S2Member free for the last couple of weeks, and first off let me say what a fantastic product! Not to mention the most detailed tutorials and helpful knowledge base / forums of any software I have ever used! Thank you for that. This is the first question, of many, that I haven’t been able to find a clear answer to…

I am creating a monthly membership site with only one product, for now, and no variations. I will be using S2Member Pro and Paypal Pro.

What I want to do is have members get credit for referrals. Something like, “Refer 3, get a month free!” I can handle the referral codes, customer credits, database and PHP on my end… What I’m wondering is, can I have S2Member automatically not charge the customer for a month when they’ve earned enough referral credits(that I have kept in a custom DB field), and resume charging the next month. Or do I need to have the customer “claim the credit” through their profile page? Payment modification with a 1 month free trial button, for example.

Thank you so much for the wonderful product and your help!

Hi Josh.

Thanks for the kudos! :)

What I’m wondering is, can I have S2Member automatically not charge the customer for a month when they’ve earned enough referral credits(that I have kept in a custom DB field), and resume charging the next month.

No. The payment gateway is the one that manages the subscription and it doesn’t have a way to skip a payment. What you can do, though, is refund the last payment the he did. Would this work for you?

I hope that helps!