About: Steve

Hi Bruce,

Thanks for your very quick reply.

A User cannot use a Buy-Now form to add time to their membership/change their membership level.

That’s strange, because that’s exactly how the members on my website have always extended their membership.

For info, my website only has Level 1 membership PayPay “Buy Now” buttons – it doesn’t have any modification buttons. Although there are several different buttons, this is because each button corresponds to a different period of time at a different rate, rather than corresponding to a different level of membership.

So far, if a new member (i.e. someone who’s not logged onto the website) clicks on the Level 1 button then they are given the time offered by that button. If an existing member (i.e. someone who’s logged onto the website) clicks on the Level 1 button, then the time offered by that button is added onto the end of their remaining membership period.

I realise that the correct way to extend memberships is via modification buttons, rather than via “Buy Now” buttons, but I’ve always used the latter and would be reluctant to change this unless there was a good reason to do so. Do you know if there’s any potential disadvantage to using Buy Now buttons to extend memberships?

Thanks very much,
Steve