WHMCS Feature Requests - Ability to add more billing cycles than 3 years

Jaime Gomez commented 27th August 20

In our case, we have had repeated inquiries from corporate clients who want to pay for hosting plans for up to 5 years, but the process has become difficult for us since we have to "cheat the system" to be able to do so.

It would be very useful to have more additional options than just 3 years, or to be able to have this customized.

Frank B. commented 15th August 20

7 years later, still unsolved. :-(

Dmitry Sherman commented 3rd July 20

Hello we have clients who ask for 5 years hosting & ssl

Jon Berry commented 2nd June 20

Given that we can now sell SSL certificates that are good for five years, this is suddenly much more critical. I just sold one but cannot properly bill them for it.

Official Response

WHMCS commented 27th August 20

Hi Jon,
I'd be interested to hear which issuer is selling 5 year SSL certificates, given that the maximum validity period accepted by browsers is about to change to 1 year max: https://www.globalsign.com/en/blog/maximum-ssltls-certificate-validity-now-one-year

Evolve Web Hosting commented 27th August 20

Several are. The customer pays for the certificate for up to 5 years and it is re issued with a new key every year by the provider.
https://sectigo.com/resource-library/subscription-ssl
Digicert, GeoTrust, Thawte and RapidSSL are all doing the same.

bady commented 27th August 20

SSL certificates are now offered as a kind of subscription, just have a look at the Sectigo website. The certificate you receive is only valid for 1 year, but you will receive a new one every year, so you can save money if you decide to purchase a longer term.

Evolve Web Hosting commented 4th September 20

Most of the major companies have a subscription plan.
https://sectigo.com/resource-library/subscription-ssl

Rafat Bandak commented 26th December 23

It is not only for SSL, it is much for hosting as client would like to buy a domain and hosting for 5 years to get good discount and save time for yearly renewable.

Daniel Draga commented 25th September 19

This is a very good idea! We want to sell hosting for 5 or 10 years.

Giosuè Monti commented 22nd July 19

I totally agree to Yashodhan Kulkarni post

Yashodhan Kulkarni commented 19th May 19

Why have any crude limit on term, it should be flexible and dynamic to the core.
It is unwise whmcs team continued with same old logic especially they are lacking in terms of how packages are built altogether.
There should be two way to create package,

Template based where existing whmcs logic will allow users to easily create package with fixed logic.

Advanced mode for expert users, where many things can be made customizable and dynamic

IB Design Studios commented 29th April 19

Please add 5 and 10 year as options for billing periods or the ability to set up which billing plans we want to use. I have many customers who wish to pay in advance for more than 3 years. If this isn't possible, the ability to edit what is currently there would also be beneficial/resolve my issue. I don't have anyone set up for 3 years and only 1 or 2 using biannually - if we had the ability to edit this area, I could change those to 5 and 10 years. We should be able to pick and choose how many/what billing options are available for each product that we offer.

Thank you for your consideration!

Ramiz Syed commented 9th March 19

I agree With you, it's necessary for many other products, they need to add 2 more column in database to add 5 and 10 year billing.
Hope WHMCS team will consider your request, but it's already 6 year old.

Jay Nine commented 27th December 18

please add 5 and 10 years renewal cycle to whmcs v7.7

Omega Prime commented 29th November 18

Google brought me here due to a recent sale of needing a period longer than 3 years. The irony...in many situations, it's suggested to never pay for more than a month of hosting until a level of trust is established, but what of customers and clients that do have that level of trust, and would like to pay ahead 5 to 10 years?

Ramiz Syed commented 9th March 19

Hi,
What after you build the trust with clients. if client ask you to bill me for 10 years?
Would you like to say, our software not support 10 year billing. pay maximum 3 years only

Omega Prime commented 4th May 19

That is exactly what happened. It was a few months ago, and the workaround was to manually create a add credit invoice for the amount of 5 or 10 years of hosting (I don't recall the number at the moment). There's always a solution, but it shouldn't involve a workaround/hack/trick.

Trunkoz commented 20th December 17

This is one feature that is absolutely important. We face lots of issues convincing customer to opt for maximum 3 years when they are ready to order for 5 or 10 years. It is equally difficult to convince the sales team about the whmcs limitation. It is high time, WHMCS considers this request.

Selvaganapathy S commented 3rd April 17

I too waiting for this. Many of my customers asking me for quadrennial billing cycle.

Rene Aoki Wookee commented 5th May 16

any updates on this issue?

neroserv commented 2nd November 15

Obvious question! why after the totally new version was released did it not include this basic functional request which has been here for 2+ years