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Ability to add more billing cycles than 3 years

  • james bond shared this idea 11 years ago
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This is a very important feature to allow us to add more than 3 years billing cycle in my point of view. When we sell a product like SSL, these can be sell for more than 3 year with more discount. At least up-to 7 years billing cycle is needed.

What you guys think of this feature, please do vote if you agree with me.
Merged Ideas
    Add new price for product/services
    Sometime, Customer want to by hosting in 4 years, 5 years or 10 years. But whmcs has only 1 year, 2 years, 3 years.Developer can custom prodcut/services and add new price to product.

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kostyukdv commented 2 days ago
As many SSL providers(SSLStore, GoGetSSL, etc.) add the option to purchase 4 and 5 year SSL certificates, we need that option as well.
Steve Hardy commented 28th March
Also be able to bill on shorter cycles, such as weekly, fortnightly.
KJ commented 4th December 23
Will you please reconsider this feature request?

Mainly we request it for SSL certificates. I can provide at least 10 different global SSL sellers who all sell their certificates for 5 years. Some of them even have a WHMCS module. The SSL is getting renewed every year automatically and the client has to reinstall it. However, the seller is able to provide a 5 year subscription and gets the money early on which is the most crucial part. On year 2,3,4 and 5, we will simply send an automated email to the client with the instructions on how to reinstall the certificate.

Leave the worry of automating the process to us! We don't ask you to set any automation too.

Please simply allow us to sell for more years.
RicRey commented 9th July 22
It is important that whmcs consider this, currently ssl is sold for up to 5 years, domains for up to 10 years, and hosting could be sold for up to 10 years, this is something that should be an option and I think it is not very difficult for the whmcs team to enable it.

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Official Response
WHMCS commented 18th July 22
Hi RicRey,
An SSL certificate can only be valid for ~1 year. Even multi-year certs need to be re-installed each year. I'd be interested to learn how you're automating that process under a 2 or 3 year product currently, as surely there's no renewal action occurring each year to trigger that reissue and reinstall process?

In v8.5 we added support for multi-year certs via Marketconnect, which meets this need:https://blog.whmcs.com/133716/feature-spotlight-2--3-year-ssl-certificates-theyre-back
IB Design Studios commented 8th July 22
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!
Dong Le commented 17th June 22
I really need this feature. We are offering 5 years of hosting & SSL
Evolve Web Hosting commented 28th March 22
With 119 votes, why isn't this 'gathering feedback' or 'planned'? Market connect in the way again?
Official Response
WHMCS commented 3rd April 22
Hi there,
With an average of 13 votes per year, this isn't currently on our roadmap. But please do keep advocating and voting for this idea to help it gain more traction!
Omega Prime commented 22nd September 20
I think WHMCS might be hesitant since this would also allow scammers to sell 5 to 10 packages, move the money, close shop and run. Anyone in the industry and understands how it works knows that many companies, even some with good intentions, don't last 10 years, with some struggling at 5 years. Now imagine being the customer who paid 10 years, only to get an email in the third year that the company is closing (if they're polite enough to do so), and the 7 years left over won't be refunded.

There would need to be some verification that someone would be allowed to use the 5-10 year option. Hosting is unregulated where anyone can become "a host" and do as they please, where other industries will have some rules in place to prevent scams. It doesn't put a complete stop to scams, but it does make it a lot harder, whereas with a 5 to 10 year option, someone could walk away with tens of thousands of dollars since some packages, one year alone is worth a thousand dollars. Now times that 5 to 10 years, times whoever pays that.
xxxmicrobexxx commented 22nd September 20
Fair point, but it is not WHMCS's job to impose limits based on what someone might or might not do. They are not the internet police.
That said, their culture sucks. They ignore decent suggestions, treat some bugs as intended behaviour and fail to reward any bug bounty for genuine bugs.
I have given up contributing to them.
Omega Prime commented 22nd September 20
I fully agree. It's just one of those things where if a scam happens, its better to find ways to not be a part of it, but you're right, they can't tell anyone what they can or cannot do, although in essence, when they ignore some features that just make sense for all of us over the years, they are telling us what we can or cannot do. There are some features that 3rd parties are probably making a lot of money from that should have easily been included in the base model.
I think in 10+ years I've reported two Nulled copies. All you get is a Thank You. At least a month free would be a nice incentive, but overall, it helps the community. In the real world, if you saw a crime and called the cops, all you would get is a thank you...and if what you witnessed helped the case, you would now have to take time off work to answer questions and go to court. Now you're losing money being a witness, but overall, if helps the community.
WHMCS probably gets 1000 suggestions a year, and how many of those do they follow through on? 2?!?!??!
Daniel Draga commented 22nd September 20
It's a very good option to be able to provide hosting for 5 or even 10 years. The best idea is to make it customizable, so everyone can select more/different billing cycles. I want to be able to provide offers for 5 or 10 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.
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.