Offer Types

    Content of this article

    1. Preliminary remarks
    2. Offer Types

    1. Preliminary remarks

    plenigo makes it possible to flexibly create and sell different types of products due to the modular structure of products, so-called offers.
    In this article all offer types in the Merchant Backend are described.
    For more information on the creation of the individual offer, click on the respective offer.

    2. Offer Types

    • Products can be digital or analog items.
    • Billing takes place once at the time of purchase.
    • Time passes offer a time-limited access to a digital offer.
    • Billing takes place once at the time of purchase.
    • Single products offer a one-time charge of a wallet.
    • Billing takes place once at the time of purchase.
    • Credit-based single products can be purchased several times by the customer.

    Note: Single products can also be used as Skeleton products - thus, various properties, such as price, title or access rights can be overwritten during the checkout process.
    Time-Based Subscription:
    • A time-based subscription is used for digital or analog products.
    • Billing is based on time intervals.
    • It is automatically renewed after a certain period (subscription interval).
    • It can either have unlimited or limited runtime.
    • It can contain various products and bundles.
    • It can have several steps.
    • Multi-User Offers and Cross-Client-Offers can also be created.
    Issue-Based Subscription
    • An issue-based subscription is used for analog and digital products.
    • Billing is based on issues.
    • It can either have unlimited or limited runtime.
    • It requires a delivery list.
    • It can neither contain several products nor bundles.
    • It can have several steps.
    • A credit-based subscription is based on credits which are credited to a wallet.
    • There are three different types of credit-based subscriptions:
      1. Automatic recharge once the credits are used up.
      2. External recharge of credits via API call.
      3. Time-based recharge where credits are recharged in a regular time period.
    • It can neither contain several products nor bundles.
    • It cannot have several steps.

     Note: Product Contracts must be created for all subscription types. Information about product contracts can be found here: Create product contracts
    • Gift vouchers are offers that generate a voucher code upon purchase, which customers can then use to buy the linked offer.
    • Gift vouchers can only be created with time-based and issue-based subscriptions, however, with restrictions.
    Bonus:
    • A bonus can be offered in both analog and digital form.
    • It can be offered with or without additional payment.
    • It can be assigned to several offers. However, an offer can only ever contain one bonus.
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