https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paypal-recurring-payments-and-billing-cycle Gravity Support Forums Topic: paypal recurring payments and billing cycle en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:29:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paypal-recurring-payments-and-billing-cycle#post-45894 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:20:52 +0000 stueynet 45894@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I am with Joe T. I have a subscription form whereby the user selects the type of package, and then they select the payment recurrence option. The total field works fine for this thanks to the magic of gravity forms, but when they go to pay, it is based on the fixed billing cycle that I set in the payment setup. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paypal-recurring-payments-and-billing-cycle#post-45885 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:57:55 +0000 Joe T 45885@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Not sure if this needs a post of its own, but the topic here is relevant.</p> <p>I need to be able to have conditional logic around the billing cycle (i.e - I am offering Monthly, quarterly and annual terms). I see no way to do this on a single subscription form today. Is there a way to accomplish this? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paypal-recurring-payments-and-billing-cycle#post-45880 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:22:13 +0000 Chris Hajer 45880@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I believe they bill the client, and send a receipt. I don't think they send reminders out. That's been my personal experience anyway. I am always surprised to be billed for something automatically because I forgot to cancel it, and by then it's too late. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paypal-recurring-payments-and-billing-cycle#post-45722 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:06:14 +0000 ahufford 45722@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Does paypal send a reminder email before they charge the person for the renewed subscription? Or does it just charge and THEN send a reminder email? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paypal-recurring-payments-and-billing-cycle#post-43178 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:17:04 +0000 drewmcmanus 43178@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Acknowledged on everything above and what I'm wondering then is if there is a way to edit the delivery date for a recurring notice after the initial payment has been made (and is therefore used to schedule future notices).</p> <p>If there is, then at the very least I can go in and manually make adjustments. It isn't a perfect solution but at least it would solve the problem. If this is possible, how is it done? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paypal-recurring-payments-and-billing-cycle#post-43154 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:45:09 +0000 Carl Hancock 43154@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>This kind of granular control over the billing cycle is not supported in the PayPal Add-On. The only billing cycle options are those available in the Add-On. We are limited in what we can provide by the PayPal API and how PayPal standard recurring payments work.</p> <p>The billing cycle begins when the user completes the purchase. If you select every 4 weeks then it will be every 4 weeks from when the user completes the purchase. If you select every 30 days it will be every 30 days from when the user completes the purchase.</p> <p>Gravity Forms does not send out late notices and due dates. It doesn't track the payments because it's all handled by PayPal. The payment is made on PayPal's site and payments are PayPal handles everything.</p> <p>Communication between Gravity Forms and PayPal happens via PayPal's IPN notification system. There is no documentation on it because it's all behind the scenes. PayPal communicates back to Gravity Forms when a recurring payment is made via the PayPal IPN system. This IPN notification updates the entry and adds a note regarding the recurring transaction. When a recurring subscription is canceled, the IPN notification knows this and if you configured something to happen on cancellation this would be triggered by the IPN cancellation notice. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/paypal-recurring-payments-and-billing-cycle#post-43138 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:45:29 +0000 drewmcmanus 43138@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>In the Billing Cycle I really like that there are multiple ways to indicate the billing date but I don't see anything that allows for something like "first monday of each month" Am I missing it?</p> <p>Similarly, If I select any similar option (every 30 days, every four weeks, once a month) does that cycle actually begin when the buyer makes the first payment? If so, it would be great if there were a way to set it up with a due date and automatic late notices.</p> <p>Lastly, I'm trying to find an example for how the recurring notices work but I'm not finding anything in the documentation, could you provide that info?</p> <p>Thanks in advance!<br /> Drew </p>