From 9626a4fbfa1af79d4417a52cc210798598bb60eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rimian Perkins Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 09:37:49 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Describe products and plans --- README.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8d021b0..cff9d04 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ This is a newer version of https://github.com/rimian/discourse-donations. * Follow the install instructions here: https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-a-plugin/19157 * Add your Stripe public and private keys in settings and set the currency to your local value. -## Creating Subscription Plans +## What are Subscriptions? -When users subscribe to your Discourse application, they are added to a user group. You can create new user groups or use existing ones. Of course, you should be careful what permissions you apply to the user group. +There are two core components to make subscriptions work for your Discourse application. These are **Products** and **Plans**. + +A Product describes what the user gets when they subscribe. It has a name and description and is associated with a Discourse user group. + +A Plan is how you charge your users for the Product. Plans have rates, billing intervals and trial periods. A Product may have multiple Plans. For example: a yearly and a monthly Plan. You can't change plans much once they are created but you can archive them and create new ones. ## Testing