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Hello all, I am brand new to ubercart and fairly new to Drupal. Thank you for the great documentation. I have been able to get up and running fairly easily.

First of all, my setup:
-D5, uc 1.4, Subscriptions Module

I am trying to setup a subscription based service that charges as follows (of course the prices are fake):
- Newsletter Level 1: $1 (monthly) / $10 (annually)
- Newsletter Level 2: $2 (monthly) / $20 (annually)
- Newsletter Level 3: $3 (monthly) / $30 (annually)

My current setup involves 1 product (newsletter) with multiple attributes trying to make up for the many options. I know I am going about this the wrong way and would really like some direction.

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I'm wondering if the answer to my problem may be going about this completely differently. Is there a one page ordering module for drupal? Maybe I don't even need to use the full blown cart for the aspect of my site.

Any ideas?

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I'm not sure of a one page ordering module, but I don't think this is a situation where Ubercart just isn't useful. The question is, what sort of automatic recurring fees are you hoping to implement, and who do you want to process them through? Those can tell me real quickly whether or not Ubercart will work.

From a catalog building standpoint, it might make the most sense to break the products up by newsletter level. With the subscription type option (monthly vs. annually), you can make a price adjustment up for the annual subscription. You should also give different SKUs to the monthly vs. annual subscription types on the product's adjustments tab. When you do this, you can assign different recurring fees to the different adjusted SKUs, thereby getting different recurring fee settings for the different subscription types.

Keep in mind that the product price will be charged upon checkout. So, if I purchased newsletter level 1 annually, I would be charged $10 upon checkout, and if you want an automatic recurring payment, you'd set one up for the SKU of that subscription to charge me $10 in one year. It's fairly simple, I just don't think all the use cases have been documented.

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Ryan wrote:The question is,
Ryan wrote:

The question is, what sort of automatic recurring fees are you hoping to implement, and who do you want to process them through? Those can tell me real quickly whether or not Ubercart will work.

I am going to offer two subscription options: monthly & annually. When they pay monthly they are billed each month automatically. When they pay annually, they pay for the whole year up front and then are billed again in 1 year. They get 2 months subscription free when pre-paying for the year.

Ryan wrote:

From a catalog building standpoint, it might make the most sense to break the products up by newsletter level. With the subscription type option (monthly vs. annually), you can make a price adjustment up for the annual subscription. You should also give different SKUs to the monthly vs. annual subscription types on the product's adjustments tab. When you do this, you can assign different recurring fees to the different adjusted SKUs, thereby getting different recurring fee settings for the different subscription types.

Yes, this is a great idea. In fact, it hit me right before I went to bed last night. I was headed back here today to update the thread. I have product "Newsletter Level 1" with attribute "Subscription Option" (1 month and 12 months, using the Subscription module). I have not tested it but it seems like it would work the way I want it to.

Ryan wrote:

Keep in mind that the product price will be charged upon checkout. So, if I purchased newsletter level 1 annually, I would be charged $10 upon checkout, and if you want an automatic recurring payment, you'd set one up for the SKU of that subscription to charge me $10 in one year.

This is exactly what I want! Perfect. I guess I am just overwhelmed with everything. I started with Drupal 2 weeks ago. It's already the best thing I have ever done for my business (freelance designer). Thanks for your help! I will report back with the results when I get back into it tonight.