Add a charge to a paid edition

About charges

Edition charges are chargeable components or line items associated to the total billable amount.

About charge types

The charge type indicates what kind of offer is being sold.

Charge type descriptions

Namedescription
RecurringThe most common type of charge that covers simple, renewing subscriptions.
One timeA non-renawable charge that covers a single charge that delivers a defined function or service.
UsageA consumption model charge where the customer purchases a monthly subscription and then pays for subscription usage.

Navigate to Add charge

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Navigate to commerce details.
  2. To navigate to Add charge, click Add new charge.

Results

The Add charge page shows.

Add a usage charge to a paid edition

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Add charge.
  2. On the Configure new charge section, select one or more of the following check boxes:
    • This charge is required
    • Include in Starting price
  3. Complete basic charge fields.
  4. To add a usage charge to a paid edition, on the Charge type list, select Usage.
  5. Complete usage charge type fields
  6. Click Submit for approval.

Result

You added a usage charge to a product edition.

Add a recurring charge to a paid edition

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Add charge.
  2. On the Configure new charge section, select one or more of the following check boxes:
    • This charge is required
    • Include in Starting price
  3. Complete basic charge type fields.
  4. To add a recurring charge to a paid edition, on the Charge type list, select Recurring.
  5. Complete recurring charge type fields.
  6. Click Submit for approval.

Result

You added a recurring charge to a product edition.

Basic charge type field descriptions

These fields apply to all charge types.

Namedescription
NameThe name of the charge
SequenceOrders the charges on the product page from 1 – X from top to bottom of the page.
Name descriptionProvides more information about the charge
Vendor charge IDPartners should add the unique identifier for the product being sold that is used in the partner’s inventory control system or price listing. In short, the SKU for the product being sold. If the partner does not have a unique ID then a Red Hat Marketplace Onboarding Specialist will enter a unique ID on behalf of the partner.
IncrementProvides the ability to sell charges in “bundles.” While a product may be sold in some contexts in increments of 1, there are times low cost items (for example, a $1.00 charge) are sold in a bundle of 3, 5, 10, and so on. The increment number multiplies the per unit cost. So a $1.00 unit sold in a bundle of 10 is $10 dollars. In some cases units already come containing more than 1. So a unit could be equal to 10 GB, 15 VPCs or 100 server calls, etc. In this case the increment would be 1 unless otherwise requested.

Usage charge type field descriptions

These fields apply to all charge types.

Namedescription
Unit of measureUsage unit of measure charge values have some overlap with One Time and Recurring, but the list contains many specific usage units of measure.
Usage reporting IDThis value is used to match the metered data for a product to the priced edition. The value is generated by the product owner. The usage reporting ID is comprised of three values from your meter definition.

Recurring charge type field descriptions

These fields apply to all charge types.

Namedescription
Price frequencyValues are Monthly and Annual
Minimum quantityProvides a starting place to purchase quantity. 95% of the time that starting point is 1, but occasionally a product wants to start at +1.
Maximum quantityProvides an end point to purchase quantity. 95% of the time there will be no limit. When there is no limit the “Maximum quantity” field should have a value of 0.

About Price frequency

Values are “Monthly” and “Annual.” These values are influenced by the billing frequency and subscription term values.

Offers with terms of monthly and annual can be Monthly. Note that annual prices using a Price frequency of Monthly will divide an annual term price by 12. Offers with a term of monthly can only be Monthly. Offers with a term of annual and frequency of annual can only be Annual. Annual Price frequency excludes Tier and Volume Price types.

Price type descriptions

Namedescription
Per unitMost common type of charge.
Tiered pricingCustomer pays a discounted amount per tier after the first tier, but pays the full amount of the previous level and adds that to the quantity of the new level.
Volume pricingCustomer pays a discounted amount after the first tier for the entire order.

Add a per unit charge to a paid edition

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Add charge.
  2. On the Configure new charge section, select one or more of the following check boxes:
    • This charge is required
    • Include in Starting price
  3. Complete basic charge type fields.
  4. Add a _charge type_.
  5. To add a per unit charge to a paid edition, on the Price type list, select Per unit.
  6. Complete the pricing section.
  7. Click Add charge.

Result

You added a per unit charge to the paid edition.

Add a tiered or volume charge to a paid edition

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Add charge.
  2. On the Configure new charge section, select one or more of the following check boxes:
    • This charge is required
    • Include in Starting price
  3. Complete basic charge type fields.
  4. To add a tiered or volume charge to a paid edition, on the Price type list, select one of the following options:
    • Tiered pricing
    • Volume pricing
  5. Complete the pricing section.
  6. Click Add charge.

Result

You added a tiered or volume charge to the paid edition.

Add an annual pricing frequency charge to a paid edition

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Add charge.
  2. On the Configure new charge section, select one or more of the following check boxes:
    • This charge is required
    • Include in Starting price
  3. Complete basic charge type fields.
  4. On the Price type list, select an option.
  5. On the Charge type list, select Recurring.
  6. To add an annual pricing frequency charge to a paid edition, on the Price frequency list, select Annual.
  7. Complete the pricing section.
  8. Click Add charge.

Results

You added an annual pricing frequency charge to a paid edition.

Add monthly or annual pricing to a charge

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Add charge.
  2. On the Price type list, select an option.
  3. Complete the remaining fields on the Configure new charge section.
  4. For all price types, on the Pricing section, on the Price box, enter a value.
  5. For tiered or volume price types, on the Starting unit and Ending unit boxes, enter a value.
  6. For tiered or volume price types, to add another pricing row, click Add tier.
  7. Click Add charge.

Results

You added monthly or annual pricing to a charge.