Create a Planless Subscription

Build a Subscription directly from individual Products instead of assigning it a single Plan, so each Product can have its own billing interval.

To create a Planless Subscription

1. From Advanced Billing, go to Billing > Subscriptions, then click Create Subscription.
2. Leave the Plan selection blank and add Products individually.
3. Select a billing interval for each Product. If any Product is missing an interval, Maxio blocks Subscription creation with the error "Planless subscriptions cannot contain products without a billing interval."
4. Note that the Set to Evergreen checkbox is selected by default. It typically stays selected for a Planless Subscription, since there's no single Plan price point to define a term length, and only clears if a selected Product's price point defines a fixed expiration.
5. Complete the Customer and payment details.
6. Click Create Subscription.

Best practices

Keep these practices in mind when managing Planless Subscriptions:

• Product Family: All Products in a Planless Subscription must belong to the same Product Family. Mixing families returns the error "All products must belong to the same product family."
• Reports and lists: The Subscriptions Index and Transactions Report both relabel their Product column to Plan; for a Planless Subscription, that column displays a count like "3 Products" instead of a Plan name.
• Navigation shortcut: In the Subscription Summary, click the (Product Family Name) X Products link to view detailed Product allocations.

Related information

For how Planless Subscriptions work overall, see Understand Planless Subscriptions.

For how Product Families group Products for Planless Subscriptions and other catalog features, see Organize Product Families.