Managing Subscriptions with Buckaroo

Introduction

Buckaroo offers a comprehensive solution for handling subscriptions, allowing merchants to outsource periodic invoicing, reminder schemes, and bill runs. Here are the key aspects of managing subscriptions within the Buckaroo environment:

• Product: Minimum unit to be purchased.
• Invoicing: Frequency and periods of invoices.
• Credit Management: Reminder schemes for unpaid invoices.
• Payment: Payment methods and notifications.

Steps to Manage Subscriptions

Start Subscription

• Inform Buckaroo by sending a single message with subscription details.
• Optionally, combine with an initial payment or identification method.

Change Subscription

• Send a single message to update the subscription (e.g., upsell, downsell).
• The subscription is updated immediately without needing to cancel and create a new one.

Cancel Subscription

• Send a single message to stop the subscription, halting future invoicing.

Managing Active Subscriptions

• Add Product: Add a new rate plan and specify a future start date.
• Change Product: Update parameters for upsell or downsell without stopping the subscription.
• Stop Product: Remove a product by adding an end date to its price plan.

Integration with Credit Management

Subscriptions are tightly integrated with Buckaroo’s Credit Management:

• Bill Runs: Trigger the Credit Management module, sending invoice push notifications to the merchant.
• Mutation Messages: Merchants receive updates on invoice payments and reminder statuses.
• Custom Reminders: Adjust reminder schemes as needed.

Considerations

Who Executes the Bill Run?

• Credit Management: Use if you handle invoicing in-house.
• Subscriptions: Use if the invoice amounts are consistent and you prefer Buckaroo to handle billing.

Invoice Amount Consistency

• Subscriptions: Ideal if the invoice amount is always the same.

Frequency of Mutations

• Subscriptions: Use if the number of mutations per invoice period is manageable.

Subscription and Credit Management Integration

• Start Subscription: Send a message to generate the subscription with product details.
• Bill Run: Buckaroo starts billing at the specified start date.
• Invoice Handling: Credit Management handles payment invitations, reminders, and potential debt collection.
• Payment Monitoring: All payment actions are tracked, stopping reminders once invoices are paid.
• Updating Subscriptions: Use update messages to modify subscriptions and products for future bill runs.

Credit Management Only

If there is a consumer administration, there might be a good reason for the Merchant to do the billing in-house. In that case, only the Credit Management solution from Buckaroo is used. Buckaroo is still able to process the invoice lines.

Different Ways to Start a Subscription

• Digital Direct Debit: Only in the Netherlands, shares IBAN details with the merchant.
• Irreversible Payment Methods: Includes iDEAL, Bancontact, and Sofort.
• Reversible Payment Methods: Includes credit card and PayPal.
• Notification Payment Methods: Includes PayPerEmail for selecting a preferred payment method.