Here is what we are trying to be able to do with subscriptions and site access.

Our general idea is to have 3 levels of access:

Free (w/ sub)
Standard (w/ sub)
Premium (w/ sub)

This is fairly simple. I had them setup as exclusive plans and I think that would work well. Probably now is that we want to start offering some other subscriptions and merchandise.

We want to begin selling access to certain parts of the site for a limited time, like to a particular video or series of videos that have it's own subscription. Because I have them exclusive, I can't add one where another exclusive one already is subscribed. Or, I can't get it to work actually.

Ultimately, we'd like to sell merchandise that allows them to access the video series until we remove the subscription since that has no validity.

The other aspect we'd like to do is be able to offer a free 30 days and then convert them to standard membership. Is it possible to do that and have it auto start the standard membership without having to have a duplicate subscription type that is identical to the standard membership except for starting 30 days later? We don't want to force our users to have to renew as statistically, most people wont renew but will keep going if they don't have to do anything.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

What we'd LIKE to be able to do is NOT to have to have special plans for the 30 days free setup. I'd like to have a 30 days free plan that the user signs up for, then it automatically converts to the standard membership, a different plan.

Is that possible? Otherwise, I'm going to have a LOT of duplicate plans.

Also, is it possible to only show certain upgrades to people on certain plans, like special offers, but still be able to see the "standard plans" they can upgrade like from standard to premium?

Thanks for the information about not being able to jump from one to another. That's mostly what I needed to know. The walkthrough helped as well as it validated what I had already setup previously to try to work through this issue.

Thanks!