I'm setting up different subscription plans for a print magazine.

I'm trying to figure out the best way to group subscriptions. Here is the plan.

Print Subscriptions
1 Year Canadian Print Subscription
1 Year US Print Subscription
2 Year Canadian Print Subscription
2 Year US Print Subscription
3 Year Canadian Print Subscription
3 Year US Print Subscription

Digital Subscription
1 Year Digital Subscription

Gift Subscription
1 Year Canadian Gift Print Subscription
1 Year US Print Gift Subscription
2 Year Canadian Gift Print Subscription
2 Year US Print Gift Subscription
3 Year Canadian Gift Print Subscription
3 Year US Print Gift Subscription

As you can see there is a whole pile of subscriptions. I would like to group them so Gift subscriptions are together. Do I just set it up so Gift Subscription is a free parent subscription and the children subscriptions are all upgrades?

Thanks so much for your help.

David J.

Post edited by: krileon, at: 2010/03/21 16:49

Thanks for that. Is there a way that I can have the parent sub so it doesn't charge them? I don't want it to say free as it really isn't free, it's a parent subscription just to group things.

Thanks for your help.

David J.

Thats awesome. Thanks so much for your help.

David J.

We're having a problem with the upgrade possibilities shown with this scenario.

If someone subscribes to the most expensive Print Subscription plan (3yrs), they are presented with "upgrade possibilities" of the 2-yr and 1-yr plans... presumably because they are subscribed to the "free" parent "Print subscription".

Is there a workaround here, or a better way to do this? It seems that the parent cannot effectively be used as a category, but is really another subscription.

Any advice appreciated!