Set Up Your Subscription Service with Recurly Set Up Your Subscription Service with Recurly

Set Up Your Subscription Service with Recurly

Subscriptions are one of the most popular ways to make money on your video content. Before beginning the configuration of subscription plans, you must have a Recurly account set up.

To get started using subscriptions with Zype, navigate to Video CRM > Subscriptions from the left navigation menu. Then click "Let's Go!" to get started. account set up.

Step 1: Basic Information

Upload the subscription logo and add your email address.

Adding "Terms of Service" is optional.

Step 2: Payments

Add your Account Subdomain, Public Key and API Key from Recurly.

  • You can find your account subdomain under Configuration > Site Settings > Recurly Subdomain
  • You can find your Public Key on the API Credentials page.
  • You can follow this link for instructions on finding or generating your API key.

The "Credit Card Statement Message" will be the name you want subscribers to see on their credit card bill.

Step 3: Plans

Before creating a plan in Zype, you must create subscription plans within Recurly. Visit Recurly's documentation for more information.

After creating a subscription plan with Recurly, enter the Recurly Plan Code in the plans section.

Select the blue sync button. Your Recurly plan details will automatically sync with Zype from there. 

Step 4: Activity Stream

In order for your subscription plans to pull into your Recurly account, you will need to enable your Activity Stream. To do so, follow Recurly's instructions on Webhooks.

Enter the Webhook URL found in Zype into your Recurly account. Once you've created the webhook, test the connection in Recurly by selecting "Check URL"

Step 5: Confirmation

Review your subscription and select Save Changes

Step 6: Editing Recurly Settings

If you'd like to access your Recurly settings once they are configured, you can view by visiting Settings > Monetization tab.

Supported Features

Feature Support Description
Billing Cycles

One Time Charges - Supported

Fixed Recurring - Supported (not quantity/usage)

Subscription Cancellations

Immediate - Supported

At period end - Supported

Trials Supported
Coupons Using the coupon_code param - Supported
Multiple currencies One currency per plan - Supported
Gift cards Not supported in Zype's platform today

 

Visit our Subscription Plans section in the Help Center for more information about managing your subscription plans.