In MoneyScripts Membership Suite, there are two types of Membership Plans: Recurring and Non-Recurring. What are the differences, you might ask? To that I answer: Read On.

Non-Recurring (or One-Time-Payment as I like to call them) Membership Plans require the user to only pay one time before granting a 'Membership' to the user. Non-Recurring Memberships can be given a date when they should expire, and when the Membership expires, the role(s) associated with that Membership are removed. Non-Recurring Memberships can also be set to have no expiration, giving a lifetime membership.

One of the advantages of Non-Recurring Memberships is that users can 'Extend' their membership when it is about to expire very easily, and they can also 'Renew' their membership after it has expired very easily. You can even send an automatic email to users when their membership is about to expire, with a link the users can click to Extend the membership. You can also send an automatic email after the membership has expired, with a link to Renew the membership.

Non-Recurring memberships are the easiest for most people to understand and work with, and they are my personal favorite. A few examples of Non-Recurring Membership Plans are as follows:

• $19.95 for 3 Months of Membership
• $99.95 for Lifetime Membership
• $0.99 for 1 Day Membership
• Free Membership for 1 Week

Recurring Membership Plans are configured to accept multiple payments from a user over the course of a Membership, rather than all at the start (like the Non-Recurring Membership Plans do). This means that the users sign up for the Membership and pay the terms of the membership over the course of the membership.

In addition, Recurring Membership Plans can be given a 'Trial Period', where users pay a certain amount to get access to the Membership until the Trial Period is up, after which time the will be charged the regular amount. You can even set up a 'Free Trial' period. This is very useful for many situations.

Another thing that you can do with the Recurring Memberships is set them to 'Recur Until Cancelled', which will indefinitely charge the user each period until he manually cancels the Membership. One of the disadvantages of Recurring Memberships is the complexity that is involved with setting them up. A few examples of Recurring Membership Plans are as follows:

• $9.95 every Month for 6 Months
• $8.95 every Month (Recur Until Cancelled)
• Free for the first 3 Days, then $39.95 every Month
• $0.99 for the first 10 Days, then $20 every Week for 10 Weeks

Hopefully that clears up some of the terminology and illustrates what can be done with these different types of Membership Plans. :)