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Renew a subscription
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Renew subscriptions
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The key feature of a subscription business model is the recurring nature of payments. In this model,
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customers pay a recurring amount in exchange for access to a product or a service.
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The foundation of any subscription business model is recurring payments. That's when customers
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reliably pay a regular amount at specific intervals, in exchange for access to a subscription
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product or service.
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.. raw:: html
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The renewal of a subscription is the process followed by customers when they willingly choose to
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continue their participation (and payment) for a subscription product or service.
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<div align="center" style="color:#AD5E99; font-size: 2rem ;margin: 20px 0"> <b>The renewal of a
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subscription is the process followed by each customer when willing to pursue a
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subscription.</b> </div>
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Subscribers experience the renewal process at different intervals -- weekly, monthly, annually, etc.
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-- depending on the duration of the agreed-upon contract.
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Each subscriber experiences this renewal process monthly, annually, or sometimes more, depending on
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the duration of the contract. Most subscription companies choose to automate their renewal processes
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but, in some cases, manual subscription renewals are still the preferred option.
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Most companies that offer subscriptions prefer to automate the renewals process for customers, but,
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in some cases, manual subscription renewals are still used.
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With **Odoo Subscriptions**, you can have all your subscriptions in one application, suggest an
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automatic subscription renewal to your customers (as well as a manual one) and, finally, filter all
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your subscriptions and easily find those to renew (with the help of the tag *To renew*).
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With the Odoo *Subscriptions* application, a company can manage all of their subscriptions in one
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place. Renewals can be processed automatically or manually, include additional products or upsells
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per renewal order, and be filtered in batch views to quickly locate customers who need to renew
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their subscriptions.
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Renew your first subscription
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Subscription renewals
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Before renewing a subscription, be sure to check out our documentation on how to
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:doc:`Create a quotation <../subscriptions>` using subscription
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products. Indeed, once confirmed, a quotation becomes a sales order and a new subscription is
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automatically created. Therefore, this subscription has the status *In progress*. From there, you
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have the possibility to renew the subscription. In the Other Info tab, underneath the To Renew
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section, you can activate the *To renew* option. When activated, a yellow tag automatically appears
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in the upper right corner of the subscription.
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.. image:: renewals/renew-your-subscription.png
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:align: center
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:alt: Renew your subscription with Odoo Subscriptions
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.. important::
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The *To renew* tag is automatically ticked when a payment fails. This indicator also appears
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on the customer portal. To visualize that, you just have to click on the *Customer preview*
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button. The tag *To renew* appears on the top right corner.
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.. image:: renewals/customer-preview-of-a-renewal.png
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:align: center
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:alt: Customer preview of a renewal with Odoo Subscriptions
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When a subscription needs to be renewed, you have the possibility to use a new button called
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*Renewal quotation*. By clicking on it, a new quotation is created. From there, start a basic sales
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flow allowing you to send the quotation by email to your customers or to confirm it. It is better to
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first *Send by email* the quotation to your customers in order to have their confirmation and, then,
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*Confirm* it in **Odoo Sales**.
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In order to renew a subscription, a quotation with a subscription product **must** be confirmed,
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with a configured :guilabel:`Recurring Plan` selected, which turns it into a sales order.
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.. note::
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In the Chatter of this new quotation, it is mentioned that "This renewal order has been created
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from the previous subscription". Once confirmed by your customers, this quotation becomes a
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sales order and a new sale is mentioned in the upper right corner of the subscription.
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- Only a singular product is required.
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- A subscription service is still a product (albeit a digital, recurring one)
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.. image:: renewals/renew-a-quotation.png
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:align: center
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:alt: Renew a quotation with Odoo Subscriptions
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Then, that sales order needs to be confirmed, and payment from the customer for the initial
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subscription has to be invoiced and registered.
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By clicking on the *Sales* button, you have a summary of your sales orders in a list view.
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The only difference between your two quotations is the description underneath the
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*Subscription Management* category. There, you can easily visualize which one is your renewal.
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When those steps are complete, an :guilabel:`In Progress` tag is applied to the sales order form,
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and a series of buttons appear at the top of the sales order -- including a button titled,
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:guilabel:`Renew`.
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.. image:: renewals/subscription-management-category.png
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:align: center
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:alt: Renewal as Subscription Management form in Odoo Subscriptions
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Visualize your subscriptions to renew
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=====================================
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Finally, if you want to visualize all your subscriptions and easily find those to renew, you can go
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to your *Subscriptions dashboard* and use the filter *To renew*.
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.. image:: renewals/subscriptions-dashboard-with-the-to-renew-filter.png
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.. image:: renewals/renew-button.png
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:align: center
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:alt: List view of all subscriptions and use of the filter to renew in Odoo Subscriptions
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:alt: Renew button on subscription sales order with Odoo Subscriptions.
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When the :guilabel:`Renew` button is clicked, Odoo instantly presents a new renewal quotation,
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complete with a :guilabel:`Renewal Quotation` tag.
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.. image:: renewals/renewal-quotation.png
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:align: center
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:alt: Renewal quotation in the Odoo Subscriptions application.
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From here, a standard sales flow can occur in order to confirm the quotation. This typically begins
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by clicking :guilabel:`Send by Email`. This sends a copy of the quotation to the customer, by email,
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for them to confirm, and eventually, pay for.
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.. note::
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In the *Chatter* of the :guilabel:`Renewal Quotation`, it is mentioned that this subscription is
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the renewal of the subscription from the original sales order.
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Once the :guilabel:`Renewal Quotation` is confirmed, it becomes a sales order, and a
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:guilabel:`Sales History` smart button appears at the top of the page.
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.. image:: renewals/sales-history-smart-button.png
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:align: center
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:alt: Sales History smart button in the Odoo Subscriptions application.
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When that :guilabel:`Sales History` smart button is clicked, Odoo reveals a separate page,
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showcasing the different sales orders attached to this subscription, along with their individual
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:guilabel:`Subscription Status`.
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.. image:: renewals/sales-history-page.png
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:align: center
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:alt: Renewal quotation in the Odoo Subscriptions application.
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Additionally, once the :guilabel:`Renewal Quotation` is confirmed, an :guilabel:`MRR` smart button
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also appears at the top of the sales order.
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.. image:: renewals/mrr-smart-button.png
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:align: center
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:alt: MRR smart button in the Odoo Subscriptions application.
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When clicked, Odoo reveals an :guilabel:`MRR Analysis` page, detailing the monthly recurring revenue
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related to this specific subscription.
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.. seealso::
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- :doc:`../subscriptions`
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