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

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