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Close a subscription
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Losing a customer is always difficult, especially if you put a lot of effort into getting them to
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sign up for your products/services. However, many companies come up with dubious methods to reduce
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the probability of this happening.
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.. raw:: html
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<div align="center" style="color:#AD5E99; font-size: 2rem ;margin: 20px 0"> <b>What is the right
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way to go?</b> </div>
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1. If you adopt such methods, you are among companies that actively and indirectly spread the
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phobia of subscriptions, who do not think about how negatively dissatisfied customers could impact
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their business and, who frustrate the customers in a way or another. However, at some point, it is
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understandable that you do not want your customers to be involved in your subscription status.
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2. If you do not adopt such methods, you are among companies that continue to evolve in a
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long-term subscription business model, especially in an era of ultra-fast communications between
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dissatisfied customers, and who retain their customers by making it easier for them to leave if
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they want to. By giving them the opportunity to close their own subscriptions, your customers do
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not feel trapped because they subscribed to your products/services.
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In summary, the **Odoo Subscriptions** application gives you the
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**possibility to choose what you want to apply**. Indeed, you can decide whether to give your customers the
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option to close their subscriptions whenever they want to or to restrict this possibility. It depends
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on you and we will show you how to do that in our amazing application.
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Configuration
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=============
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Go to :menuselection:`Subscriptions --> Configuration --> Subscription templates`. From there, you can
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create a new *Subscription template* or modify an existing one. When editing your template, underneath
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the Invoicing tab, you have the possibility to activate the option *Closable by customer*.
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Once enabled, this option gives your customers the right to close their own subscriptions.
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.. image:: media/configuration-to-close-your-subscriptions.png
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:align: center
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:alt: Configuration to close your subscription with Odoo Subscriptions
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.. note::
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Be sure to check out our documentation on
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how to :doc:`Use subscription templates <../../subscriptions/configuration/subscription_templates>`
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to fully understand the importance of this feature in a basic flow using the
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**Odoo Subscriptions** application.
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Close your first subscription
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Administrator view
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Once confirmed, a quotation becomes a sales order and a new subscription is automatically created.
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Therefore, this subscription has the status *In progress*. From there, you have the possibility to
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close the subscription.
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.. image:: media/close-your-subscriptions-as-an-administrator.png
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:align: center
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:alt: Close your subscription from an administration point of view with Odoo Subscriptions
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By using the smart button *Close*, you have to enter a close reason. For example, "Subscription too
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expensive", "Subscription does not meet my requirements", "Subscription reached its end date", etc.
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Immediately after confirming your close reason, you can observe that the status of the subscription
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is now *Closed* and that the close reason is mentioned on the subscription.
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.. image:: media/use-of-close-reasons.png
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:align: center
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:alt: What happens when you close your subscription with Odoo Subscriptions?
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Customer view
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As previously explained in the *Administrator view* part, from the subscription form, you also have
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the possibility to visualize what your customers see when managing their subscriptions thanks to the
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*Customer preview* button. In this example, the customer has the choice to close his/her subscription
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whenever he/she wants to, due to the *Close Subscription* button.
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.. image:: media/close-your-subscriptions-as-a-customer.png
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:align: center
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:alt: Close your subscription from a customer point of view with Odoo Subscriptions
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By using this button, the customer can specify the reason for cancelling his/her subscription and
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he/she can even leave a message.
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.. image:: media/use-of-close-reasons-as-a-customer.png
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:align: center
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:alt: What happens when customers close their subscription with Odoo Subscriptions?
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By confirming the cancellation, the customer is redirected to his/her portal. The administrator is
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informed of this modification. Indeed, the status of the subscription becomes *Closed* and a note
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appears in the chatter with the new stage, the end date, the close reason, and the closing text
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added by the customer.
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.. image:: media/chatter-history-when-a-customer-closes-a-subscription.png
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:align: center
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:alt: What happens when customers close their subscription in Odoo Subscriptions?
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.. note::
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Before closing a subscription, check out our documentation on how to
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:doc:`Create a quotation using subscription products <../../subscriptions/sales_flow/create_a_quotation>`
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to understand how subscriptions are managed in the **Odoo Subscriptions** application.
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.. seealso::
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- :doc:`../../subscriptions/configuration/subscription_templates`
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- :doc:`../../subscriptions/configuration/subscription_products`
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- :doc:`../../subscriptions/sales_flow/create_a_quotation` |