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# How to charge your vendors monthly subscription fees

This article demonstrates how you can create a subscription plan so your vendors pay you periodically (weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly) to access and use the vendor portal and upload products onto your platform.

||| Vendor Subscription is currently in limited release, so reach out to our support team to enable it for you.

##### Article Content

1. [Requirements](#6-requirements)
2. [How to set up Vendor Subscriptions](#6-how-to-set-up-vendor-subscriptions)
3. [How to create vendor subscription plans (video recording)](#5-how-to-create-vendor-subscription-plans-video-recording)
4. [How to apply coupon codes to individual vendor subscription](#3-how-to-apply-coupon-codes-to-a-vendor-subscription)
5. [How to exempt vendors from the subscription](#3-how-to-exempt-vendors-from-the-subscription)
6. [How to exempt vendors from the subscription (video recording)](#5-how-to-exempt-vendors-from-the-subscription-video-recording)
7. [How to assign plans to your vendors](#5-how-to-assign-plans-to-your-vendors)
8. [How to assign plans to your vendors (video recording)](#5-how-to-assign-plans-to-your-vendors-video-recording)
9. [FAQs](#3-faqs)


##### Requirements
* A Stripe account is required for this to work. Please review if Stripe is available in your country before enabling this capability

##### How to set up Vendor Subscriptions

1. Navigate to **Settings**, then click on **Vendor Subscription** on the left menu.

![Navigate to Vendor Subscription](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/c/f/9/b/cf9b185a0b087000/vs1_17frwm3.jpg)


2. This page will appear.  Click the **Create New Plan** button.

![Create New Plan](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/c/f/9/b/cf9b185a0b087000/vs2_1729hc8.jpg)

3. Fill out the details to create your plan
![Fill out these details](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/c/f/9/b/cf9b185a0b087000/vs3_19v39k3.jpg)
4. Click the **Create Vendor Subscription** button to save your plan.
![Create Vendor Subscription](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/c/f/9/b/cf9b185a0b087000/vs4_19bc7y0.jpg)

##### How to create vendor subscription plans (video recording)

${frame}[Create Vendor Subscription Plans](https://www.loom.com/embed/5c7c8386d28f4e4685dbbf98fd542696)

##### How to apply coupon codes to a vendor subscription
* [How apply coupon codes to individual vendor subscription](https://help.puppetvendors.com/en/article/how-to-apply-a-coupon-code-discount-to-a-vendor-subscription-13hzi35/)

##### How to exempt vendors from the subscription

The exemption allows vendors to skip the need to pay for your subscription.

1. Navigate to **Vendors**, then click on **Manage Vendors (Commissions and Profile)**.  Tick the box corresponding to the vendor to be exempted from paying vendor subscriptions before clicking the **Bulk Actions** button.
![Navigate to Vendors](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/c/f/9/b/cf9b185a0b087000/vse1_lfyq9b.jpg)
2. This window will pop-up.  Go to **Paywall **tab and click **Disable vendor subscription**.
![Disable Paywall](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/c/f/9/b/cf9b185a0b087000/vse2_tjx7sr.jpg)
Remember to click the **Save** button to save your preferences.

You can also manage exceptions by going to Settings > Vendor Subscriptions > Manage Exceptions and Plans

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/c/f/9/b/cf9b185a0b087000/image_1ryhvx0.png)
In this pop-up, click the Enable Exception button to exempt the vendor/ vendors of choice.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/c/f/9/b/cf9b185a0b087000/image_1bfv2cm.png)


##### How to exempt vendors from the subscription (video recording)

${frame}[How to exempt vendors from the subscription](https://www.loom.com/embed/0ebf1f2d7c5943528b9da54bfa925cb6)
##### How to assign plans to your vendors

Under Manage Exceptions and Plans, click on the blank field under the Assigned Plans column of your chosen vendor.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/c/f/9/b/cf9b185a0b087000/image_kdlrig.png)
You can choose the plan from the options shown on this field.  Your vendors will see only the plans assigned to them when they log in.

##### How to assign plans to your vendors (video recording)

${frame}[How to assign plans to your vendors](https://www.loom.com/embed/52538fa8cd3b481690cd30c54bf8b253)

### FAQs

What happens to our existing vendors?
* Existing vendors will be prompted to select a plan once they login the first time around once at least 1 plan is activated.