Products management¶

Products are what you will be offering for your clients. Main page for products management Configuration -> Products section.

Adding a new category¶

The category is a simple way to organize your products.

Each product belongs to category. You will need to create category before creating new product. Go to Configuration > Products -> New category tab to create new category. Provide title and description and click on Create.

Removing a category¶

To remove product category go to Configuration > Products > Manage categories. Select category which you would like to remove and click on delete icon.

Note

Removing category will also remove all products within.

Adding a new product¶

You can add a new product by pressing the Add new product to this category.

Product types¶

License: You can sell software licenses using BoxBilling. Provide your own algorithm to generate license key via simple plugin. By default license product has these options: license prefix, the length of the license code and which fields should be validated (IP, domain, version or path). License can be validated inside software by decoding license key or by using licensing server. BoxBilling has its own licensing server so all callbacks from software can be made to validate licenses. You can also provide custom validation rules in licensing plugins.
Downloadable product: It should be used when you need to provide a file for your clients, and wish to charge for the ability to download it. The setup process is similar to other products, - you will see one new tab where you will be able to upload the file that will be offered after purchase.
Domain product: Offer domain registrations, renewals, transfers with BoxBilling. Domain pricing can be set for every tld separately. Configure which domain can be transferred, registered. Supports major domain registrars by default. More about at Selling domains.
Hosting: Offering hosting services with BoxBilling is really easy. Setup server on which hosting accounts are going to be created, create hosting plan for your server manager, setup product prices. More about at Selling hosting services.
Custom product: It is a general product you would be offering via your website. You can set a title, description, product unit (whether the price is for the product, service or a period of time that the product will be used). Each product has a payment option (free, one time payment and subscription payment) and activation status (how it will be activated). Custom product orders can be controlled via custom event hooks. For example:

<?php
/**
 * Example product plugin usage
 */
class Hook_Custom
{
    public static function onAfterOrderActivate(Box_Event $event)
    {
        $order = $event->getSubject();
        $plugin = $order->Product->plugin;
        if($plugin == 'MyPlugin') {
            // init plugin class
            // do something with plugin on order activation action
        }
    }

    public static function onAfterOrderRenew(Box_Event $event)
    {

    }

    public static function onAfterOrderSuspend(Box_Event $event)
    {

    }

    public static function onAfterOrderUnsuspend(Box_Event $event)
    {

    }

    public static function onAfterOrderCancel(Box_Event $event)
    {

    }

    public static function onAfterOrderUncancel(Box_Event $event)
    {

    }

    public static function onAfterOrderDelete(Box_Event $event)
    {

    }
}

Product pricing¶

There are 3 types of payment options available:

Free: The product is free and there is no billing involved. No invoice is generated if ordering free product only.
One time: Payment is submitted once for the product and no other invoice is going to be issued automatically.
Recurring payment: Recurring payments are used to bill clients periodically. Monthly, Every 3 months, Every 6 months, Every year, Every 2 years, Every 3 years

Removing a product¶

You can remove products by clicking delete icon in the products list.

Product Addons¶

All existing product add-ons are listed in the section Configuration > Product Addons

To create new addon open Configuration > Product Addons > Create new tab.

In the first tab (General), you will need to select a title and description for your add-on. Then, as you move on to the second tab (Payment), you will be able to set the payment options for the selected add-on.

After you have filled in the fields and selected the needed options, press Create and it will be added to your Product Addons section.

Note

When you have created product add-ons, they will be visible and available for each product you create via the Addons tab.

Product Promotions¶

To manage product promotions go to Admin area > Configuration > Product Promotions

Promotion can be one of these types:

Fixed amount discount (e.g. $10 Off)
Percentage discount (e.g. 15% Off)

After you have setup promotion code your clients will be able to use this code at checkout process.

How to create a new promotion¶

Start by going to Configuration > Product Promotions
Click on the Create New tab
You must enter a promotion code - this is the code that customers will need to enter on the order form to receive the discount
You can then choose the discount type Fixed amount discount, Percentage discount, Free trial
Enter amount of $ or % or days according to discount type
Choose maximum number of uses. Use 0 for unlimited number of uses.
All other options are additional, you can now click on Create

Additional settings¶

By selecting products at the Products tab it is possible to limit promo to specific products/services. Promo code will not be applied if selected product is not in the shopping cart.
It is possible when creating a promotion to specify an expiry date. Select Date tab and if you want the promo code to become valid for the specific time period define dates in select boxes.
You can also enable or disable product promotion by setting Active to Yes/No
If you do not want the same user to use this promotion code more than once select User can use no more than one time to No