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Ongoing Payment Plans

The following payment plans ask members to put money on account with your program in order to cover future deliveries:

The following payment plan allows members to pay as they go; their accounts are charged the night that they receive their order from you:

Prepaid Credit

Ask your members to put a specific amount of credit on account with you up front.  Then the value of each delivery, including subscriptions and store orders, may be deducted from this amount.
  • You may set up multiple Prepaid Credit payment plan options for different amounts, such as $100, $250, and $500.
  • BONUS credit may be added to a members account if they select a specific amount.  For example, you may ask us to set up a plan where a member pays $500 and $515 of credit is added to their account - The bonus $15 is automatically added to their account as a complimentary payment.  If the member has set up automatic recurring payments for this payment plan, they will receive the same bonus amount each time that they make a payment.
  • Both one-time and automatic recurring electronic payment methods are compatible with this payment plan.  We may adjust the settings so that members may have both or only one of these options.  We recommend encouraging your members to select an automatic electronic payment method because when a member's balance on account reaches $0 they will continue to be scheduled for deliveries and their balance may become negative.
  • If you want to manage automatic recurring payments via member payment tokens, you will need to set a Preapprove Limit.  This acts as minimum balance trigger.  For example, if the limit is set to $0 and a member chooses a $500 Prepaid Credit plan, the member will be automatically charged another $500 when their balance reaches $0 or below.
  • After a member creates their account, they may log into their account and click the Make Payment button.  The member may then make an additional payment according to the Prepaid Credit options presented.
  • Your system balance mode must be set to Balance on Account.
  • Optimize the flexibility that this payment plan offers your members by allowing them to deduct web store purchases from their balance on account. Click here to learn more about web store payment options.

Prepaid per Distribution

Ask your members to pay up front for a specific number of distributions at a time.  For example, we may set up a payment plan which automatically calculates how much the member owes for their next 4 distribution dates based the share and options that they select.  So if a member selects a weekly full share for $30 per delivery and a biweekly egg option for $5 per delivery, they will be asked to pay: ($30 x 4) + ($5 x 2) = $130.  Then the value of subscription received will be deducted from this balance on account.
  • You may set up multiple Prepaid per Distribution payment plan options for a different multiples of distributions, such as 4, 12, and 13 distributions at a time.
  • DISCOUNTS may be set up to automatically apply to the price for each share selected in the sign-up process.  This sign-up discount will not be applied to any options selected.  The discount is always applied as a percentage discount.  This discount will applied to price of the member's shares indefinitely or until they change their payment plan.
  • Both one-time and automatic recurring electronic payment methods are compatible with this payment plan.  We may adjust the settings so that members may have both or only one of these options.  We recommend encouraging your members to select an automatic electronic payment method because when a member's balance on account reaches $0 they will continue to be scheduled for deliveries and their balance may become negative.
  • If you want to manage automatic recurring payments via member payment tokens, you will need to set a Preapprove Limit. This acts as minimum balance trigger.  For example, if the limit is set to $0 and a member chooses a 4 Distribution payment plan, the member will be automatically charged for another 4 Distributions when their balance reaches $0 after receiving 4 distributions.
  • After a member creates their account, they may log into their account and click the Make Payment button.  The member may then make an additional payment according to the Prepaid per Distribution options presented.  The member will receive the same discount of the plan they are currently assigned to.
  • If payment plans are active for members to change within their account, the system will automatically update their discount based on the new plan.
  • Your system balance mode must be set to Balance on Account.
  • The Pay at Checkout web store payment method is the most compatible option for this payment plan.  You may not want to allow members to deduct web store purchases from their Balance on account because then their balance may reach $0 before they've received the defined number of distributions that they expected to receive.

Prepaid per Subscription

Ask your members to pay up front for a specific number of deliveries of each subscription.  For example, we may set up a payment plan which automatically calculates how much the member owes for 4 deliveries of each share and option that they select.  So if a member selects a weekly full share for $30 per delivery and a biweekly egg option for $5 per delivery, they will be asked to pay: ($30 x 4) + ($5 x 4) = $140.  Then the value of subscription received will be deduced from this balance on account.  For this reason, we recommend only using this payment plan if you only plan to manage weekly deliveries; because after the member receives 
  • You may set up multiple Prepaid Per Subscription payment plan options for a different multiples of deliveries, such as 4, 12, and 13 deliveries at a time.
  • DISCOUNTS may be set up to automatically apply to the price for ALL subscriptions (including shares and options) selected during the sign-up process.  The discount is always applied as a percentage discount.  This discount will applied to price of the member's shares indefinitely, but it may be removed from a member's subscription at any time from the Subscription tab of the member's account card.
  • Both one-time and automatic recurring electronic payment methods are compatible with this payment plan.  We may adjust the settings so that members may have both or only one of these options.  We recommend encouraging your members to select an automatic electronic payment method because when a member's balance on account reaches $0 they will continue to be scheduled for deliveries and their balance may become negative.
  • If you want to manage automatic recurring payments via member payment tokens, you will need to set a Preapprove Limit. This acts as minimum balance trigger.  For example, if the limit is set to $0 and a member chooses a 4 Distribution payment plan, the member will be automatically charged for another 4 Distributions when their balance reaches $0 after receiving 4 distributions.
  • After a member creates their account, they may log in to their account and click the Make Payment button.  The member may then make an additional payment according to the Prepaid per Subscription options presented.  No discount will be applied to a member's subscription from this point in the member interface.
  • Your system balance mode must be set to Balance on Account.
  • The Pay at Checkout web store payment method is the most compatible option for this payment plan.  You may not want to allow members to deduct web store purchases from their Balance on account because then their balance may reach $0 before they've received the defined number of distributions that they expected to receive.

Debit on Delivery

Members will be charged for their orders the day that they receive it.  This charge occurs the night of the of their scheduled delivery day when their delivery is recorded in the Farmigo system.  Please note that members do NOT pay in advance for their orders by select this payment plan.
  • Only Automatic Recurring Electronic Payment Methods are compatible with this payment plan.  If you would like to permit your members to pay using a non-electronic payment method, we may activate the option for members to select "Cash" in the Pay step of the sign-up process.  We recommend encouraging your members to select an electronic payment method because when a member's balance on account reaches $0 they will continue to be scheduled for deliveries and their balance may become negative. 
  • Electronic payments will be triggered automatically via the member's payment token. The preapprove limit will need to be set to $0.
  • After a member creates their account, they may log in to their account and click the Make Payment button.  The member may then set up this payment plan or select it to update their payment information on file.
  • Your system balance mode must be set to Balance on Account.
  • Optimize the flexibility that this payment plan offers your members by allowing them to deduct web store purchases from their account on Balance. 

*Any of these payment plans may also be used for seasonal configurations but this is not recommended.  If you would like to learn more, please email [email protected].

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