In Billsby, setup fees are charged in conjunction with the subscription fee. So, the customer's first invoice will include both the setup fee and the subscription fee.

If the plan's cycle has a free trial, new customers will be charged the setup fee after the free trial period along with the subscription fee.

If you'd like the customer's first invoice to include both a setup fee and the first recurring subscription payment, simply toggle on the setup fee option when adding your cycle and enter the setup fee amount.

For example, if you put $100 every 1 month as the price, and then a $100 setup fee, on the customers first invoice, they’ll be charged $200 for the first month. Then, a month later and every month after this, they’ll be charged $100.

If you would like the customer to be billed just the setup fee on their first invoice and not the recurring subscription fee until the next cycle, enter the difference between the setup fee and the recurring price as the amount for the setup fee.

For example, if you want to charge a $150 setup fee and $99 every month going forward, you would:

This means that the first payment will be $99 + $51 = $150, which is your setup fee price. Then, the following month and every month after that, your customer will be billed the $99 plan price.

If you would like the customer to be charged only a setup fee that is less than the recurring subscription price on the first invoice, there's two ways to achieve this: