3.3. PLAN MANAGER

CHAPTER 3. HOW DO I USE HOSTING CONTROLLER?

3.3

Plan Manager

Hosting Controller has extensive hosting plan facilities, allowing you to create customer specific plans for key

clients that offer specific resources and options for a particular price. You have total control over the price and

discounts that you offer, and how much of any resource is provided.

3.3.1

Listing hosting plans

Hosting Controller enables you to list all of your available hosting plans at any time in one window. You can

quickly edit the properties or resources of any of the listed plans from this window   refer to page 24 and page 25

for more information.

To list your hosting plans:

1. Click on the List Plans link in the Plan Manager menu.

2. You can now view a list of your available hosting plans.

Figure 3.20: Listing your hosting plans

Editing a plan's properties

You can edit all of the properties of a hosting plan at any time, including the name, description, status, cancellation

policy, and pricing information. This information is used to create a list of available plans for your customers, so

it is important that you keep this information up to date. If you need to alter what resources are available in a

particular plan, refer to page 25 for more information.

To edit a plan's properties:

1. Click on the List Plans link in the Plan Manager menu.

2. Click on the radio button next to the required plan, choose the General Properties selection from the

available drop down list, and click on the

button.

3. Update the following fields, as required. This information is used to create a list of available plans for your

customers, so fill in the fields in a readable manner.

  Plan Name   The name of the plan.

  Description   The description of the plan.

  Status   The current status of the plan. Only plans with status Available are able to be used for

new customers.

  Cancellation Policy   The cancellation policy for this plan. The customer can view this information.

  Setup Price   The set up price for this plan.

  Initial Duration, Recurring Duration   The billing period duration, either for the initial setup or

for regular billing.

  Initial Price, Recurring Price   The price of the plan, either for the initial setup or for regular

billing.

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