{"id":11313,"date":"2025-01-24T10:26:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T10:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trustedhosting.in\/blog\/?p=11313"},"modified":"2025-01-24T10:26:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T10:26:26","slug":"how-to-billing-clients-for-their-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/how-to-billing-clients-for-their-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Billing Clients for their Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to Billing Clients for their Usage<\/h1>\n
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WHMCS allows you to bill clients according to the resources they consume (for example disk space, bandwidth, number of domains, or email addresses).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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We added this feature for cPanel and DirectAdmin in WHMCS 7.9 and for Plesk in WHMCS 8.5. For more information, see\u00a0Usage Billing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Configuration<\/h2>\n
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To configure usage billing:<\/p>\n

1. Navigate to\u00a0Configuration > System Settings > Products\/Services<\/strong>\u00a0(Setup > Products\/Services > Products\/Services\u00a0<\/strong>in WHMCS 7.10 and earlier).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2. Choose\u00a0Create a New Product\u00a0<\/strong>or click\u00a0Edit\u00a0<\/strong>for an existing product. If you are creating a new product, specify the product type, group, and product name, and other information.<\/p>\n

3. Click the\u00a0Module Settings<\/strong>\u00a0tab.<\/p>\n

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4. Choose the module to use with this product. In this example we will use cPanel.<\/p>\n

5. Configure any module-specific information. For example, for the cPanel module, select the\u00a0WHM Package Name\u00a0<\/strong>to use with this product.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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cPanel will typically prevent access to a website if it reaches the bandwidth limit on the assigned package. We suggest configuring the package limits in WHM higher, to allow the consumption of more resources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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6. If the module supports\u00a0Usage Billing<\/strong>, a\u00a0Metric Billing\u00a0<\/strong>section will appear:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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7. Toggle the desired metric (for example,\u00a0Bandwidth<\/strong>) to\u00a0On<\/strong>:<\/div>\n
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8. Click\u00a0Configure Pricing<\/strong>\u00a0to set the pricing for the\u00a0Bandwidth<\/strong>\u00a0that the client consumes. The\u00a0Configure Pricing\u00a0<\/strong>box will appear.<\/p>\n

9. Configure the price that the client should be charged for the bandwidth they consume.<\/p>\n

The available pricing options are flexible to suit your needs. Below are three common examples:<\/p>\n

A. The client will be charged $1.00 for every GB of bandwidth consumed each month.<\/p>\n

Per Unit<\/em>\u00a0is selected as there is only one unit price: $1.00 per GB:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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B. The client wil be charged $1.00 for every GB of bandwidth they consume up to 10GB, and then $0.50 for every GB they consume above that (a bulk discount).<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Total Volume<\/em>\u00a0scheme is selected. This displays the\u00a0Add Range<\/em>\u00a0button to create an additional range to specify the price for 10GB and above:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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C. The client will be charged $1.00 for every GB of bandwidth they consume over 10 GB. This is because of the\u00a0Quantity Included<\/em>\u00a0value.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Per Unit<\/em>\u00a0scheme is selected as there is only one unit price: $1.00 per GB:<\/p>\n

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10. Click\u00a0Save<\/strong>. The modal will close and you can finish the rest of the product configuration.<\/p>\n

11. \u00a0Click\u00a0Save Changes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Invoicing<\/h2>\n
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When a client orders the product above, WHMCS will track the bandwidth usage of the client.<\/p>\n

At the end of each calendar month:<\/p>\n

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  1. The system will record the total consumed bandwidth.<\/li>\n
  2. It will calculate the cost using the current pricing schema.<\/li>\n
  3. It will add it to the service’s next renewal invoice as an individual line item.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The system will generate the service’s next renewal invoice according to the\u00a0Next Due Date<\/strong>\u00a0setting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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