Subscription Payments

A customer subscription contains information that you store in the CyberSource database and use for future billing. At any time, you can send a request to bill the customer for an amount you specify, and CyberSource uses the payment token to retrieve the card, billing, and shipping information to process the transaction. You can also view the customer subscription in the CyberSource Business Center. See Viewing Transactions in the Business Center.

A customer subscription includes:

■	Customer contact information, such as billing and shipping information.

■	Customer payment information, such as card type, masked account number, and expiration date.

■	Customer order information, such as the transaction reference number and merchant-defined data fields.

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Types of Subscriptions

Type of Subscription	Description
Recurring	A recurring billing service with no specific end date. You must specify the amount and frequency of each payment and the start date for processing the payments. CyberSource creates a schedule based on this information and automatically bills the customer according to the schedule. For example, you can offer an online service that the customer subscribes to and can charge a monthly fee for this service. See Payment Token Transaction.
Installment	A recurring billing service with a fixed number of scheduled payments. You must specify the number of payments, the amount and frequency of each payment, and the start date for processing the payments. CyberSource creates a schedule based on this information and automatically bills the customer according to the schedule. For example, you can offer a product for 75.00 and let the customer pay in three installments of 25.00. See Installment Payments.