Frisbii Billing
Overview
This guide helps you map your subscription business model — SaaS, membership, or recurring services — to the configuration options in Frisbii Billing. It covers the core settings that control pricing, billing timing, contract terms, and trials, and walks through common subscription scenarios with example configurations.
💡 Understanding core concepts
Before configuring your subscription scenarios, it's essential to understand the key settings that control how subscriptions work in Frisbii Billing. You configure these when you create a plan and its plan variant, under Configurations → Product catalogue → Plans.
1. Amount and Billing Frequency
Every plan variant has two connected settings:
Amount — The price you charge for the plan variant
Billing Frequency — How often that price is billed (e.g., monthly, quarterly, annually)
Together, these define both what a customer pays and how often they're invoiced for it.
2. Contract terms
Contract terms control the commitment period, renewal, and cancellation behavior:
Contract period — The length of the initial commitment (e.g., 12 Months)
Contract period (after renewal) — The length of each subsequent period once the contract renews (e.g., 1 Month)
Minimum contract period — The earliest point at which the customer can cancel (e.g., 12 Months)
Notice period — How much advance notice a customer must give before cancellation takes effect (e.g., 1 Month)
3. Trial
You can set up a trial during which customers aren't charged:
Trial Length — The number of days or months of the trial
Unit — Days or Months
Trial Reminder Schedule (optional) — Notify customers a set number of days before the trial ends, or turn reminders off
4. Setup fee
You can add a one-time setup fee that's charged separately from the recurring Amount:
Set the fee amount and a customer-facing name for the invoice line
Choose how it's invoiced: as a line on the first scheduled invoice, as its own invoice, or as its own invoice only when it isn't billed together with the subscription start
🔄 Common subscription scenarios
Here are common subscription models and how to configure them in Frisbii Billing:
Subscription scenario | Business need | Frisbii configuration |
|---|---|---|
Monthly subscription, cancel anytime | Standard SaaS model with monthly recurring payments | Billing Frequency: Monthly |
Annual subscription, billed annually | Single upfront payment for the year, renews yearly | Billing Frequency: Annually |
Quarterly subscription | Payment every 3 months | Billing Frequency: Quarterly |
14-day free trial, then monthly | Standard freemium conversion model | Billing Frequency: Monthly |
Fixed-term subscription (e.g., 6 months), no renewal | Subscription ends after a set term, no auto-renewal | Billing Frequency: Monthly |
One-time onboarding charge plus subscription | Charge a setup cost once, then bill the recurring plan | Set a Setup fee (amount + name) |
12-month minimum term, then flexible monthly cancellation | Initial commitment, then easy month-to-month cancellation | Contract period: 12 Months |
Faire Verbraucherverträge (German fair consumer contracts law) | German law on fair consumer contracts (Gesetz für faire Verbraucherverträge) requires that after an initial fixed term, consumer subscriptions must convert to a short period that can be cancelled at any time with reasonable notice — not silently renew into another long fixed term | Contract period: 12 Months |
30-day notice period | Subscription continues for 30 days after cancellation | Notice period: 1 Month |
Note
This article describes the Frisbii Billing configuration options, not legal advice. Confirm the exact contract, notice, and renewal terms required for your market — including Germany's fair consumer contracts law — with your legal team before publishing terms to customers.
➕ Advanced configuration options
Add-ons and usage-based billing
Frisbii Billing supports flexible add-ons and usage-based charges alongside your base subscription:
Add-ons — Optional services or features that customers can add to their subscription
Usage-based billing — Charges based on actual consumption (API calls, storage, etc.)
Independent billing — A component can be billed on its own schedule instead of syncing with the plan variant's Billing Frequency
Pro-rata billing
When customers upgrade, downgrade, or start mid-cycle, Frisbii can automatically calculate pro-rated charges based on the remaining time in the billing cycle.
Discounts and coupons
Apply flexible discounting strategies:
Percentage or fixed amount discounts
Time-limited promotions
First-period discounts (e.g., 50% off first month)
Coupon codes for customer acquisition campaigns
Entitlements
Entitlements give subscribers access to perks, privileges, and benefits tied to their plan.
🔎 Finding your configuration
Use this decision tree to quickly identify the right configuration for your business:
How often do you want to bill? Monthly, quarterly, annually, or custom — this sets your Billing Frequency.
How long is the initial commitment, and what happens after it? Set the Contract period for the initial term and the Contract period (after renewal) for what follows — these can differ, e.g. a 12-month initial term that renews monthly.
When is the earliest the customer can cancel? Set the Minimum contract period.
Do you require a notice period for cancellation? If yes, set a Notice period and choose when it starts.
Do you offer a free trial? If yes, set a Trial Length and Unit, and optionally a reminder schedule.
Do you charge a one-time onboarding cost? If yes, configure a Setup fee and choose how it's invoiced.
🚀 Getting started with your configuration
Create a plan — Navigate to Configurations → Product catalogue → Plans and define your base subscription offering.
Set the Amount and Billing Frequency — Configure the price and how often it's billed.
Set Contract terms — Define the Contract period, Contract period (after renewal), Minimum contract period, and Notice period.
Configure Trial — Add a Trial Length and Unit if applicable to your business model.
Add optional components — Configure a Setup fee, add-ons, usage-based billing, or discounts as needed.
Test your configuration — Create a test subscription to verify billing behaves as expected.
❓ Need help?
If you need assistance configuring your specific subscription model, our support team is here to help:
Email: support@frisbii.com
In-app support: Contact support directly from within the Frisbii platform
Knowledge base: https://help.frisbii.com/docs