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title: "Create an issue-based subscription"
slug: "ausgabenbasiertes-abonnement-erstellen"
updated: 2026-04-22T06:21:17Z
published: 2026-04-22T06:21:17Z
canonical: "help.frisbii.com/ausgabenbasiertes-abonnement-erstellen"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.frisbii.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create an issue-based subscription

## Preliminary Remarks

With an issue-based subscription, it is possible to sell an offer with one or more price steps and/or issues.

**🚫 Limitations**

The following limitations apply to issue-based subscriptions:

- Multiple products within an issue-based offer are not supported.
- Bundles within an issue-based offer are not supported.
- Age-related rules cannot be applied.
- Up-selling and down-selling are not supported.
- Cross-selling is only supported if the issue-based offer is the source offer (with a tag).
- Multi-user offers are not supported.
- Cross-client offers are not supported.

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**Product contracts** are required to create a subscription. These can be created either before or during the offer creation process. More information on product contracts >> [Create product contract](/frisbii-media/docs/produktvertrag-anlegen) and [Application Examples Product contracts](/frisbii-media/docs/anwendungsbeispiele-produktverträge)

> [!TIP]
> **Note**: A [price sheet](/frisbii-media/docs/preisblätter-anlegen) is required to create a product contract within the offer creation, which must have already been created before the offer creation.

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## Billing

The timing of invoice generation depends on whether the subscription is single-step or multi-step.

**Single-step, recurring subscription**

The invoice is issued on the first publication date of the new period. The customer receives the invoice along with the first issue of the new period.

> [!TIP]
> The subscription (offer) remains unchanged - as indicated by the fact that the subscription ID does not change.

**Multi-step subscription**

The invoice for the subsequent period is issued on the last publication date of the preceding step. The customer therefore receives the invoice for the second step along with the last issue of the first step.

> [!TIP]
> When changing steps, a new subscription is created - indicated by the fact that the subscription ID changes.

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## Create an issue-based subscription

The form for creating an issue-based subscription is divided into 3 tabs.

1. Base data
2. Product
3. Summary

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### Base data tab

- Assign **internal title*** of the offer.
- Optionally sort into a folder structure.
- Select the number of **steps** the offer should have. For example, if an offer is to be created with a free trial period and a chargeable period, two steps can be defined.
- **Offer*** is the public title of the offer. This title is displayed to the customer in the checkout.
- Enter **legal advice*** and optionally add additional title description, description and summary. These texts are displayed to the customer in the checkout, in the invoice and in the order confirmation.
- Optionally select **misuse rule**.
- Optional define **management** **of the** **offer**.

### Product tab

- Define **Internal Title**.
- Select **Delivery List***. For issue-based subscriptions, only **analog delivery lists** may be added.
- Assign **access right*** .
- Accounting and Tax Information
  - Optionally, add ledger.
  - Optionally, add cost center.
  - Add **Tax Type***.

Enter the following information per *step*:

- Enter a **Product title for this step**. This title appears on the invoice.
- Optionally, add legal advice and summary.
- Select an **Issue-Based Product Contract***.

### Summary tab

All the details of the offer, the product and the steps, are broken down again in the table so that the parameters can be checked again and edited if necessary.

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