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Overview

You can also change the billing mode later if it no longer meets your needs. Table 2 lists the changeable EIP billing items.

Changing the billing mode does not change the EIPs or interrupt their use.

Table 1 Change description

Billing Mode Change

Change Scenario

Description

From yearly/monthly to pay-per-use

From yearly/monthly to pay-per-use (billed by bandwidth)

An EIP billed on a yearly/monthly basis can be directly changed to be billed on a pay-per-use basis (billed by bandwidth).

From yearly/monthly to pay-per-use (billed by traffic)

An EIP billed on a yearly/monthly basis cannot be directly changed to be billed on a pay-per-use basis (by traffic). To change this:

  1. Change the EIP to be billed on a pay-per-use basis (by bandwidth). For details, see Yearly/Monthly to Pay-Per-Use.
  2. Change the EIP to be billed by traffic on a pay-per-use basis. For details, see Pay-per-Use EIPs: Billing Change Between By Traffic and By Bandwidth.

From pay-per-use to yearly/monthly

From pay-per-use (billed by bandwidth) to yearly/monthly

An EIP that is billed by bandwidth on a pay-per-use basis can be directly changed to be billed on a yearly/monthly basis. For details, see Pay-per-Use to Yearly/Monthly.

The new billing mode is applied immediately.

From pay-per-use (billed by traffic) to yearly/monthly
An EIP that is billed by traffic on a pay-per-use basis cannot be directly changed to be billed on a yearly/monthly basis. To change this:
  1. Change the EIP to be billed by bandwidth on a pay-per-use basis. For details, see Pay-per-Use EIPs: Billing Change Between By Traffic and By Bandwidth.
  2. Change the EIP to be billed on a yearly/monthly basis. For details, see Pay-per-Use to Yearly/Monthly.

The new billing mode is applied immediately.

Pay-per-use EIPs: Billing change between by traffic and by bandwidth

From billing by traffic (pay-per-use) to billing by bandwidth (pay-per-use)

A pay-per-use EIP billed by traffic can be directly changed to be billed by bandwidth.

For details, see Pay-per-Use EIPs: Billing Change Between By Traffic and By Bandwidth. The new billing mode is applied immediately.

From billing by bandwidth (pay-per-use) to billing by traffic (pay-per-use)

A pay-per-use EIP billed by bandwidth can be directly changed to be billed by traffic.

For details, see Pay-per-Use EIPs: Billing Change Between By Traffic and By Bandwidth. The new billing mode is applied immediately.
Table 2 Changeable EIP billing items

Billed Item

Change Description

Reference

EIP bandwidth
  • An EIP that is billed by bandwidth on a pay-per-use basis can be changed to be billed on a yearly/monthly basis.
  • Pay-per-use EIPs billed by bandwidth can be changed to pay-per-use EIPs billed by traffic, and vice versa.
  • An EIP billed on a yearly/monthly basis can be directly changed to be billed on a pay-per-use basis (billed by bandwidth).

For details, see Figure 1.
Figure 1 EIP billing change
Parent topic: Billing Mode Changes