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From Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use

You can change the billing mode of a resource from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use. The pay-per-use billing mode will take effect after the original yearly/monthly subscription has expired.

Example:

Suppose that you purchased an ECS for one year in monthly/yearly billing mode on September 21, 2018, 09:25:34, and you changed the billing mode to pay-per-use on October 15, 2018, 10:30:34. On October 21, 2018, 23:59:59, the new billing mode took effect and the ECS started being charged by usage.

If you want to use an API to change from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use upon expiration, or to cancel the change, see Enabling/Canceling the Change from Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use upon Expiration.

Prerequisites

You have completed real-name authentication.

Important Notes

  • Only the billing mode of resources in the Enabled state can be changed.
  • Yearly/monthly subscriptions can be changed to pay-per-use before their expiration date. The change will not take effect until the subscription has expired.
  • The billing mode of solution portfolio products cannot be changed to pay-per-use after expiration.
  • The billing mode of pay-per-use packages cannot be changed to pay-per-use after expiration.
  • The billing mode of resources no longer available cannot be changed to pay-per-use in batches.

Procedure

  1. Go to the Renewals page.
  2. Set the search criteria.

    If you have enabled enterprise project management, you can set the search criteria to filter an enterprise project and query its resources that are to be changed to pay-per-use upon expiration on the Renewals page.

    • On the Pay-per-Use After Expiration page, you can view the resources whose billing mode will be changed to pay-per-use upon expiration.
    • You can set resources on the Manual Renewals, Auto Renewals, and Renewals Canceled pages to be changed to pay-per-use upon expiration.

  3. The procedure for changing the billing mode of a single resource to pay-per-use upon expiration is different from that for multiple resources.

    • Single resource: Choose More > Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration in the Operation column for the desired resource.

    • Multiple resources: Select the check boxes for the desired resources, and click Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration in the upper left corner.

  4. Confirm the subscription change details, and click Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration.