From Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use

From Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use Immediately

You can change the billing mode of your resources from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use immediately. Once the change order is complete, the remaining fees for the current subscription terms are refunded, and pay-per-use billing takes effect immediately.

Important Notes

• Only resources in use can have their billing modes changed.
• The billing mode of resources with orders being processed cannot be changed to pay-per-use.
• If your account is frozen for legal management, the billing mode of all your resources cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately. If one of your resources is frozen for legal management, the billing mode of that resource cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately.
• The billing mode of resources that have expired (including those in the grace period and retention period) cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately.
• The billing mode of discontinued products cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately.
• The billing of products participating in special reward activities cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately, but can be changed to pay-per-use upon expiration.
• The billing of yearly/monthly resources in trial use cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately.
• The billing of solution portfolio products cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately.
• The billing of resource packages cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately.
• The billing mode of cloud services without pay-per-use billing mode cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately.

Note: Only some cloud services support the immediate change to pay-per-use billing, as specified on the cloud service page.

Refund Rules

If you change the billing mode of resources from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use immediately, the remaining fees of the resources in the current subscription term will be refunded. The refund rules are as follows:

1. When you change the billing mode of resources from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use immediately, you will be charged for the consumed amount along with any applicable handling fees, and any applied cash coupons will not be returned.
2. The formula for calculating the refund amount is as follows:

   Refund = Paid amount – Consumed amount – Handling fee (If the calculated refund is less than 0, there will be no refund.)

   • Paid amount refers to the amount you actually paid, excluding any payment in cash coupons.
   • Consumed amount = Paid amount x (Actual usage duration/Order duration) (The duration is accurate to hour.)
   • Handling fee: The handling fee of the cash account is included. The handling fee depends on the actual usage duration and subscription term, as shown in the table below.

     Table 1 Calculation of the handling fee

     Subscription Term	Actual Usage Duration ≤ 1 Year	1 Year < Actual Usage Duration ≤ 2 Years	2 Years < Actual Usage Duration ≤ 3 Years
     3-year subscription	Handling fee = 15% of your paid amount	Handling fee = 10% of your paid amount	Handling fee = 5% of your paid amount
     2-year subscription	Handling fee = 15% of your paid amount	Handling fee = 10% of your paid amount	-
     1-year subscription	Handling fee = 10% of your paid amount	-	-
     Monthly subscription	Handling fee = 10% of your paid amount	-	-

The refund rules for immediately changing the billing mode to pay-per-use are the same as those for unsubscriptions. For details, see Unsubscribing from In-Use Resources.

Procedure

The following takes EIP as an example to describe how to change the billing mode from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use immediately.

1. Log in to the management console. Choose Networking > Elastic IP.
2. In the EIP list, select the target EIP, and choose More > Change to Pay-per-Use Immediately in the Operation column.

   

   

   You can perform the following operations to change the billing mode of multiple yearly/monthly EIPs to pay-per-use immediately at a time:

   1. Select the EIPs whose billing mode you want to change to pay-per-use.
   2. Choose More > Change to Pay-per-Use Immediately above the EIP list.

3. On the displayed page, confirm the change details and click Yes.

   

4. Confirm the refund and pay-per-use pricing. Then, click Change to Pay-per-Use.

   

5. After the refund is complete, the change takes effect.