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Help Center/ Billing Center/ User Guide/ Orders/ Renewal Management/ Changing the Billing Mode/ From Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use Immediately

From Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use Immediately

Updated on 2025-02-24 GMT+08:00

You can change the billing mode of your resources from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use immediately. When the order for the change is complete, the pay-per-use billing will take effect immediately, and the remaining fees of the current period will be refunded.

NOTICE:

Make sure you have a valid payment method configured before you change the billing mode. If your configured payment method is unable to pay for your bill, your account will be in arrears. Once you do not pay off the outstanding amount within the specified time, the resource will be frozen and cannot be used.

Important Notes

  • Only resources in use can have their billing modes changed.
  • The billing mode of the resources in the orders being processed cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately.
  • 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 the resource cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately.
  • The billing mode of resources in the grace period or retention period cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately.
  • The billing mode of products no longer available cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately.
  • Products participating in special reward activities cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately. They can be changed to pay-per-use upon expiration.
  • The billing mode of yearly/monthly resources in trial use cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately.
  • The billing mode of solution portfolio products cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately.
  • The billing mode of resource packages cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately.
  • The billing mode of the cloud services which do not support pay-per-use cannot be changed to pay-per-use immediately.

Note: Only some cloud services support such a billing mode change. For details, see the cloud service page.

Refund Rule

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 period will be refunded. The rules are as follows:

  1. When unsubscribing from resource instances, you will be billed handling fees. If the instances are in use, the consumption amount will also be billed. The used coupons will not be returned.
  2. The formula for calculating the refund is for reference only. The actual amount depends on the bill and expenditure details.
    • Actual refund amount = Actual payment – Consumption amount – Handling fee (If the calculated refund amount is less than 0, there will be no refund.)
    • Actual payment refers to the amount you actually paid, excluding any payment in cash coupons.
    • Consumption amount = Actual payment x (Actual usage period/Subscribed period) (The usage duration is accurate to hour.)
    • Handling fee: There is a handling fee for the billing mode change. Table 1 shows the handling fee details.
      Table 1 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 actual payment

      Handling fee = 10% of your actual payment

      Handling fee = 5% of your actual payment

      2-year subscription

      Handling fee = 15% of your actual payment

      Handling fee = 10% of your actual payment

      -

      1-year subscription

      Handling fee = 10% of your actual payment

      -

      -

      Monthly subscription

      Handling fee = 10% of your actual payment

      -

      -

NOTE:

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

Procedure

Take an 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. On the EIP list, select the target EIP. Choose More > Change to Pay-per-Use Immediately in the Operation column.

    NOTE:
    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 will be changed to pay-per-use.
    2. Choose More > Change to Pay-per-Use Immediately in the Operation column.

  3. On the displayed page, confirm the resource information and click Yes.

  4. Confirm the refund and billing details. Then, click Change to Pay-per-Use.

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

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