From Pay-per-Use to Yearly/Monthly

Important Notes

• Only resources in use can have their billing modes changed.
• The billing mode of resources no longer available cannot be changed from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly.
• The billing mode of solution portfolio products cannot be changed from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly.
• The billing mode of spot instances cannot be changed from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly.
• For cloud services changed from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly, if you select Auto renew, monthly subscriptions are renewed for 1 month and yearly subscriptions are renewed for 1 year.

To change the billing mode of a cloud service from pay-per-use to yearly/monthly, go to the cloud service console. For details, see the user guide of the corresponding cloud service.

Procedure

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

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner, and select the desired region and project.
   

   On the My Resources page, you can view the region to which your purchased product belongs.

3. Choose Networking > Elastic IP.
4. On the EIP list, select the target EIP.
5. Choose More > Change Billing Mode in the Operation column.
   

   

   The billing mode of multiple EIPs can be changed in batches. To do so, perform the following operations:

   1. Select the target EIPs.
   2. Choose More > Change Billing Mode in the Operation column.

6. On the displayed page, confirm the information and click Change.

   

7. Select the usage duration, determine whether to enable auto-renewal, confirm the expected expiration date and price, and click Pay.

   

8. Select discounts and a payment method, and make your payment. Once paid, the billing mode of that order becomes yearly/monthly.