Pay-per-Use to Yearly/Monthly

If you have a pay-per-use EIP that you expect to use for a long time, you can change it to yearly/monthly billing to reduce costs. Doing so will create an order. After you pay for the order, yearly/monthly billing will be applied immediately.

**Table 1** From pay-per-use to yearly/monthly
Change Scenario	Description
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 From Pay-per-Use (Billed by Bandwidth) 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: 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. Change the EIP to be billed on a yearly/monthly basis. For details, see From Pay-per-Use (Billed by Bandwidth) to Yearly/Monthly. The new billing mode is applied immediately.

If FlexusL instances have Configuration set to Traffic package, the billing of their pay-per-use EIPs cannot be changed to yearly/monthly.

Prerequisites

There is a pay-per-use EIP billed by bandwidth.

From Pay-per-Use (Billed by Bandwidth) to Yearly/Monthly

Go to the EIP list page.
In the EIP list, change the billing mode of a single EIP or multiple EIPs from pay-per-use (billed by bandwidth) to yearly/monthly.
- Single EIP:
  Locate the row that contains the EIP and choose More > Change Billing Mode in the Operation column.
- Multiple EIPs:
  Select EIPs and click Change Billing Mode in the upper left corner of the EIP list.
In the displayed dialog box, confirm the information and click Yes.
On the Change Subscriptions page, set parameters such as Renewal Duration.
Click Pay.