Establishing a Subscription Start Date and Turnover Date

By default, a subscription in Aptify begins on the date the order is taken and ends when all the issues have been fulfilled or the subscription is canceled. However, if a subscription or membership can only begin once a year, a user can specify a Start Date and Turnover Date in the subscription's Products record to create a range that determines when a particular subscription starts. Any subscription created after the current Start Date but before the next Turnover Date is assigned the current year's subscription. Any subscription created after the Turnover Date and before the next Start Date is assigned next year's subscription.

For example, if the current subscription cycle started on January 1st and the next turnover date is March 31st, a subscription order placed on March 15th would have a start date of January 1th. The subscriber may receive back issues for the first three months of that year and then continue to receive monthly issues for the rest of the subscription period depending on the organization's business practice.

An order for the same product taken on April 1st would begin on January 1st of the following year because the order was taken after the turnover date.

Likewise, if the subscription cycle starts on July 1st and the turnover date is May 1st, a subscription created on March 31st would have a start date of July 1st of the previous year, and a subscription created on June 1st would have a start date of July 1st of the current year.

If no dates are entered in the Start Date and Turnover Date fields, a subscription begins on the date the order is taken and ends when all the issues have been fulfilled or the subscription is canceled.