@peninah_adler and all the other pro’s out there.
How do you charge your clients for plugin that need yearly payment like Elementor Pro. Ideally i would like to purchase the license to use on a few sites, but how does that work with updating the site and yearly payment?
I SHOULD charge, and I would if I had enough annual plugin fees. I got ACF Pro when it was one-off, WP All Import/Export is one-off, I got GF when it was only $100 annual renewal.
Basically, I’m not paying so much in fees. Most other plugins I have the client purchase.
I think the general logic is that you either roll extra fees into your project, and intend to have enough new projects to pay for it continually, or, you bill.
If I was going to start having a lot of fees for plugins/themes/etc, I would let clients know in the beginning of the project (ie in the proposal) that there are recurring fees involved in having a website: hosting, domain, email, and plugins/themes. I have a discount which they can sign up for to receive these plugins through me for $X per year, or they can purchase them independently for $X per year, and be able to use them on other sites they own.
I DO include a line in my terms that says that I am not responsible to maintain licenses for premium products for more than 1 year post the start date of the project.
I do let the clients know approx plugin fees in advance. I am getting stuck with the ones, which are charged annually (like wp forms and Elementor).
I like the idea of offering a discount if they sign up through me, problem is that if you don’t renew it they cant update the plugin on their site.
Practically do you ask every year for payment to renew it?
To be clear, in that scenario, I’m not the one giving a discount – it is discounted because they don’t have to pay full price, they are paying me part of the full plugin fees.
And yes, I’d either invoice annually (manually or via an invoicing system, they have recurring options) or set them up with a recurring payment (ie via GF on my site)
Also, I’m curious to hear what others do!
Sorry, it was an example, not something I actually have!