SaaS overview

Turn on billing in MagicPost, see what it switches on for admins and users, and set up the free tier, plans and payments in the right order.

MagicPost can run as a paid service. Billing ships as the SaaS Business plugin. When the plugin is installed and switched on, you can sell subscription plans and prepaid credit packs, take payments through the gateways you configure, issue invoices and run a referral program. When it is off, MagicPost has no plan limits at all.

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What SaaS Business adds

The plugin adds two sections to the admin sidebar and two pages to the user sidebar.

Where	Menu item	What it is for	Guide
Admin, Finance	Finance Dashboard	Revenue, orders, subscriptions and gateway results	Finance dashboard
Admin, Finance	Pricing Plans	Create and edit plans	Subscription plans, Prepaid plans
Admin, Finance	Free tier	Limits for users without a plan	Free tier
Admin, Finance	Orders	Every payment, bank transfer approvals	Orders and transactions
Admin, Finance	Subscriptions	Who is subscribed to what	Subscriptions
Admin, Finance	Invoice Settings	Seller details printed on invoices	Invoices
Admin, Finance	Payment Gateways	Stripe, PayPal and the others	Payment gateways
Admin, Finance	Finance Settings	Currency, tax and billing details	Finance settings
Admin, Affiliates	Accounts, Earnings, Payouts	The referral program	Referral program admin
User, Plans	Billing, Referrals	Plan selection, billing history, referral link	Billing and subscription, Referrals

The public home page also gets a Pricing section that lists your active plans. Credits are covered in Credits and allowances.

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Turn on SaaS Business

1. Install the plugin

   Open Plugins in the Platform section of the admin sidebar and find SaaS Business. If the card does not show Installed, click Install. Depending on the listing and your license, the button reads Install, Install · Extended or Buy Now. See Plugins and themes.

2. Open the plugin settings

   Go to General Settings in the Platform section, open the Plugins tab and click the SaaS Business card. The card only appears once the plugin is installed.

3. Enable billing

   Switch on Enable SaaS Business and click Save. The switch description reads: when enabled, billing, plans, subscriptions and referral features become available across the platform.

4. Reload the admin panel

   The Finance and Affiliates sections now appear in the sidebar, and users see Billing and Referrals under Plans.

Both conditions must hold. The sidebar sections, the pricing section and the billing pages show only when the plugin is installed and Enable SaaS Business is on.

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What changes for your users

When billing is on, MagicPost decides what each person may do from the first rule that matches.

Who	What applies
An admin account	No limits, every feature on.
A user with an active Monthly, Yearly or Lifetime subscription	The limits, features and networks of that plan. If a user has more than one active subscription, the most recently started one applies.
Everyone else: no subscription, an expired or cancelled one, or only a prepaid pack	The free tier.

Prepaid plans never change limits or features. They only add credits. See Prepaid plans.

When billing is off, nobody is limited: every limit is unlimited and every feature is on, except Watermark-free, which stays off.

Switching Enable SaaS Business off does not delete plans, orders or subscriptions, but it removes every limit for every user, paying or not. Turn it off only when you really want an unrestricted install.

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Plan types

Type	How it is paid	Credits
Monthly	Renews every month	The allowance is renewed each month
Yearly	Renews every year	The allowance is renewed each month
Lifetime	One payment	The allowance is renewed each month
Prepaid	One payment	Added once to a separate balance and kept until used

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Recommended setup order

1. Set the currency and tax

   Open Finance Settings and choose the default currency, tax rate and whether checkout asks for billing details. See Finance settings.

2. Add your company details

   Fill in Invoice Settings so invoices carry your business name and address. See Invoices.

3. Enable a payment gateway

   Configure at least one gateway under Payment Gateways. Start with Payment gateways.

4. Set the free tier

   Decide what users get before they pay. A new install allows 0 connected channels, so users without a plan cannot connect any account until you raise it. See Free tier.

5. Create your plans

   Add the subscription and prepaid plans you want to sell under Pricing Plans. See Subscription plans.

6. Set the registration credits and AI costs

   Choose how many credits new users receive and what each AI run costs. See Credits and allowances.

Credits, allowance refreshes and expired holds depend on the scheduler. Make sure the cron job from Cron and queue is running.

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Next steps

Subscription plans

Every field on the plan form, explained.

Free tier

What users get without a plan.

Credits and allowances

How AI credits are granted, held and spent.

Payment gateways

Connect Stripe, PayPal and other providers.