Best Practices for Partial Subscriptions

When ordering a product such as a subscription where a portion can be ordered or canceled, the quantity to enter is not always something that is easily calculated in your head. For instance, ordering or canceling half of a 1-year monthly subscription is obviously .5, but to order or cancel 10 months of a 12 issue subscription product requires calculating the portion by dividing the number of issues desired by the total number of issues one subscription contains.

To assist the users in calculating the correct amounts, this topic contains several look-up tables to provide the fractional quantities required for purchase or cancellation of a specific number of issues for some basic subscription types.

The best practices included in this topic are presented as recommendations only. This information was compiled by examining the practices that have worked most successfully in similar situations. Aptify realizes that the recommendations and suggestions included may not apply equally to all situations. Each organization should evaluate its own business needs to determine if the methods and practices put forth in this appendix meet its requirements.

The best practices are presented as tables that demonstrate the quantity value to enter to order or cancel a portion of a subscription product. When a cancellation order is created manually (that is, not using the Cancellation wizard), a user must enter the portion of the subscription as a negative number. When canceling a portion of a year-based subscription order via the Cancellation wizard or ordering a portion of a year-based subscription product the quantity value should be input as a positive number.

Generally the way to calculate the decimal value to enter is to divide the number of issues you want to cancel or order by the total number of issues offered if a whole subscription is purchased.

This topic provides a look-up table for subscription types in the following sub-topics:

• Best Practices for Monthly Subscription or Membership Product
• Best Practices for Weekly Subscription or Membership Product
• Best Practices for Quarterly Subscription or Membership Product

Best Practices for Monthly Subscription or Membership Product

The following table can be used to enter the correct amount in a cancellation order or the Cancellation wizard, or when ordering a portion of a subscription product that is a monthly subscription based on one year (12 issues). To cancel or order a specific number of issues, locate the number of issues to order or cancel in the far left column. Then, determine which type of order process is being performed (manual cancellation, cancellation wizard, or ordering a portion of the subscription), and enter the corresponding number in the quantity field.

Number of Issues for a Monthly Subscription (12 Issues)	Manual Cancellation Quantity	Cancellation Wizard Quantity	Quantity for Ordering a Portion of the Subscription
12	-1	1	1
11	-.916	.916	.916
10	-.8333	.8334	.8333
9	-.75	.75	.75
8	-.6667	.6667	.6667
7	-.5833	.5834	.5833
6	-.5	.5	.5
5	-.4167	.4167	.4167
4	-.3333	.3333	.3333
3	-.25	.25	.25
2	-.1667	.1667	.1667
1	-.0833	.0834	.0833

Best Practices for Weekly Subscription or Membership Product

The following table can be used to enter the correct amount in a cancellation order or the Cancellation wizard, or when ordering a portion of a subscription product that is a weekly subscription based on one year (52 issues). To cancel or order a specific number of issues, locate the number of issues to order or cancel in the far left column. Then, determine which type of order process is being performed (manual cancellation, Cancellation wizard, or ordering a portion of the subscription), and enter the corresponding number or fraction in the quantity field.

Number of Issues for a Weekly Subscription (52 Issues)	Manual Cancellation Quantity	Cancellation Wizard Quantity	Quantity for Ordering a Portion of a Subscription
52	-1	1	1
51	-.9808	.9808	.9808
50	-.9615	.9616	.9615
49	-.9423	.9424	.9423
48	-.9231	.9231	.9231
47	-.9038	.9038	.9038
46	-.8846	.8847	.8846
45	-.8654	.8654	.8654
44	-.8462	.8462	.8462
43	-.8269	.8270	.8269
42	-.8077	.8077	.8077
41	-.7885	.7885	.7885
40	-.7692	.7693	.7692
39	-.75	.75	.75
38	-.7308	.7308	.7308
37	-.7115	.7116	.7115
36	-.6923	.924	.6923
35	-.6731	.6731	.6731
34	-.6538	.6539	.6538
33	-.6346	.6347	.6346
32	-.6154	.6154	.6154
31	-.5962	.5962	.5962
30	-.5769	.5770	.5769
29	-.5557	.5577	.5577
28	-.5385	.5385	.5385
27	-.5192	.5193	.5192
26	-.50	.50	.50
25	-.4808	.4808	.4808
24	-.4615	.4616	.4615
23	-.4423	.4424	.4423
22	-.4231	.4231	.4231
21	-.4038	.4039	.4038
20	-.3846	.3847	.3846
19	-.3654	.3654	.3654
18	-.3462	.3462	.3462
17	-.3269	.3270	.3269
16	-.3077	.3077	.3077
15	-.2885	.2885	.2885
14	-.2692	.2693	.2692
13	-.25	.25	.25
12	-.2308	.2308	.2308
11	-.2115	.2116	.2115
10	-.1923	.1924	.1923
9	-.1731	.1731	.1731
8	-.1538	.1539	.1538
7	-.1346	.1347	.1346
6	-.1154	.1154	.1154
5	-.0962	.0962	.0962
4	-.0769	.0770	.0769
3	-.0577	.0577	.0577
2	-.0385	.0385	.0385
1	-.0912	.0912	.0912

Best Practices for Quarterly Subscription or Membership Product

The following table can be used to enter the correct amount in a cancellation order or the Cancellation wizard, or when ordering a portion of a subscription product that is a quarterly subscription based on one year (4 issues). To cancel or order a specific number of issues, locate the number of issues to order or cancel in the far left column. Then, determine which type of order process is being performed (manual cancellation, Cancellation wizard, or ordering a portion of the subscription), and enter the corresponding number or fraction in the quantity field.

Number of Issues for a Quarterly Subscription (4 Issues)	Manual Cancellation Quantity	Cancellation Wizard Quantity	Quantity for Ordering a Portion of a Subscription
4	-1	1	1
3	-.75	.75	.75
2	-.5	.5	.5
1	-.25	.25	.25