Licences

Products can have a time-limited licence. When a customer purchases a product with a licence duration, a ProductLicence record is created that tracks the expiry date, renewal status, and reminders.

Setting Up a Licence

When creating or editing a product at /payments/products/create:

1. In the Licence card, toggle "This product has a time-limited licence"
2. Select a duration: 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, or custom (any number of days)
3. Optionally toggle "Allow customers to renew expired licences"

A product can have a licence without a downloadable file (e.g. software licence key, API access) or both a file and a licence.

How It Works

1. Customer purchases the product
2. A ProductLicence record is created with the expiry date
3. 7 days before expiry — customer receives a renewal reminder email
4. On expiry — customer receives an expiry notification email
5. Both emails include a "Renew Now" button

Renewal Flow

1. Customer clicks the renewal link in the email
2. Redirected to Stripe (or PayPal) checkout for the same product amount
3. After payment, a new licence is created with a fresh expiry date
4. The old licence is marked as "renewed"

Already Renewed Protection

If a customer clicks a renewal link for a licence that was already renewed, they see a friendly "Already Renewed" message instead of being charged again.

Managing Licences

Go to Licences in the sidebar (under Money). The page shows:

• Summary cards — total, active, expiring (≤30 days), expired
• Sortable table — customer, product, issued date, expires date, days left, duration, status
• Status badges — Active (green), Expiring (yellow/orange), Expired (red), Renewed (blue)
• Send Reminder button — manually trigger a renewal email for any licence
• Filters — by status (all/active/expiring/expired/renewed), search by customer or product
• Dashboard-style pagination with page numbers

Licence vs Download

Licences and downloads are separate:

• Download — created when a product has a file attached (IsDigitalDownload)
• Licence — created when a product has a duration (LicenceDurationDays)
• A product can have both, one, or neither

Background Service

The LicenceRenewalService runs every hour:

• Sends pre-expiry reminders 7 days before (configurable via Licence:ReminderDaysBefore)
• Sends expiry notifications when the licence expires
• Both emails include a branded "Renew Now" button

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