# How to Add Setup Fees to Your Recurring Invoices

> Let's say you have a product with an initial setup fee and then a monthly recurring charge. So far, you were not able to use a single invoice to let the…

- Source: https://docs.ghlcustomercare.com/docs/payments/invoices-and-estimates/how-to-add-setup-fees-to-your-recurring-invoices
- Section: Payments / Invoices & Estimates
- Reading time: 1 min
- Images: 4, each explained below

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Let's say you have a product with an initial setup fee and then a monthly recurring charge. So far, you were not able to use a single invoice to let the customer pay for both and had to rely on 2 invoices. Not anymore. 

What's new

-   You can now add a recurring product -> add a set up fee to it in its prices -> Add it to a recurring invoice -> 2 line items for the same product (One with Setup fee and other with recurring price) would appear
-   For subsequent invoices, the setup fee line item will be removed and only the recurring part of the price will be sent out

How to use?

-   Go to Product section and create a product with price type = recurring and add a setup fee to it

![Screenshot 2024-06-10 at 15](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/155029976961/original/fclQvem21B8IIdC9JYcCgp-rNL0Ze4r1vg.jpeg)

**Screenshot 2024-06-10 at 15**

This screenshot appears in "How to Add Setup Fees to Your Recurring Invoices". The text alongside this image reads: Go to Product section and create a product with price type = recurring and add a setup fee to it. Immediately after, the guide continues: Create a recurring invoice from invoices section.
- Where to go: Go to Product section and create a product with price type = recurring and add a setup fee to it
- Next: Create a recurring invoice from invoices section

Full procedure:

1. You can now add a recurring product -> add a set up fee to it in its prices -> Add it to a recurring invoice -> 2 line items for the same product (One with Setup fee and other with recurring price) would appear
2. For subsequent invoices, the setup fee line item will be removed and only the recurring part of the price will be sent out

-   Create a recurring invoice from invoices section

![Screenshot 2024-06-10 at 15](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/155029976959/original/Ouhb-xvn2G-h95hSoIGYFO8uxlbPaqkjkw.jpeg)

**Screenshot 2024-06-10 at 15**

This screenshot appears in "How to Add Setup Fees to Your Recurring Invoices". The text alongside this image reads: Create a recurring invoice from invoices section. Immediately after, the guide continues: Add the product which has a setup fee in it.
- What this covers: Create a recurring invoice from invoices section
- Next: Add the product which has a setup fee in it

Full procedure:

1. You can now add a recurring product -> add a set up fee to it in its prices -> Add it to a recurring invoice -> 2 line items for the same product (One with Setup fee and other with recurring price) would appear
2. For subsequent invoices, the setup fee line item will be removed and only the recurring part of the price will be sent out

-   Add the product which has a setup fee in it

![Screenshot 2024-06-10 at 15](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/155029976960/original/eTkFJcnjlbmVOvQ1fPWYu4iwWFXYXxXcEQ.jpeg)

**Screenshot 2024-06-10 at 15**

This screenshot appears in "How to Add Setup Fees to Your Recurring Invoices". The text alongside this image reads: Add the product which has a setup fee in it. Immediately after, the guide continues: 2 line items for the same product will be shown with the Suffix "Setup Fee" added to the setup part of the price.
- What this covers: Add the product which has a setup fee in it
- Next: 2 line items for the same product will be shown with the Suffix "Setup Fee" added to the setup part of the price

Full procedure:

1. You can now add a recurring product -> add a set up fee to it in its prices -> Add it to a recurring invoice -> 2 line items for the same product (One with Setup fee and other with recurring price) would appear
2. For subsequent invoices, the setup fee line item will be removed and only the recurring part of the price will be sent out

-   2 line items for the same product will be shown with the Suffix "Setup Fee" added to the setup part of the price

![Screenshot 2024-06-10 at 15](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/155029976962/original/gYM0H8nUmDYTWOKvH1Y0p8SEG_XDCCZzmQ.jpeg)

**Screenshot 2024-06-10 at 15**

This screenshot appears in "How to Add Setup Fees to Your Recurring Invoices". The text alongside this image reads: 2 line items for the same product will be shown with the Suffix "Setup Fee" added to the setup part of the price. Immediately after, the guide continues: For all subsequent invoices that are auto-generated as per your schedule, will only have the recurring element of the price.
- What this covers: 2 line items for the same product will be shown with the Suffix "Setup Fee" added to the setup part of the price
- Next: For all subsequent invoices that are auto-generated as per your schedule, will only have the recurring element of the price.

Full procedure:

1. You can now add a recurring product -> add a set up fee to it in its prices -> Add it to a recurring invoice -> 2 line items for the same product (One with Setup fee and other with recurring price) would appear
2. For subsequent invoices, the setup fee line item will be removed and only the recurring part of the price will be sent out

-   For all subsequent invoices that are auto-generated as per your schedule, will only have the recurring element of the price.

Why did we build this?

-   For all service providers where a signing fee was to be collected along with monthly recurring charges, this feature would make invoices super useful to them

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