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## Resource: wix-pricing-plans-backend

## Namespace: checkout

## Article: Introduction

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-pricing-plans-backend/checkout/introduction.md

## Article Content:

# Introduction
Use the Pricing Plans Checkout API to create online and offline orders for your pricing plans. The Pricing Plans
 Checkout API provides functionality for creating orders created in the Wix Pricing Plans app
 or using this Wix Pricing Plans API.


 ### Setting up pricing plans

 To use APIs for checking out orders, first set up your site to:

 + Accept payments as described in [About Accepting Payments](https://support.wix.com/en/article/about-accepting-payments).

 + Offer membership plans as described in [About Pricing Plans](https://support.wix.com/en/article/about-pricing-plans). When setting up your site to accept pricing plans,
   define the plans you want to offer [using the Dashboard](https://support.wix.com/en/article/creating-a-plan-in-pricing-plans) or
   [using the Pricing Plan APIs](wix-pricing-plans-backend/create-plan).


 ### Checking out pricing plans

 Use the Checkout APIs to create orders and facilitate payment.

 The Checkout API allows you to:
 + Create both offline and online orders, and facilitate their payment.
 + Preview orders and their pricing.
 + Change the start date for an unpaid order.

 Updating the properties of a pricing plan does not affect any current orders of the plan. The existing orders retain
 their existing terms and pricing.

 Members can order pricing plans in 2 ways:
 + **Online**. Members order and pay for their plans
   on your site without manual intervention. This can also be done in [page code](wix-pricing-plans-frontend/checkout/createOnlineOrder).
 + **Offline**. Members place their order by phone, text, or email. You manually record each stage of the transaction.

 ### Drafts

 Online orders are considered drafts until they are paid for. Drafts are not listed
 in the Subscriptions dashboard page and are not saved in the `Orders` collection. Drafts
 are displayed when listing orders with the [`listOrders()`](wix-pricing-plans-backend/orders/list-orders) function.

 Offline orders are never considered drafts even if they are not yet paid for. Unlike
 online orders, offline orders are immediately listed
 in the Subscriptions dashboard page and saved in the `Orders` collection.

 ### Orders and subscriptions

 Actions related to basic pricing plan management are available from the [Pricing Plans](https://www.wix.com/my-account/site-selector/?buttonText=Select%20Site&title=Select%20a%20Site&autoSelectOnSingleSite=true&actionUrl=https:%2F%2Fwww.wix.com%2Fdashboard%2F%7B%7BmetaSiteId%7D%7D%2Fmembership%3FreferralInfo%3Dvelo-docs)
 page in the Dashboard. These actions correspond to the functions available in the [Pricing Plans APIs](wix-pricing-plans-backend/introduction).

 Every pricing plan order corresponds to a Wix subscription, including orders for single payment plans. You can see all orders from your site's
 [Subscriptions](https://www.wix.com/my-account/site-selector/?buttonText=Select%20Site&title=Select%20a%20Site&autoSelectOnSingleSite=true&actionUrl=https:%2F%2Fwww.wix.com%2Fdashboard%2F%7B%7BmetaSiteId%7D%7D%2Fsubscriptions%3FreferralInfo%3Dvelo-docs)
 page in the Dashboard. Actions available on this page correspond to the functions available in the [Orders APIs](wix-pricing-plans-backend/orders/introduction) and the [Checkout APIs](wix-pricing-plans-backend/checkout/introduction).

 > **Notes**:
 >
 > + Wix pricing plans are 1 type of Wix subscriptions available from the Subscriptions page. For example, the Subscriptions page also includes Wix Stores subscriptions and Wix invoice subscriptions.
 >
 > + Pricing plans can be 1 of 3 different pricing models: `singlePaymentForDuration`, `singlePaymentUnlimited`, or `subscription`. Orders for all pricing plan models are displayed
     on the Subscriptions page, not just `subscription` type models. See Pricing Models ([Velo](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-pricing-plans-backend/introduction.md#apis_wix-pricing-plans-backend_pricing-models) | [SDK](https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/backend-modules/pricing-plans/introduction.md#pricing-models)) to learn more.


 ### Roles and permissions

 Some functions require that only site visitors with the **Manage Pricing Plans** and **Manage Subscriptions** [permissions](https://www.wix.com/my-account/site-selector/?buttonText=Select%20Site&title=Select%20a%20Site&autoSelectOnSingleSite=true&actionUrl=https:%2F%2Fwww.wix.com%2Fdashboard%2F%7B%7BmetaSiteId%7D%7D%2Froles-and-permissions/roles)
 can perform pricing plan checkout functions. You can override the permissions by setting the function's `suppressAuth`
 option to `true`.

 Other functions might require that the site visitor just be logged in.

 ### Importing the APIs

 To use the Checkout API, import `checkout` from the `wix-pricing-plans-backend` module.

   ```javascript
   import {checkout} from 'wix-pricing-plans-backend';
   ```