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## Resource: wix-pricing-plans-frontend

## Namespace: checkout

## Article: Introduction

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

## Article Content:

# Introduction
Use the Pricing Plans Checkout API to create online orders for [pricing plans](https://support.wix.com/en/article/pricing-plans-an-overview) from page code.


 ### Setup pricing plans

 To use APIs for checking out orders, first set up a 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 a site to accept pricing plans,
   define the plans you want to offer [using a Wix user's 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).


 ### Check out pricing plans

 Use the Checkout APIs to create orders and facilitate payment.

 The Checkout API allows you to:
 + Create online orders and facilitate their payment.
 + Create your own customized ordering process.

 Updating the properties of a pricing plan doesn't affect any current orders of the plan by site members.
 The existing orders retain their existing terms and pricing.

 Site members can order pricing plans in 2 ways:

 + **Online**. Site members order and pay for their plans on a site without manual intervention. This can also be done
   in [backend code](wix-pricing-plans-backend/checkout/createOnlineOrder).
 + **Offline**. Site members place their order by phone, text, or email. This can only be done
   in [backend code](wix-pricing-plans-backend/checkout/createOfflineOrder).

 ### Drafts

 Orders created online are considered drafts until they're paid for. Drafts aren't listed in the Subscriptions
 dashboard page and aren't saved in the `Orders` collection.

 Offline orders are never considered drafts even if they're 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 a Wix user's dashboard. These actions correspond to the methods available in the Pricing Plans API.

 Every pricing plan order corresponds to a Wix subscription, including orders for single payment plans. You can see all orders from a 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 a Wix user's dashboard. Actions available on this page correspond to the methods available in the [Orders APIs](wix-pricing-plans-frontend/orders/introduction) and the [Checkout APIs](wix-pricing-plans-frontend/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`, and `subscription`. Orders for all pricing plan models are displayed
     on the Subscriptions page, not just `subscription` type models. See Pricing Models ([SDK](https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/backend-modules/pricing-plans/introduction.md#pricing-models) | [Velo](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-pricing-plans-backend/introduction.md#apis_wix-pricing-plans-backend_pricing-models)) to learn more.

 ### Roles and permissions

 You need "Manage Pricing Plans" [permissions](https://support.wix.com/en/article/roles-permissions-accessing-roles-permissions) to perform pricing
 plan checkout methods.


 ### Import the APIs

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

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