# Admin creating subscription for user

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-creating-subscription-for-user/246259>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** subscriptions\
**Created:** [November 21, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-creating-subscription-for-user/246259 "2022-11-21T11:22:57Z")\
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> [@RGJ](#):
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> Just “sell” them the coupon codes and let your client firm handle the subscriptions

Last I looked, even with free coupon a credit card was required.

> [@Jonathan5](#):
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> I had thought that group membership after a one-off payment would expire after a year when sold alongside an annual subscription

You could make it a one year subscription and cancel it immediately. But unless you’re going to get a bunch of these memberships for big fish, you’ve spent more time on talking about this than it’ll take to manage it by hand. (I often spend hours automating a one time 10 minute job. 😉)

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