Non-recurring Subscription or time limit for one-time purchase?

I'm in a bit of a weird spot. We have a product in the members area that is a 9 week group study course. Because we want the user to purchase the course for each group that goes through it, we don't want to charge a single access fee with full access forever. I was going to go with the subscription plan and charge for 6 months, which will give plenty of time for the group to go through the study. However, I don't want it to automatically renew their subscription after 6 months (because they don't necessarily need it. Is there a way to turn off auto-renewal or let me charge a one-time fee with a time limit for access? 

Is there a plugin that fixes this issue? (I have not been able to find one in my search) We are facing the same thing, and if no plugin, will be moving our course to a separate site that allows this

On 11/9/2023 at 4:40 PM, kak said:

Is there a plugin that fixes this issue?

This is the way Squarespace is designed to work. It isn't possible to change this with a plugin.

@paul2009 I have the same concern : I would like to offer a digital course, one time payment and to expire after one year. I don't want my clients to be charged automatically after 12 months...

If I choose Subscription, price it at $60, repeat after Year, the column for selecting the number of year is inactive. Is that mean the subscription will end after 1 year? I'm not sure if it's a bug or intended to work like this... 

See the attached screen capture.

1 minute ago, annie_mwm said:

I would like to offer a digital course, one time payment and to expire after one year. I don't want my clients to be charged automatically after 12 months...

You can have a one-time payment that doesn't expire, or you can have a recurring subscription. You cannot have a one-time payment that expires.

3 minutes ago, annie_mwm said:

If I choose Subscription, price it at $60, repeat after Year, the column for selecting the number of year is inactive. Is that mean the subscription will end after 1 year?

No. This is greyed out because subscriptions must renew at least once per year. You cannot renew every 2 or 3 years.

Thank you @paul2009, that's clear 🙂