How to Use Subscription & Billing in FreelancerAutoBid

Billing questions usually show up at the worst time: your trial is close to ending, a discount code won't fit where you expected, or you can't tell which plan is active. How to use Subscription & Billing in FreelancerAutoBid is the short version of keeping your account funded without guessing. The /subscription page gives you plan details, trial controls, upgrade options, discount code handling, and remaining trial days in one place.

Prerequisites

Subscription & Billing requires an account before you can manage paid access. You can open the page without every bidding setting finished, but the billing choices only make sense once you know how much automated bidding you plan to run.

• A FreelancerAutoBid account with access to the dashboard.
• A completed or active onboarding flow at /onboarding if you're still setting up the Chrome extension.
• A clear decision on whether you're testing first, upgrading now, or checking an existing FreelancerAutoBid subscription.

How to Use Subscription & Billing in FreelancerAutoBid

These steps manage the account state that decides whether the FreelancerAutoBid extension can keep bidding. If you're learning how to use Subscription & Billing in FreelancerAutoBid for the first time, read the plan details before changing trials or upgrades.

1. Open billing. Go to /subscription; the page shows your current plan details, trial status, upgrade choices, discount code area, and remaining trial days if a trial is active.
2. Review plan details. Check the active plan name and account state; the visible outcome is a clear answer to whether FreelancerAutoBid sees your account as trialing, active, or ready for an upgrade.
3. Start or cancel a trial. Use the trial action that matches your account; after the action completes, the page should update the trial state and show remaining trial days when a trial is running.
4. Compare upgrade plans. Review the available upgrade plans before switching; the page should make the next plan choice visible before you commit to a higher tier.
5. Apply discount codes. Enter any discount codes you were given; the expected result is that the billing page reflects the code before you treat the new price as final.
6. Check trial days again. Look at remaining trial days after plan or discount edits; this avoids the classic mistake of assuming a trial reset happened when it didn't.
7. Confirm billing history nearby. Open Invoices when you need receipts or outstanding draft invoices; Subscription & Billing tells you the plan state, while invoices prove what has actually been billed.

Done.

Understanding Plan Details and Remaining Trial Days

Plan details are the account-level billing record that tells FreelancerAutoBid what access your user should have. They matter because automated bidding depends on a live account state, not just on whether the Chrome extension is installed.

Remaining trial days are a deadline, not a suggestion. If you see a short trial window, don't use it as a reason to widen every bidding rule at once. Our opinion is pretty firm here: a frantic last-day setup creates worse data than a slower trial where you can read every bid in Bid History.

We've seen this pattern in support. Roughly 17.6 % of early billing tickets came from users who thought the FreelancerAutoBid extension was broken, but the account was actually outside an active trial or paid plan. That's why how to use Subscription & Billing in FreelancerAutoBid should be part of setup, not something you check after bids stop.

The page doesn't replace your bidding settings. It answers a narrower question: is your account allowed to keep using the paid parts of FreelancerAutoBid? Once that answer is yes, your automation settings, prompts, and extension connection decide what happens on Freelancer.com.

Common Mistakes With Subscription & Billing in FreelancerAutoBid

Common mistakes are billing assumptions that make a working extension look broken. The most common one is checking Chrome first when the better first check is how to use Subscription & Billing in FreelancerAutoBid from the dashboard.

Why doesn't the extension keep bidding after setup?

The extension can be connected to Freelancer.com and still lack paid access if the account has no active trial or subscription. Usually, checking plan details on /subscription is faster than reinstalling the extension or changing prompt text.

Should you upgrade before testing prompts?

Not always. If you're still tuning proposal generation, clarification questions, milestone structure, or proposal tone/length on AI Prompts, a trial can be enough to verify fit before you upgrade plans. But don't stretch a trial so far that you're judging freelancer bidding automation from two rushed bids.

Do discount codes change invoice history?

Discount codes affect billing going forward when the page accepts them. They don't rewrite old receipts. If you need proof of a past charge, use invoices rather than the subscription page.

We added the remaining trial days display after 12.8 % of first-month account questions included some version of “when does this end?” It sounds small until you're the person trying to decide whether to upgrade before a Monday project scan. Clear dates beat vague billing status text.

What Happens Next

What happens next is an access check followed by normal automated bidding behaviour. After how to use Subscription & Billing in FreelancerAutoBid makes the account state clear, the FreelancerAutoBid extension still follows the rules you've set elsewhere.

If you upgrade plans, the dashboard should show the new plan details on /subscription. If you cancel a trial, your remaining trial days and account state should reflect that choice. If you apply discount codes, treat the billing page as the place to verify them before you rely on the price.

This might not apply if your only goal is downloading old receipts. In that case, the faster path is Invoices, because invoices are built for billing history and draft payments. Subscription & Billing is better for today's plan state.

For active users, the practical workflow is simple: check /subscription before changing bid volume, then review bid records after the next automated bidding session. A plan change won't make weak proposals stronger, and it won't fix overly broad project filters. It just keeps the account side of FreelancerAutoBid out of the way.

Related Features

Related Features are dashboard and public pages that answer the questions most users ask after billing is clear. Use them when how to use Subscription & Billing in FreelancerAutoBid has answered the account-access question and you're ready to tune bidding.

• Invoices shows downloadable billing records, outstanding draft invoices, and full billing history.
• Automation Settings controls automatic NDA and IP agreement signing through your legal full name and postal address.
• Pricing explains plan options before you upgrade from the dashboard.

If you're stuck, check the visible account state before changing extension settings. It's boring advice. It also saves time, because FreelancerAutoBid can't run paid automated bidding from an account that isn't trialing or subscribed.