How VIP Marketplace works
Learn how to invite customers to the VIP Marketplace program, what the three subscription term options are, and how volume discounts work.
VIP Marketplace members can add licenses for Adobe products at any time during their subscription term, but all licenses added will have the same anniversary date. Licenses added after the first order (when the anniversary date is set) will be prorated from the date ordered until the anniversary date.
Daily proration is used to calculate the cost and duration of licenses added during the subscription term. Daily proration is calculated as follows:
- For annual subscription terms, including 3-year commit terms, daily proration is calculated as the annual subscription fee divided by 365 days. Note that for terms which include a leap year, the subscription fee for that term will be divided by 366 days.
- For extended terms, which are terms greater than 12 months in total duration, daily proration is calculated as the annual subscription fee divided by 365 days per year, even if a leap year is included in the term.
Round to two decimal places after all calculations are completed.
Members are only charged for the number of days between when licenses are added and their anniversary date. This is the number of service days.
Note: Consumable products that do not co-terminate at the anniversary date, such as Adobe Stock credit packs, are not subject to daily proration.
Example 1: The first order
ABC Company places their first order on March 1, 2024, with a standard 12-month subscription. This sets the anniversary date as March 1, 2025. Since this term does not include a leap year ABC Company is charged an annual subscription fee equal to 365 days of their subscription (March 1, 2024–February 28, 2025).
Example 2: Adding licenses after the first order
XYZ Company, which has an anniversary date of February 16, 2025, adds additional licenses to their current subscription on October 16, 2024. Since this term does not include a leap year., XYZ Company is charged for 123 service days out of the 365 days of their subscription for the new licenses (October 16, 2024–February 15, 2025). At the anniversary date, those additional licenses will renew for a full year.
Example calculation:
Annual subscription fee = $200
Prorated subscription fee = ($200/365) * 123 = $67.40
Example 3: Leap year terms
Acme Company places their first order on April 1, 2023, with a standard 12-month subscription. This sets the anniversary date as April 1, 2024. Since this term includes a leap year, Acme Company is charged for the annual subscription fee across 366 days of subscription (April 1, 2023–March 31, 2024) instead of 365 days. Any add-on orders are prorated accordingly. (See Example 4.)
Example 4: Adding licenses after the first order in a leap year
Acme Company adds additional licenses to their current subscription on May 1, 2023. Acme Company is charged for 336 service days out of the 366 days of their subscription for the new licenses (May 1, 2023–March 31, 2024). At the anniversary date, those additional licenses will renew for a full year.
Example calculation:
Annual subscription fee = $200
Prorated subscription fee = ($200/366) * 336 = $183.61
Example 5: Extended term licenses
New Company places their first order on April 1, 2023, with an 18-month extended term subscription. This sets the anniversary date as October 1, 2024. Because this is an extended-term subscription, New Company is still charged for the annual subscription fee across 365 days/year (disregarding the additional leap day) multiplied by 548 service days (April 1, 2023–September 30, 2024). Any add-on orders are prorated accordingly. (See Example 6.)
Example 6: Adding licenses after the first order in an extended term
New Company adds additional licenses to their current extended-term subscription on June 1, 2023. New Company is charged for 488 service days out of the 548 days of their subscription for the new licenses (June 1, 2023–September 30, 2024). However, because this is an extended term, the daily proration is calculated based on a 365-day year.
Example calculation:
Annual subscription fee = $200
Prorated subscription fee = ($200/365) * 488 = $267.40
Example 7: 3-year commit licenses
Third Company places their first order on April 1, 2023 and accepts 3-year commit. This sets their first anniversary date as April 1, 2024, which is a leap year, and their second and third anniversary dates as April 1, 2025 and April 1, 2026, which are not leap years. Any add-on orders in the first year are prorated based on a 366-day subscription. Any add-on orders in the second or third years are prorated based on 365-day subscriptions.