What is the difference between Prepaid and Postpaid?
In the “Prepaid” payment method, the invoice amount is due before the renewal of a web hosting product. This means that it is necessary to credit a balance to the client account in advance to be able to order new web hosting products or extend existing ones. The invoice amount is then offset by the balance and this is indicated on the invoice.
An advantage of the “Prepaid” payment method is that cancellations are simple: if you no longer wish to renew a product, you simply do not top up a new balance.
A clear disadvantage of the “Prepaid” payment method is: if you forget to top up the balance in time, reserved products may be deleted or domains cannot be renewed, even if you still wish to use them.
In the “Postpaid” payment method, the invoice is only due after the renewal of the web hosting product. Reserved products are automatically renewed unless a cancellation is filed. An advance balance on the account is not necessary. In the “Postpaid” payment method, hosting.fr pays in advance for you with its suppliers and invoices you after the successful reservation or renewal of a web hosting product.
The advantage of the “Postpaid” payment method is that you do not directly lose your reserved products if you forget to top up the balance. Ideally, with a SEPA direct debit mandate, products are extended very simply.
The disadvantage of the “Postpaid” payment method is that a reserved product must be actively canceled within the contractual deadlines if you no longer need it. Simply not paying the invoice is not enough to cancel a reserved product. Invoices already created become due anyway, as renewal costs have already been incurred.