Pricing Dimensions

this is where you define how customers pay for your product this is the most important section of the listing pricing decisions have permanent consequences, so read carefully pricing decisions have permanent consequences, so read carefully key context aws marketplace requires public pricing, so keep your dimensions generic (platform name, description, baseline per unit price) actual commercial terms for specific customers are managed through private offers , where you can adjust contract dimensions as needed pricing mode the section has two tabs at the top mode description when to use basic single contract based dimension with one price point simple products with one tier or package advanced multiple dimension types with detailed configuration products with multiple tiers, usage metering, or hybrid pricing basic mode shows a single contract based product with three fields field required description display name yes the name shown to buyers (e g , "growth project") description yes what this dimension includes (e g , "this product includes all features, and one unit is expressed in licenses") contract pricing per unit yes single price in usd you can add multiple contract based products using the add contract based product button advanced mode advanced mode gives you independent toggles for two dimension types you must enable at least one contract dimension when the contract dimension toggle is enabled, you configure 1\ purchasing options option description multiple dimensions per contract buyers can purchase their desired quantities of units for each pricing dimension that you define single dimension per contract buyers can choose from a list of tiered pricing dimensions to purchase their desired tier or volume of units aws marketplace rule purchasing option cannot be changed after your first subscriber choose carefully 2\ contract duration select which durations to offer 1 month , 12 months , 24 months , 36 months aws marketplace rule all dimensions must use the same contract durations changing durations applies to every dimension 3\ dimension fields for each contract dimension, provide field required description display name yes customer facing name (e g , "dedicated project") description yes what this dimension measures or includes contract pricing per unit yes price in usd for each selected duration (e g , 12 months price, 24 months price, 36 months price) use add contract dimension to add more dimensions (maximum 24 per product) usage dimension when the usage dimension toggle is enabled, you configure pay as you go metering on top of (or instead of) contract pricing for each usage dimension, provide field required description display name yes customer facing name for the metered unit description yes what is being metered usage price per unit yes price in usd per unit consumed use add usage dimension to add more dimensions aws marketplace business rules these rules are enforced by aws and cannot be overridden price changes price increases existing subscribers keep their current pricing aws requires a 90 day advance notice period the new price applies only to new subscribers during this window all pricing changes are locked for 90 days after a price increase price decreases take effect immediately for all subscribers no waiting period free products if all dimension prices are set to $0 00 , aws automatically converts the product to the "free" pricing model this is irreversible a free product cannot be converted back to paid you would need to create an entirely new product listing contracts upgrades buyers can upgrade to a higher value or quantity at any time they receive a prorated credit for their existing contract downgrades buyers cannot decrease contract value during the term downgrades only happen at renewal cancellations within 48 hours aws automatically issues a full refund for non private offer subscriptions you must honor this cancellations after 48 hours at your discretion limits maximum 24 dimensions per product each dimension name must be unique next step docid 8jimhznkil3vnkrelnwdx