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Asked: 2026-06-16T22:01:19+00:00

I m developing a ruby on rails application using paypal recurring gem, & i

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I m developing a ruby on rails application using paypal recurring gem, & i have a plan which has validity of forever, it never expires, if i want a user to subscribe for that plan which never expires & wants his billing to continue then what do i set in frequency for that in paypal ?

My Code is

period: :monthly, frequency: 1, start_at: Time.zone.now + 30.days

This is creating a monthly subscription, but for forever what to set here.

Please help.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The frequency does not say anything about expiration (or cycles or repetitions). And it only makes sense in combination with the period parameter.

    With your current setup, the user will be billed every month, until the recurring contract is cancelled by either him or you.

    Maybe this helps to clear up how frequency is used in combination with period:

    period: :monthly, frequency: 1 = “every 1 month(s)”

    period: :daily, frequency: 3 =
    “every 3 day(s)”

    BTW: in rails you can use 30.days.from_now as a shortcut for Time.zone.now + 30.days

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