Working with future dated agreements and private offers

With future dated agreements (FDA) in AWS Marketplace, you can subscribe to products where the product usage begins at a future date. You can manage when you buy a product independently from when you pay for, and when you use the product.

FDA helps buyers perform the following actions independently for transactions on AWS Marketplace:

• Procure the product/book the deal by accepting the offer.

• Begin product usage (license/entitlement activation).

• Pay for a purchase (invoice generation).

FDA is supported on private offers, creating for software as a service (SaaS) products, for contract and contracts with consumption pricing (CCP), and with or without flexible payments.

When you use future dated agreements, keep the following dates in mind:

Agreement sign date

The date when you accepted the offer and when the agreement was created. This date is when the agreement ID is created.

Agreement start date

The date when your product usage begins. This is the future date or future start date. This is the date that your license/entitlement is activated.

Agreement end date

The date when the agreement ends. The agreement and the license/entitlement expire on this date.

For more information about using FDAs, see the following topics:

Creating future dated agreements

For SaaS contracts and contracts with consumption pricing, with and without a flexible payment schedule, the seller sets the agreement start date as part of generating a private offer. As a buyer, you must work with sellers to make sure that the start date meets your requirements.

To create a future dated agreement, use the following procedure. You can view your future dated agreements in the AWS Marketplace console on the Manage Subscriptions page.

To create a future dated agreement

1. Follow the steps for Viewing and subscribing to a private offer.

2. In the offer details pane, verify that you chose the correct private offer and that the agreement start date is correct. Future dated offers are marked as Early Renewals on the Offer drop-down menu.

   Note

   For SaaS products, on the agreement start date, you must make sure to complete setting up your account with the ISV. You can't complete this step before the agreement start date. For more information, see Subscribing to a SaaS private offer

Using a flexible payment scheduler with future dated agreements

You can use the flexible payment scheduler with future dated agreements. You can set up payments for purchases at a time of your choosing between your agreement sign date and agreement end date. This approach includes payments before and after the agreement start date.

The seller of record creating the private offer chooses payment dates and amounts. For more details, see Flexible payment scheduler.

Amending your future dated agreements

You can increase your purchased units of a particular dimension in your FDA before and after the agreement start date. This option is possible when the agreement doesn't have a flexible payment schedule. For more details, see Flexible payment scheduler.

You will be charged the pro-rated amount on the agreement start date when your amendment is complete. If your start date is in the past, you'll be charged immediately.

Receiving notifications for future dated agreements

You receive email notifications that are sent to your designated root account for the following actions taken on your future dated agreements:

• Offer acceptance/agreement creation (agreement sign date)

• Upon license or entitlement activation (agreement start date)

• Reminders for agreements expiring 30, 60, or 90 days in advance

• Agreement expiration (agreement end date)

• Upon an agreement amendment or replacement