Recurring Payment Authorization

This Recurring Payment Authorization ("Authorization") forms part of and supplements the AdRate Terms of Service. By enabling auto-renewal when you subscribe to AdRate's paid services, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to this Authorization, and you authorize AdRate to automatically charge your selected or saved payment method on a recurring basis as described herein.

If you do not agree to this Authorization, do not enable auto-renewal. You may purchase a single subscription period and renew manually upon expiry.

1. Authorization and Consent

By enabling auto-renewal, you authorize AdRate to charge your selected or saved payment method (such as a bank card, Alipay, or AlipayHK) for renewing the next subscription period before the current period ends, without requiring your confirmation for each charge.

This authorization is limited to recurring subscription charges for the AdRate service and no other purpose.

When you enable auto-renewal with a bank card, the checkout page or your card issuer may present a confirmation flow for saving the card for future charges; such flows do not affect the validity of this Authorization.

2. Billing Timing and Frequency

Auto-renewal follows the subscription period of the plan you purchased (e.g., monthly or yearly), with one automatic charge per period.

Each charge is typically initiated 1 to 4 days before the current subscription period ends, to avoid service interruption; the actual charge time may vary slightly due to payment processor timing.

The applicable billing cycle and the next charge date are shown on the subscription management page and in your order records.

3. Charge Amounts

Each charge is based on the plan's current published price at the time of the charge, not the price you paid when you first subscribed. If the plan price changes, renewals from the following period will be charged at the adjusted price, and we will notify you in advance before the change takes effect. The charge currency and amount are as shown in your bills and order records.

If you upgrade, downgrade, or change your plan within a period, the next period will be charged at the price of the new plan; any proration is as shown on the order confirmation page.

If we adjust plan prices, the adjustment will take effect as published, and we will notify you in advance via in-app notifications, email, or other means.

4. Failed Payments and Retries

A charge may fail due to insufficient balance, an invalid or expired payment method, payment processor risk control, or similar reasons.

After a failed charge, we may retry the charge on the same day or within the following days, and remind you by email or in-app notification.

After multiple failed attempts, auto-renewal may be suspended and your subscription will lapse when the current period ends. You may re-enable auto-renewal after updating your payment method.

5. Cancellation and Refunds

You may turn off auto-renewal at any time on the AdRate subscription management page. Your current paid period remains valid until it ends, and no further charges will be made.

For successfully charged subscription periods, no automatic refunds will be issued solely because auto-renewal was turned off or your account was deleted, except as required by law or otherwise agreed by us.

Refund matters are governed by the Terms of Service and the policies published on relevant pages.

6. Payment Methods and Consent Records

You may manage or revoke recurring payment authorizations on the relevant payment channel (such as the Alipay app or your card issuer). Once an authorization is revoked or a payment method becomes invalid, we will be unable to complete automatic charges and will remind you through available means.

Sensitive payment information (such as card numbers and payment tokens) is stored in encrypted form; data handling rules are described in the Privacy Policy.

We retain your order records, auto-renewal enablement and disablement records, and your consent to this Authorization (including the version and consent time) for service operation and necessary dispute resolution.

7. Changes and Contact

We may revise this Authorization from time to time. The revised version will be published on this page with an updated effective date; for material changes we will notify you in advance through available means.

If you have any questions or disputes regarding this Authorization, please contact us via the support channels published on our website.