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# coreFORCE - Memberships: How to manually set up a contact subscription and a recurring payment

This article provides a guide to setting up a contact subscription and linking up a recurring payment. Follow these steps to ensure the recurring payment is properly configured and tied to the customer's account.

1. Navigate to **Contacts > Contacts** and locate the contact for whom you want to create a subscription. Under the **Member > Subscriptions**, click the **"+" (plus)** icon to add a new subscription row.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/6989aace46840400/image_1agoaeu.png)

2. Select the appropriate **Subscription** type, then enter the **Start** and **Expiration** dates for the subscription. Then click **Save**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/6989aace46840400/image_1054tr7.png)

3. Navigate to **Payments > Recurring Payments** and click **Add** to create a new recurring payment.

4. Complete the following fields:

* **Contact**: Select the contact for whom the recurring payment is being created.
* **Recurring Payment Type**: Choose the type of recurring payment.
* **Order Items**: Specify the subscription __renewal__ product, along with the quantity and price. 
*  **Start Date**: Set the date when the recurring payment begins.
* **Next Billing Date**: Enter the date for the upcoming billing cycle.
* **Account**: Select the account to be used for processing the recurring payment.
* Then click **Save**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/6989aace46840400/image_1j0fsf4.png)

5. Open the newly created recurring payment, and under the red warning message, **"This recurring payment is not linked to a subscription,"** click **"Link to [subscription] started [start date]"** to connect it to the subscription. This action will populate the **Contact Subscription ID**. Finally, click **Save** to complete the setup.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/6989aace46840400/image_jo10yj.png)

6. Go to **Contacts > Contacts** and find the contact. Under the **Member** tab, verify that the **Subscriptions**, **Recurring Payment Links**, and **Subscription Links** sections display the correct subscriptions and recurring payments you've set up.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/6989aace46840400/image_1ufkbe2.png)