When a subscription is created, the following logics apply:
- All issues with subscribe purchase type will be unlocked, regardless of the subscription start date.
- Issues with paid purchase type will be unlocked with the conditions : (a) for any new issues published later-on, and (b) issues that were published in the same month in which the reader subscribed (e.g. a paid issue published on March 1st will be unlocked if a reader subscribes on March 30th).
- If no issues are unlocked by (1) and (2), the last published paid issue will be unlocked (even if before subscription start date). This is to make sure a new subscriber gets at least one issue unlocked immediately.
EXAMPLE 1:
A publisher has the following issues:
Issue 1: Paid issue published January 1st 2018
Issue 2: Paid issue published February 1st 2018
Issue 3: Paid issue published March 1st 2018
A reader subscribes on March 5th:
Issue 3 will be unlocked, as it is within the same month as the reader subscribed (subscription start date).
EXAMPLE 2:
A publisher has the following issues:
Issue 1: Paid issue published January 1st 2018
Issue 2: Paid issue published February 1st 2018
Issue 3: Paid issue published March 1st 2018
A reader subscribes on April 1st: Issue 3 will be unlocked, as it is the most recent paid issue before subscription start date.
EXAMPLE 3:
A publisher has the following issues:
Issue 1: Subscribe issue published January 1st 2018
Issue 2: Paid issue published February 1st 2018
Issue 3: Paid issue published March 1st 2018
A reader subscribes on April 1st: only Issue 1 will be unlocked, as it is a "Subscribe" issue.
PS : The subscription conditions above are not static. We will change it once we have an update.