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title: "How To Offer Free Trial"
description: "How to offer a free trial?\n\nWhy should I offer a free trial to my customers?\nOffering a free trial to customers is great as it allows potential customers to experience the product or service first-hand and see if it meets their needs. Free trials can also help to build trust with potential customers, as they can see that the business is confident in its offering."
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# How to offer a free trial?

## Why should I offer a free trial to my customers?

 Offering a free trial to customers is great as it allows potential customers to experience the product or service first-hand and see if it meets their needs. Free trials can also help to

build trust

 with potential customers, as they can see that the business is confident in its offering.

## How can I create a system like that?

 You might be wondering: "Wow, that sounds great. How do I create something like this, it sounds a little complicated". No need to worry, creating a system like this is as easy as pie. Here are the steps:

- There are two things we need to create: **Automatic discount modification** & **Automated interval change**
- First go down to **Intervals** and here, enter how long you would like the free trial to last (eg. 7 days)
- Then go to **Discount** and set the discount type to **percentage discount**. Next enter the **adjustment value**, in our case this would be 100%
- Finally go to **Automatic discount modification** and enable the *Change discount after specific number of payments* setting. Set the **Change discount after** to Initial order, then set the **Discount type** to Percentage discount like before, and finally set the **Adjustment value** back down to 0% (or a lower discount of your choice)
- After that, you can configure the rest of the subscription rule to your desired specifications and click **Save rule**.
- Now comes the 2nd part, and that is creating an Automated interval change . The reason this system also needs to be created is because otherwise, the customer who subscribes will have a subscription, which will be renewed every 7 days instead of it being a monthly subscription.
- Firstly go to: **Seal Subscriptions > Automations > Automated interval changes > Create Automated interval change (green button)**
- Then set the **Apply automated interval:** to When subscription gets created or renewed . Next, enable the **Configure payment condition** and set it to Immediately after 2nd payment
- Finally scroll down to: **Change delivery interval configuration** and set the **Change delivery interval from** to 7 days and Change the delivery interval to 1 month (or a different interval)
- That's it you are done :)
- Note: As Shopify Checkout isn't aware about that upcoming interval change, the Shopify Checkout will display a text which will say that the customer will be charged every 7 days.

 If you need any help, you can always contact us at [support@sealsubscriptions.com](mailto:support@sealsubscriptions.com).

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