QCMM Glossary: Plans, Subscriptions, Billing, Meetings, Hosts, and Entitlement
Use this glossary for the current meaning of the main QC Memberships & Meetings terms in QCMM 2.0.21.
Plans and Memberships
- Plan Group
- A catalog grouping that organizes related Plans and participates in QCMM publication and entitlement limits.
- Plan
- The reusable offer definition for price, duration, access, checkout, Scheduling, Custom Fields, resources, and other configured behavior. Existing purchases retain their stored commercial context when the Plan is later edited.
- Subscription
- The customer-specific purchased membership record. It links the user to a Plan and stores lifecycle, billing, access, and purchase-context data for that membership.
- Renewal successor
- A later subscription linked to the prior subscription for renewal. QCMM can prepare a successor before the predecessor expires, but due activation is handled by the membership-transition lifecycle rather than by rewriting the old record.
Billing and Discounts
- Billing record / invoice
- The auditable charge record for a subscription or standalone invoice. It preserves amounts, tax, discounts, credit, balance, payment state, and related commercial snapshots.
- Site Credit
- QCMM-managed customer credit that can be reserved/applied to eligible checkout or billing activity and restored when an eligible failed attempt is retired.
- Promotion
- A scheduled pricing rule that can change the eligible Plan price without requiring the customer to enter a code.
- Coupon
- A code-based discount rule with its own eligibility, Plan scope, limits, interaction with Promotions/Site Credit, and stored purchase snapshot.
Scheduling and Meetings
- Host
- The QCMM user/Host assignment responsible for an eligible Meeting Time and, for the native Meeting Room, Host-side room actions such as admission and authoritative Host End.
- Meeting Time
- A schedulable appointment slot with its Host, time, capacity, Plan eligibility, and booking state.
- Booking
- The attendee/customer reservation for a Meeting Time. Booking state is preserved through completion, cancellation, no-show, and allowed reschedule workflows.
- Meeting Room
- QCMM's native browser-based room for an authorized Host and attendees. Room authorization, lobby/admission, browser media permission, presence, and attendance are distinct layers.
Custom Data, Fulfillment, and Resources
- Custom Field
- A reusable field definition assigned to a Plan. Collected values belong to the exact subscription rather than becoming one global value on the Joomla user.
- Fulfillment
- The Plan-group-authorized workflow for staff to process subscription-specific fulfillment work while preserving audit/history and concurrency protection.
- Plan Resource
- A file or resource assigned to eligible Plans and delivered through QCMM's protected authorization/download workflow.
Entitlement and Licensing
- Authorized Domain
- The domain authorization used by current QCMM paid entitlement. QCMM 2.0.21 does not require the customer to enter a current license key in the site extension.
- Base tier
- The underlying tier known for the installation/account, such as Basic, Pro, Max, or All Access, before temporary/effective entitlement rules are applied.
- Effective tier
- The tier QCMM is currently allowed to use after local signed entitlement state, Authorized Domain state, preview/expiration rules, and Scheduled Task health are evaluated. A lower Effective tier can disable premium use without deleting saved premium configuration or history.
Community Discussion
Want to compare QCMM workflows or share practical tips? Visit the QC Memberships & Meetings Community. For private support, bug reports, account-specific entitlement or billing problems, or feature requests, use the QuantaCade support system.