Billing & Accounts الفوترة والحسابات
How hosting billing actually works — invoices, pro-rata charges, renewals, grace periods, refunds and service credits.
10 terms in this categoryRecurring Payment الدفع المتكرر
An automatic charge that renews your subscription each cycle — monthly or yearly — using a saved payment method. It is w...
Refund Policy سياسة الاسترداد
The published rules for getting money back — which services qualify, within what window, and in what form (original paym...
Invoice الفاتورة
The itemized bill for your services — what was charged, for which period, at what price, plus any taxes. In hosting plat...
Pro-rata Billing الفوترة النسبية (Pro-rata)
Charging only for the fraction of the billing period you actually use. Upgrade a plan mid-month and you pay the price di...
Payment Gateway بوابة الدفع
The licensed service that moves money between your card and the merchant — encrypting card data, talking to banks, handl...
Service Credit رصيد الخدمة
Compensation issued as balance on your account instead of cash — the standard remedy when a provider breaches its SLA. A...
Auto-Renewal التجديد التلقائي
The setting that re-purchases a service automatically at the end of its term. For domains it is genuinely protective — a...
Grace Period فترة السماح
The buffer after a missed renewal during which the service still works (or can be restored at no penalty). Domains typic...
Overage تجاوز الاستهلاك (Overage)
Usage beyond your plan's included quota — extra bandwidth, storage or compute hours. Providers handle it three ways: har...
Account Credit رصيد الحساب
Prepaid balance sitting on your hosting account, consumed automatically by future invoices before any card is charged. I...