igny8/docs/90-REFERENCE/MANAGED-ADDON-PLAN.md

Managed Add-on Plans (Marketing + App)

Date: 2026-01-20

Goals

• Offer managed services as an optional add-on per site.
• Keep core SaaS plans unchanged while enabling add-on selection at pricing, signup, and billing.
• Provide clear separation between Core Plans and Managed Add-ons in backend, frontend, and billing UI.

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Proposed Managed Add-on Tiers

• Managed Lite — $100/site/month
• Managed Pro — $399/site/month

Managed Features (shared)

• Onboarding & setup: site integration, automation schedule, content settings.
• Monthly SEO content plan: keyword import from library/clustering, topic strategy, content calendar.
• Content QA & optimization: review queue checks, SEO meta validation, internal link suggestions.
• Publishing ops: scheduled publishing, status monitoring, retry/failure handling.
• Reporting: monthly performance + usage summary (credits, content velocity, publishing outcomes).
• Support & tuning: strategy optimization/tweaks, automation adjustments, issue triage.

Pro extras

• Proactive monitoring and escalation.
• Priority response.
• Expanded strategy iteration (more frequent adjustments).

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Marketing Site (https://igny8.com/pricing)

Layout changes

1. Keep Core Plans section unchanged.
2. Add a big + icon directly below the pricing table.
3. Add one single horizontal card for Managed Add-on:

• Visible badge: COMING SOON
• Card title: “Managed Add-on (Per Site)”
• Short summary of major features (1 line)
• Toggle switch inside the card for Managed Lite / Managed Pro
• Show price per site for the selected toggle

4. No other sections or FAQs added.

Suggested UX copy

• “Managed Add-on (Per Site) — Coming Soon”
• “Choose Lite or Pro”

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Signup Page (https://app.igny8.com/signup)

Layout changes

Add Step 2: Managed Add-ons (Optional) after plan selection.

• Toggle per site: “Add managed services to selected site(s)”
• If user selects a plan with multiple sites:
  • Show checkboxes for each site slot.
  • Default: none selected.
• Inline price calculator:
  • “Managed Lite x N sites = $X/mo”
  • “Managed Pro x N sites = $X/mo”

UX notes

• Keep signup friction low.
• If user skips add-on, allow adding later from Billing.

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App Billing & Plans (Account → Plans & Billing)

New UI sections

1. Current Plan remains unchanged.
2. Add “Managed Add-ons” section:
   • Show current add-on tier (if any) and assigned sites.
   • Show monthly add-on price and next renewal date.
3. Add “Upgrade Add-ons” tab or sub-panel:
   • Choose Managed Lite/Pro.
   • Assign to site(s).
   • Update monthly total.

Existing users

• If a user already subscribed to a managed add-on:
  • Display in Plan tab summary.
  • Include in billing history and invoice breakdown.

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Backend Model Changes

Option A (Minimal changes in Plan model)

Add fields to Plan:

• plan_type (choices: core, managed) — distinguishes SaaS vs add-on.
• per_site (bool, default false) — marks managed add-ons.
• managed_tier (optional slug: lite, pro).

Add optional relation to Account or Site:

• New model SiteManagementAddon:
  • site (FK)
  • plan (FK to Plan where plan_type=managed)
  • status, current_period_start, current_period_end
  • external_subscription_id

Option B (Separate ManagedPlan model)

Create ManagedPlan model (clone of Plan fields needed for pricing + name). Keep Plan for core SaaS only.

Recommendation: Option A (fewer tables, uses existing pricing pipeline).

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Backend Billing Logic

• Managed add-ons are per site.
• Create separate Stripe subscription items per site, or a single subscription with quantity = number of managed sites.
• Billing summary should show:
  • Core plan price
  • Managed add-on subtotal (N sites x price)
  • Total monthly

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Frontend Data Contracts

API additions

• GET /api/v1/auth/plans/?type=core (core plans only)
• GET /api/v1/auth/plans/?type=managed (managed add-ons)
• GET /api/v1/account/managed-addons/ (current user add-ons + site assignments)
• POST /api/v1/account/managed-addons/ (assign add-on to site(s))
• PUT /api/v1/account/managed-addons/{id}/ (upgrade/downgrade add-on tier)

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Pricing Copy (Core Plans)

Suggested renames to keep consistency:

• Starter → Launch
• Growth → Growth (keep)
• Scale → Scale (keep)

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Rollout Checklist

• Add plan_type + per_site fields + migration.
• Add managed add-on seed data (Lite/Pro).
• Add managed add-on endpoints + serializer filtering.
• Update pricing page layout (marketing).
• Update signup flow (managed add-on step).
• Update billing page (Managed Add-ons section).
• Update invoices to show core + managed breakdown.