Create a Subscription {#create-subscriptions}
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You can add a differential fee when you create a subscription. The surcharge amount is added to the billing amount when the recurring payment is processed. Before including a surcharge in your subscription, refer to your local regulations for compliance on surcharging customers, and confirm that your processor supports surcharges.  
Follow these steps to create a subscription with an existing plan:

1. Log in to the `Business Center`:

   * **Test:** [`https://businesscentertest.cybersource.com`](https://businesscentertest.cybersource.com/ebc2/ "")
   * **Production:** [`https://businesscenter.cybersource.com`](https://businesscenter.cybersource.com/ebc2/ "")
2. On the left navigation panel, click ![](/content/dam/documentation/cybs/en-us/common/images/ebc/ebc-icon-tkn-mgmt.svg/jcr:content/renditions/original) **`Token Management`**. The Token Management page appears.

3. Click **`Tokens`**. The Token List page appears.

4. Click the token ID for which you want to create a subscription.

5. Click **Create Subscription**. The Create Subscription page appears.

6. Under Subscription Information, enter this information:

   * Subscription code: generated by the Recurring Billing service (default) or assigned by the merchant
   * Subscription name
   * Start date (payment processing time starts at 2:00 a.m. in your time zone.)
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7. Under Plan Options, choose an existing active plan or **New One Time Plan**.  
   The customer's payment and billing information appear.

8. Under Billing Details, enter or edit this information:

   * Billing amount
   * Currency
   * Billing period length
   * Billing period unit
   * Set-up fee (optional)

   {#create-subscriptions_ul_y51_dgz_r4b} IMPORTANT The interval between subscription payments cannot exceed 12 months.

9. Edit or enter the billing cycle by choosing one of these options:

   * Bill indefinitely.
   * Define billing period end and enter the plan period length. The plan period unit defaults to the same length as the billing period length.
10. Under Differential Fee, enter this information:

    * Surcharge amount
    * Surcharge description
11. Click **Submit**. The Token Management Customer Details page appears.

12. Click the **Subscriptions** tab, and view the new subscription in the subscriptions list.