Subscription activation
Also called Payment-gated activation · Schedule activation
TL;DRThe moment a schedule starts billing — immediately, on a fixed date, or only after a gating payment lands.
Some contracts start the clock on signature. Others say the subscription begins when the setup fee is paid, or on a date the customer confirms later. Sonic models all of these as an activation mode on the schedule.
Under a payment gate the subscription dates are genuinely empty until the gating invoice is paid; the phases hold their durations and are given real dates when the gate resolves. The commercial contract dates never move because of a gate.
Activation is an operator action. Save and activate is the point at which drafts start generating.
Where it happens in Sonic
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See it on your contracts
A walkthrough on the agreements and files you actually bill from — not a slide deck.