Overview

When using EIP, if you find the billing mode selected is not suitable for the actual service state, you can change your billing method flexibly. EIP prepaid (billing by prepaid), postpaid (billing by bandwidth) and postpaid (billing by traffic) are interchangeable.

• For the conversion from postpaid (billing by bandwidth/traffic) to prepaid (billing by prepaid), the change takes effect immediately.
• The postpaid (billing by bandwidth) and postpaid (billing by traffic) are interchangeable, and change takes effect in the next time of integral hour.
• For the conversion from prepaid (billing by prepaid) to postpaid (billing by bandwidth/traffic), EIP yearly and monthly package service is changed automatically upon expiration.
• The upper limit of changing to billing by traffic is 1,000Mpbs, and that of changing to billing by bandwidth (prepaid/postpaid) is 200Mbps.
• No "Billing Change" can be selected for the EIP instance in billing change.

Conversion from Postpaid to Prepaid

If you want to convert purchase of EIP instance by need to purchase by yearly and monthly packages, i.e. from postpaid to prepaid, please see the following operation:

1. Log in the console, enter "Product Service > Elastic IP"

2. Check a postpaid EIP instance, and select billing change in "More Operations".

   

3. Select "prepaid" method, public network bandwidth and time length of purchase

   

4. Click "Next" to enter payment link.
5. Upon successful payment, the new billing method takes effect immediately.

Conversion from Prepaid to Postpaid

If you service needs to be converted from purchase of EIP instance by yearly and monthly package to purchase by need, i.e. conversion from prepaid method to postpaid method, please see the following description of billing change:

• This feature only applies to the unexpired prepaid EIP instance to be changed as postpaid billing.
• Change expiration time Take effect upon expiration.
• This feature only supports the users with automatic renewal not enabled, and if the automatic renewal is not enabled, please see Automatic Renewal Operation to enable it.
• To ensure the normal use of service, it is needed to ensure that the account is pre-charged if the postpaid method is adopted.

Operation steps

1. Log in the console, enter "Product Service > Elastic IP"

2. Check a prepaid EIP instance, and select billing change in "More Operations".

   

3. Select changed billing method, bandwidth, and click "Next".

   

4. Confirm the purchase information, click "Next" to complete payment, and then the billing is changed successfully.

Mutual Conversion between Billing by Bandwidth and Billing by Traffic

When using EIP service, your postpaid service is more appropriate for another billing (by traffic/by bandwidth) model, and you can change the billing by reference to the following description.

• Change expiration time Take effect in the next time of integral hour.
• This feature only supports the users with automatic renewal not enabled, and if the automatic renewal is not enabled, please see Automatic Renewal Operation to enable it.

Operation steps

1. Log in the console, enter "Product Service > Elastic IP"
2. Check the EIP instance of "Postpaid-by traffic/by bandwidth" billing, and select billing change in "More Operations".

3. Select changed billing method, bandwidth, and click "Next".

   

4. Confirm the purchase information, click "Next" to complete payment, and then the billing is changed successfully.