5. Select the Licensing Type with which you'd like to share the application: Trial License or Subscription License. Specify the validity.
             
This choice helps you control how long clients can access your application, whether you're offering them a short-term evaluation or long-term access.

1. Trial License: Used for giving prospective clients a hands-on experience of your application before committing to a purchase. You can specify a trial duration of 15, 30, or 60 days. Once the duration is set, it can't be extended.
   
1. The validity of the application begins from the time the app is installed by the client in their Zoho Creator account.
   
2. Throughout the trial period, you can continue to send updates to the client, allowing them to explore enhancements in real time.
   
3. If the client chooses to proceed with the application, the application can be changed from a trial license to a subscription license at any point, even after the trial expirationy, and the validity period for the chosen subscription will be activated immediately (refer below).
   
4. Once the trial ends, the application will be permanently disabled in the client’s account. The data added during the trial can still be viewed, but no new data can be added, and the app cannot be used further.
   
5. As the developer, you’ll then have the option to delete the application entirely from their account, including all associated data.
   

Security Tip: A disabled application will still retain all its data unless you choose to delete it. If you decide to delete the trial application from the client's account, ensure that the client no longer needs the data, as this action is irreversible.

• Subscription License: used when the client is ready to adopt the application for active use. You can either choose Set validity in months or Set lifetime validity.
  

• Set validity in months – You can set the application validity in the client's account ranging from 1 to 36 months.
  

• The validity of the application starts from the time the app is installed by the client.
  

• Once set, the subscription period cannot be shortened, but it can be extended anytime using the Extend Validity button.
  

• Once the subscription period ends, the application will be disabled in the client’s account. The data added can still be viewed, but no new data can be added or modified.
  

• Set lifetime validity – You can set the application validity to the client indefinitely with no expiration. The validity of the application starts from the time the app is installed by the client.
  

3.3.2 Set to Subscription licensing

To convert a trial to subscription:

1. Click on a client from the client list. A slider will appear with a list of the applications distributed with that client.
   

2. Click the ellipsis icon, followed by the Set to Subscription button.
   

3. Choose either a fixed duration (1–36 months) or lifetime validity.

• When setting the validity in months, the client will be able to access the application as long as the validity is active. Once the validity is inactive, the app will be disabled.
  

• When setting the validity as lifetime, the client will be able to access the application indefinitely.
  

4. Click Proceed. The client will now be able to access the app based on the new license.

3.3.3 Extend validity  

The super admin can extend the duration of an active Subscription License at any point (even after the plan validity has expired). This option is only available when the client is already on a Subscription License.

To extend validity:

1. Navigate to the client's app list and click Extend validity under the ellipsis icon next to the app.
   

2. Select the validity period (1-36 months or lifetime) and click Extend. The new expiration date will reflect immediately.
   

When you extend the validity, the new duration is added to the existing expiration date, ensuring no remaining days are lost. For example, if the current validity ends on May 25, and you extend it by 1 month on May 20, the new expiation will be set to June 25.

3.3.4 Delete app  

To delete an app:

1. Navigate to the client's app list and click the Delete app option next to the application under the ellipsis. This will remove the app and all its data from the client’s account.