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# How to offer a lifetime option with subscriptions

You want to offer a monthly, annual, and lifetime deal on your checkout for one of your subscription offers? We’ve got you covered!

Instead of using the “Subscriptions” element in the Spiffy Visual Editor, you will want to use the **_Options_** element, and add **_price modifiers_** to each of the options.

**Price modifiers on Options can either be subscriptions or one-time payments.**

For the typical use case, where you only want customers to choose monthly, or annual, or lifetime, you will want to setup these options as **_Radio Buttons_** so that only one option will be able to be selected from the set of options.

Follow these steps to setup a Lifetime one-time payment with your subscription options:

1. Hover between two sections on your checkout and select **_Add Section_**
2. Select **_Options_** from the list of elements
3. Select **_Radio Buttons_** from the list of option types.
4. Select the **_Required toggle_** for the section
5. _**Edit**_ **_each Option_** – change the label names and select one option by default
6. **_Add price modifiers to each option_**
7. Select _**Add**_ **_Subscription_** for your monthly and annual options
8. Select **_Add Single-Pay_** and then **_Use a Line Item_** for your lifetime option, and **_enter a price_**
9. Adjust _**Button Layout Settings**_ and _**Width Settings**_ to get the desired look for your checkout
10. Click **_Save_** and then **_Publish_**

**Pro Tip:** Use option automation on your checkout to add tags or grant different levels of access or bonuses depending on which option is selected.

If you have automation set up for your subscriptions at the product-level _**and**_ also set up automation on the checkout, _**both will run**_. Use the best combination of automation for the desired customer experience.

To simplify set up, we recommend [using automation for your subscriptions at the product-level](https://university.spiffy.co/automation/subscription-automation.md), and only set up automation on the checkout for the lifetime option.
