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# Charge clients & pass through usage

> Help article explaining how to assign a billing plan to a client on Brandless, charge recurring subscriptions, and pass through metered usage on the Scale plan.

After you've [connected Stripe](/docs/client-billing/connect-stripe) and created a product, you assign that product to a client to start billing them. Your client subscribes through Stripe Checkout, and the charge goes straight to your account.

## Steps

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the client's Billing tab">
    Go to **Clients**, open the client, and select the **Billing** tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Assign a plan">
    Pick one of your products and assign it. Your client gets a secure Stripe Checkout link to start their subscription; once they pay, their workspace is unlocked.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Manage the subscription">
    From the same tab you can see subscription status and let the client manage their own card and invoices through Stripe's customer portal.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Pass through usage (Scale)

On the **Scale** plan you can also bill clients for what they actually use. When you create or edit a product, turn on **Bill usage on top** and set:

* **Markup multiplier** — what the client pays per dollar of real voice + chat usage (e.g. ×2).
* **Included per period** — an allowance covered by the subscription before overage is billed.

Each billing period, the client's overage is added to their invoice automatically.

<Note>
  Plain subscriptions work on every plan. The **metered usage** passthrough is a Scale-plan feature — upgrade to turn it on.
</Note>