> **Description:** View the Recurring API how-it-works guides for illustrations of the main flows.

# How it works

## The recurring payment process

The Recurring API can be used for subscriptions, donations or other recurring payments people place to businesses (e.g., utilities, insurance, parking, gym memberships).

See the following pages for more examples:

* [How signing up of a new Payment Agreements works](https://developer.vippsmobilepay.com/docs/APIs/recurring-api/how-it-works/payment-agreement/README.md)
* [How managing existing Payment Agreements works](https://developer.vippsmobilepay.com/docs/APIs/recurring-api/how-it-works/payment-agreement/README.md)
* [How charging users works](https://developer.vippsmobilepay.com/docs/APIs/recurring-api/how-it-works/charges/README.md)

For technical documentation, see the
[API Guide](https://developer.vippsmobilepay.com/docs/APIs/recurring-api/recurring-api-guide.md).

Try it out in the [demo store](https://demo.vipps.no/recurring).

> **Full site overview:** For every page in this documentation, read [https://developer.vippsmobilepay.com/llms.txt](https://developer.vippsmobilepay.com/llms.txt).