Hey Chris,
Many thanks for reaching out to us!
The description that you add under a plan {while creating it} will only get reflected on the customer portal when the users change their subscription.
So, what you could do for your use case is, you could specify multiple custom description texts with merge field tags {plan_id} under Settings > Hosted page settings > Info & Alerts - {Checkout - Trial Information} in the web interface.
Here's a sample:
{{#plan.id= venue-tier-1}}
This is an annual plan that starts the day the plan is initiated and lasts for the next 365 days. If you are not completely satisfied after the first year, enjoy your next year on us. This annual one-time charge comes at a discounted rate. If you want a little more flexibility with your cash, consider our monthly plan instead.
{{/plan.id= venue-tier-1}}
{{#plan.id= venue-tier-2}}
This is an monthly plan that starts the day the plan is initiated and lasts for the next 30 days. If you are not completely satisfied after the first month, enjoy your next month on us. This monthly plan comes at a discounted rate. If you want a little more flexibility with your cash, consider our weekly plan instead.
{{/plan.id= venue-tier-2}}
where, 'venue-tier-1' & 'venue-tier-2' are respective plan ids on the site.
Please note - that you would need to configure these custom texts for all your plans under the Field box, so that respective texts pertaining to each plan is displayed accordingly based on customer's selection.
Here are screenshots for your reference:
Chris Brescia
Is there any way to have the plan description on the Hosted Checkout page? The majority of my clients are going to be given the link to the checkout page and I'd like to have the plan description available instead of just the one-liner of the plan name. It's important to reinforce what they're getting/signing up for at the time of checkout - maybe have it hideable/toggleable but it would really help to have it displayed in some way.
Also if it preserved the formatting (spaces/newlines at least) or implemented Markdown formatting (Parsedown library is super fast and lightweight PHP implementation)
Any suggestions?