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Setting Up Subscription Plans (Overview)

Subscription services, like wine clubs, provide a unique opportunity for you to generate reliable, recurring revenue, while showcasing exclusive offerings and new items to your customers. This is a great way to increase customer loyalty.

The subscription plan feature is available with the following subscription plans. Merchants not on one of these plans will be automatically upgraded upon setting up a subscription plan:

  • Pro
  • Expert

How to set up your plan

  1. Begin on the Subscription Plans tab in your dashboard
  2. Add a title, image, and description of your subscription offerings and any terms of service in the 'Settings' tab
  3. Determine which type(s) of subscription you want to offer
    1. Wine Clubs are the most popular. Here's how to set them up.
    2. Delivery/Shipping subscriptions are great too. Here are instructions.
  4.  Return to the Plans tab when you've finished creating your subscriptions. 
    1. You can now click into each individual plan to view or edit them.
    2. You can also view the plans on your website by adding /wine-clubs to your domain, i.e. yourwinestore.com/wine-clubs

Add Customers to your subscription plan

  1. Begin on the specific plan and click the "+" button to subscribe a new customer

  2. Fill in the popup with the customer's information to subscribe them to the plan.
  3. Click submit and the customer will be subscribed successfully.