Control when subscription billing starts and stops, the default interval, and the start date picker
Subscription settings apply to every subscription rental on your store: when billing starts after an order, when it stops, the default billing interval for new pricing groups, and whether customers can pick a start date. Set them under Subscription.
After the subscription has started, delay billing for skips billing cycles that were already paid for at checkout. It decides when the first recurring charge fires once the subscription has started.
Value
When the first recurring charge fires
0
When the subscription start date is reached. Use this when checkout didn’t collect a subscription period upfront
1
One billing cycle after the start date. Use this when the storefront checkout price already covers the first cycle
2 or more
Two or more cycles later. Use this only when checkout covers more than one cycle
If your storefront price covers the first cycle, set the delay to 1, or customers are billed twice for the same period. The setting is forward-only, so changing it doesn’t update existing subscription contracts and you update the next billing date on every existing subscriber by hand. If you’re unsure how your contracts are set up, contact support from the app first.
Default billing interval sets how often customers are billed while a subscription is active, for example every 1 month or every 3 months. It applies to new pricing groups, and each pricing group can override it.
Start date selector lets customers pick their subscription start date on the product page. Turn it on for preorders or rentals that start on a future date. To add a note under the field, see Add a disclaimer.
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