Overview
When you create a subscription plan, open a subscription option and choose how customers pay under Billing & frequency. Appstle offers four billing types:
Pay as you go
Prepaid, auto renew
Prepaid, one time
Prepaid, separate orders
Here's what that looks like:
How customers pay — four billing type cards. Pay as you go is selected, with the How it works panel on the right.
Selecting a card updates the How it works panel. Labels match the UI exactly (sentence case, with commas).
Pay as you go
Customers pay for each delivery when its order is created.
Every delivery is its own Shopify order.
The plan renews until the customer cancels.
Free trials are available on Pay as you go.
Prepaid, auto renew
Customers pay once, upfront, for several deliveries.
One Shopify order is created and shipped in parts.
After the last delivery, they're charged again for the next set.
Here's what that looks like:
Prepaid, auto renew selected, with billing frequency and How it works.
Free trials are available on Prepaid, auto renew.
Prepaid, one time
Customers pay once, upfront, for several deliveries.
One Shopify order is created and shipped in parts.
The plan ends after the last delivery — no more charges.
Here's what that looks like:
Prepaid, one time selected, including the optional Sell as a gift checkbox.
Trials aren't available for Prepaid, one time. The Trial tab is greyed out. Hover tip: a trial would only discount the single payment and could give the deliveries away — use a discount instead.
Here's what that looks like:
Trial tab disabled on Prepaid, one time, with the product tooltip.
Prepaid, separate orders
Customers pay once, upfront, for several deliveries.
Each later delivery gets its own $0 Shopify order.
When the deliveries run out, they're charged again.
Here's what that looks like:
Prepaid, separate orders selected, with the pricing warning and How it works panel.
Price the product for all deliveries in a charged order (not just one). You can't change an option to or from separate orders after it's saved.
Trials aren't available for Prepaid, separate orders. The Trial tab shows a blocked state.
Here's what that looks like:
Trial tab blocked on Prepaid, separate orders, with the product tooltip.
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