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Setup subscription charges

Time-based subscriptions let you bill merchants on a regular schedule with fixed fees. You can offer free plans, monthly recurring charges, yearly recurring charges, or a combination of monthly and yearly options.

Anchor to Recurring charge optionsRecurring charge options

Shopify App Pricing supports the following recurring charge types:

  • Free plans: No charge to the merchant
  • Monthly recurring: Fixed monthly subscription fee
  • Yearly recurring: Fixed annual subscription fee
  • Monthly with yearly discount: Offer both monthly and yearly options, with a discounted rate for annual commitments

You can also configure free trial periods and welcome links for each plan.

Anchor to Add a recurring subscription planAdd a recurring subscription plan

Anchor to Step 1: Add the planStep 1: Add the plan

  1. From your Partner Dashboard, click Apps > All Apps and click the name of the app you want to update pricing for.
  2. Click Distribution.
  3. Beside Shopify App Store listing, click Manage listing.
  4. Under Published languages, click Edit for the locale you want to update.
  5. Under Pricing content, click Manage to open the Pricing index page.
  6. Under Public plans, click Add to open the plan editor.
  7. Under Billing, select whether the plan is free, monthly, yearly, or monthly with a yearly option.
  8. (If required) Under Monthly charge, enter a price.
  9. (If required) Under Yearly charge, enter a price.
  10. (Optional) Under Free trial duration, enter the number of days you want to offer.
  11. (Optional) Under Welcome link, add a path or URL where the merchant will be redirected after approving the plan charge.
  12. Click Save.

Anchor to Step 2: Add plan descriptions for each languageStep 2: Add plan descriptions for each language

Public plans share the same billing model and price details across all your app listings. But plan descriptions are localized, so that you can translate the plan name and its list of top features for each locale.

  1. From your Partner Dashboard, click Apps > All Apps and click the name of the app you want to update pricing for.
  2. Click Distribution.
  3. Beside Shopify App Store listing, click Manage listing.
  4. Under Published languages, click Edit for the locale you want to update.
  5. Under Pricing content, find your recently added or updated plan.
  6. Under Display name, give the plan a name.
  7. Under Top features, describe the app features available under this plan.
  8. Click Save.

Make sure to add plan descriptions for each translated app listing. A plan will only display to merchants if it has a description for the current language.

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Anchor to Plan downgradingPlan downgrading

Downgrading from a paid plan to a free plan is deferred, meaning it's effective at the end of the paid plan's current cycle.

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