Bold Subscriptions V1 is a dynamic e-commerce tool that allows you to sell your products on a recurring basis. There are 3 types of subscriptions you can create with Bold Subscriptions:
- Standard subscriptions
- Convertible subscriptions
- Build-A-Box subscriptions
Bold Subscriptions is packed with features like customizable email notifications, access to the manage subscriptions page, a variety of discounts, and much more.
This article is relevant to Subscriptions V1. If you have Subscriptions for Shopify Checkout on your store, please visit Subscriptions for Shopify Checkout Overview. If you are unsure of which version of Bold Subscriptions you have, please visit Identify Your Version of Bold Subscriptions.
As of November 2nd, 2020, only the 2nd version of Bold Subscriptions will be available through the Shopify app store. If your store already has version 1 installed, it will continue to run as expected.
For more information determining which version of Bold Subscriptions you have, please visit Identify Your Version of Bold Subscriptions.
Alert
Upgrades to the Advanced Plan now requires authorization from our Customer Success team.
If you're interested in upgrading to the Advanced Plan of Bold Subscriptions V1, please reach out to our Customer Success team.
There are two price plans currently available in Subscriptions V1: Essentials and Advanced.
|
Feature |
Essentials |
Advanced |
|---|---|---|
|
Price per month |
$39.99 |
$199.00 |
|
Offering Standard and Convertible Subscriptions |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Product Swapping |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Subscription "Buy Buttons" |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Prepaid & Gift Subscription Options |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Analytics and Data Exports |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Customizable Email Notifications |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Dynamic Discounts |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Customer-managed subscription portal |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Cancellation Prevention |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Customer Portal API |
|
✔ |
|
Build A Box/Custom Subscription Boxes |
|
✔ |
|
Priority Support |
|
✔ |
The Advanced tier plan comes with additional features:
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Access to our Subscriptions V1 API, which allows your developers to take the manage subscriptions page to the next level.
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The ability to create build-a-box subscription boxes, allowing your customers to choose exactly what is sent to them in every shipment.
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Dedicated, priority support from our enterprise support team.
The Advanced plan is especially good for stores that want to offer multiple products within one subscription box, or custom "mystery box" subscriptions.
Subscriptions V1 requires liquid code in order to function properly. This ensures that both the subscriptions widget displays on your product pages and that your orders go through the correct (recurringorders.com) checkout.
Caution
Switching and updating your theme requires a new installation of our Liquid code.
If you feel comfortable with Liquid code, you can complete the installation yourself, or you can use our automatic installer.
Pease visit Installation Guide for Bold Subscriptions V1 for more information.
Features and Functionalities
Bold Subscriptions V1 allows you to customize exactly how you want to sell your subscriptions:
- Standard - The standard weekly, monthly or yearly recurring subscription
- Convertible - A unique way to offer 2 different products as a single subscription
- Build-a-Box - Allow customers to build their very own subscription box (only available on the Advanced plan)
With Bold Subscriptions V1 you can:
- Sell your products as a subscription and a one-time purchase, all on the same product page.
- Allow customers to prepay for their subscription or gift it to someone else.
- Set a minimum order requirement so customers are only able to cancel after a specific amount of orders.
- Offer an initial discount for new subscribers, or a dynamic discount to incentivize sign-ups.
Allow your customers full control over how they manage their subscription(s) through the use of Bold Subscription V1's Manage Subscriptions Page.
The Manage Subscriptions Page is your customer's portal that allows them to:
- Add, remove and swap products in and out of their subscription(s).
- Apply discount codes.
- Edit their billing and shipping information.
- Pause, activate and cancel existing subscriptions.
- Manage their upcoming orders by editing the product quantity or skipping the order.
With Bold Subscriptions V1, you can style your subscription product(s) exactly how you want them, including how your customers can interact with the subscription product.
- Select your preferred way to sell with 3 different cart modes: recurring cart, single product, and multiple product.
- Style your subscriptions' product page widget, manage subscriptions page, cart page, checkout page and more, all through the app's Display Settings.
- Market your products your way by adjusting the language or changing your customer's email notifications.
- Sell your subscriptions on more platforms than just Shopify with buy buttons.
And much more.
Please visit Customization & Styling in Bold Subscriptions for more information.
Bold Subscriptions V1 allows you to connect to a wide variety of payment gateways, including, but not limited to:
- Stripe
- Braintree
- Authorize.Net
- Conekta
- Moneris
- PayFlow Pro
Please visit Connect a Payment Gateway to Bold Subscriptions V1 for more information.
Whether you're looking to track analytics, integrate with another Bold app, or increase your store's conversion - there's an integration for that with Bold Subscriptions V1.
- Seamlessly integrate with Bold Custom Pricing, Loyalty Points, Multi-Currency, Product Options, or Product Upsell to offer your customers even more with their purchase.
- Track your subscription analytics with Facebook Pixel, Google Analytics, Littledata, or Klaviyo.
- Improve your subscription marketing with Shoelace or Refersion.
- Allow customers to easily and automatically fill in their information at checkout with Loqate.
- Offer your customers in-store pickup with help from ProPickup: Store Pickup by Secomapp and Store Pickup & Delivery by Zapiet.
Please visit Integration Hub for Bold Subscriptions for more information.