Once you are ready to migrate to Bold Subscriptions, please download and complete the Bold Subscriptions Import Template. Our Migrations team will review your information, and then import it Bold Subscriptions on your behalf.
This article will outline the import template's headings and descriptions, as well as requirements before migrating.
This article is for Bold Subscriptions on BigCommerce. If you need to migrate to Shopify, please visit Migrate to Bold Subscriptions for Shopify Checkout.
Have questions about the migration process? We're here to help. Please contact our Customer Success team.
Requirements Before Migrating
Before getting started with your migration, please follow these steps:
- Install Bold Subscriptions on your BigCommerce store.
- Fill out the Migrations Request Form.
- Set up Bold Subscriptions. Please visit Setup Bold Subscriptions & Bold Checkout Integration for more information.
Note: Shipping must be properly configured on your store before continuing with the migration.
- Create an account on the Bold Account Center. Please visit Create & Connect a Bold Account.
Our Migrations team will then contact you to provide any additional steps.
Template Headings and Descriptions
Template Heading |
Description |
A - legacy_subscription_id (required) |
This is a unique subscription identifier used for grouping line items together. Upon performing an export from your current platform or app, this will likely be the alphanumeric set of characters representing the ID for the customer's overall subscription. |
B - email (required)
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Your customer's email. |
C - shipping_first_name (required) |
The first name of the customer who will be receiving the subscription. |
D - shipping_last_name (required) |
The last name of the customer who will be receiving the subscription. |
E - shipping_company (not required) |
If your customer has included a company name, this information could be added here. |
F - shipping_street1 (required) |
The street address of the customer who will be receiving the subscription. For example, 123 Main Street. |
G - shipping_street2 (not required) |
Your customer's apartment number, buzz code, or other information relevant to the customer's street address. |
H - shipping_city (required) |
The name of the city where you will be shipping your customer's subscription. Note: City names must be written in full. Abbreviations will not be accepted. For example, use Winnipeg, Toronto, or Chicago. |
I - shipping_province (required only if the shipping_province_code is not set.) |
The name of the province or state where you will be shipping the subscription. Note: Province and State names must be written in full. Abbreviations will not be accepted. For example, use Manitoba, Ontario, or Illinois. |
J - shipping_province_code (not required) |
This is the abbreviated version of a province or state name. For example, MB for Manitoba, or AB for Alberta. |
K - shipping_country (required) |
The name of the country where you will be shipping the subscription. Note: Country names must be written in full. Abbreviations will not be accepted. For example, use Canada, or United States. |
L - shipping_zip (required) |
This is the zip code or postal code of your customer's shipping address. Note: If you are in the US and your zip code is 9 digits long, please put a dash in between. For example, 64735-1234. |
M - shipping_phone (required) |
The phone number of the customer who will be receiving the subscription. Note: The number must be without dashes. For example, 2045556575. |
N - billing_first_name (required) |
The first name of the customer who is being billed for the subscription. |
O - billing_last_name (required) |
The last name of the customer who is being billed for the subscription. |
P - billing_company (not required) |
If your customer has included a company name, this information could be added here. |
Q - billing_street1 (required) |
The street address of the customer who is being billed for the subscription. For example, 321 Main Street. |
R - billing_street2 (not required) |
Your billing customer's apartment number, buzz code, or other information relevant to the street address. |
S - billing_city (required) |
The city the customer who is being billed for the subscription resides in. |
T - billing_province (required only if the billing_province_code is not set) |
The province or state of the customer who is being billed for the subscription. Note: Province and state names must be written in full. Abbreviations will not be accepted. For example, use Manitoba, Ontario, or Illinois. |
U - billing_province_code (not required) |
This is the abbreviated version of a province or state name. For example, MB for Manitoba, or AB for Alberta. |
V - billing_country (required) |
The name of the country which the customer who is being billed for the subscription resides in. Note: Country names must be written in full. Abbreviations will not be accepted. For example, use Canada, or United States. |
W - billing_zip (required) |
The zip or postal code of the customer who is being billed for the subscription. Note: If you are in the US and your zip code is 9 digits long, please put a dash in between. For example, 64735-1234. |
X - billing_phone (required) |
The phone number of the customer who is being billed for the subscription. Note: The number must be without dashes. For example, 2045555657. |
Y - gateway_name (required) |
This is the name of the payment gateway, such as Stripe or Authorize.net |
gateway_customer_id (required) |
This is the customer’s gateway customer ID from your payment gateway. For more information on how to format the gateway_customer_id, please see these formatting examples. |
AA - gateway_payment_id (not required) |
This is the customer’s payment method token from your payment gateway.
Note: This can be supplied for either Authorize.net or Stripe when a specific payment ID is available. If it is not supplied, then the customer's default source (default card) will be used. |
AB - subscription_group_id (required) |
This is the Bold Subscriptions Subscription Group ID. This number can be found in the app admin under Subscription Groups, in the Name column. This will link the subscription to the rules of the subscription group that the ID belongs to. Note: A default subscription_group_id of zero is only possible for inactive subscriptions. |
AC - subscription_status (required) |
The statuses are:
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AD - last_order_datetime (not required) |
This is the date your customer had their last order generated. Note: This must be formatted in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). For example, YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z |
AE - next_order_datetime (required) |
This is the date your customer should have their next order generated. Note: This must be formatted in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). For example, YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z |
AF - platform_product_id (required) |
This is the ID of the product on the destination platform that your customer needs to be subscribed to. This can also be found in your web browser's address bar at the end of the URL, when editing the product in BigCommerce. You can also perform an export of your orders and search for the Product Details column. For more information on how to perform an export, please visit Importing & Exporting Products. |
AG - platform_variant_id (required) |
This is the ID of the product variant on the destination platform that your customer needs to be subscribed to. To find this information, please view the steps here. |
AH - order_rrule (required only if no values are given for the interval_number below.) |
This value must include a DTSTART separated with a line break from the rest of the RRULE. For example: DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190506T000000 A timezone (TZID) is encouraged, but when without, the subscription will be processed in UTC time. |
AI - interval_number (required if no values were given for order_rrule) |
This is the number of the frequency associated with the subscription.
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AJ - interval_type (required if no values were given for order_rrule) |
This is the frequency type for the subscription. For example: day, week, month, year. |
AK - price (required) |
The price is the cost of an individual subscription product. The price must be greater than 0 and without decimals. For example, use 3523 instead of $35.23 Note: If your customers are subscribed to more than 1 subscription product, the price must still be entered as only 1 subscription product. |
AL - charged_currency (required) |
This is the currency your customer has been charged in. For example, CAD, USD, or GBP. |
AM - base_to_charged_exchange_rate (required) |
This is the intended exchange rate between your shop’s base currency (see platform) and the charged_currency provided on the same row of the .CSV file. For example, a base to charged exchange rate between CAD (base) and USD (charged) is 0.79. |
AN - quantity (required) |
This is the quantity of a specific product that your customer is subscribed to. This should be greater than zero. |
AO - is_prepaid (required) |
Note: Currently, prepaid subscriptions are not supported on Bold Subscriptions. This column should be marked as 0. |
AP - prepaid_current_recurrence_count (required for prepaid subscriptions) |
This is the number of orders that have already passed in the current prepaid cycle. Note: Currently, prepaid subscriptions are not supported on Bold Subscriptions. This column should be left blank. |
AQ - prepaid_duration (required for prepaid subscriptions) |
This is the number of orders in a prepaid cycle. Note: Currently, prepaid subscriptions are not supported on Bold Subscriptions. This column should be left blank. |
AR - prepaid_continue_as (required for prepaid subscriptions) |
This is the expected behaviour when a customer's prepaid cycle ends.
Note: Currently, prepaid subscriptions are not supported on Bold Subscriptions. This column should be marked as no_continue. |
AS - placed_at (only required if needed) |
This is the date the initial subscription was processed on. This should be formatted as YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z. |
AT - subscription_note (only required if needed) |
These are any notes about the subscription. The note is visible in the Bold Subscriptions admin and is applied as a note attribute on supported platforms. |
AU - customer_notes (only required if needed) |
These are internal notes about the customer. This is applied as a note in the Customer info section of the Bold Subscriptions admin. |
AV - subscription_group_billing_rules_id (only required if needed) |
This ID is used by Bold Subscriptions to show frequency names in both the admin and Customer Portal. It is found in the Subscriptions admin when editing your subscription group, next to Subscription frequency. Note: This is recommended for stores with highly customized Customer Portals. |
AW - discount_code (not required) |
Discount codes are not able to be migrated at this time. Please leave this area blank. |
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