Subscription configuration
Configure subscription plans for your products.
This guide covers how to configure subscription plans for your products.
Creating subscription plans
Navigate to subscription products
In the Bonde app, go to Subscriptions > Products and click Manage Products.
Select a product
Select a product to configure subscriptions for.
Add subscription plans
Click Add Plan to create a subscription plan. You can create multiple plans with different intervals and discounts.
Plan options
Each plan includes:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Delivery interval | How often the subscription renews (e.g., every 15 days, 30 days) |
| Discount | Percentage or fixed amount discount for subscribers, on every order |
| Introductory offer | A different discount for the first order or first few orders, then the ongoing discount. See below |
| Free shipping | Ship orders on this plan free, including renewals. See Free shipping for subscriptions |
Introductory offer
Check Introductory offer on a plan to give new subscribers a bigger discount, a fixed amount off or a set price on their first order, and choose how many orders it covers (1 is the checkout order; 3 covers checkout plus the next two renewals). The ongoing discount above applies from the order after that.
The subscribe box shows the first-order price with "first order, then $X", the cart's frequency picker reads "Every month · 30% off first order, then save 15%", and the customer account and emails say when the price changes. Bonde moves the subscription to the ongoing price automatically before the first order at the ongoing price is charged. Changing frequency or swapping a product keeps the introductory price while the offer lasts.
Plans with an introductory offer pair well with a subscription journey: the journey editor shows the offer on order 1 of its timeline.
Advanced settings
You can configure additional options for each plan:
- Minimum billing cycles: Set a minimum commitment period (note: local regulations may have rules against preventing cancellations)
- Maximum billing cycles: Set when the subscription automatically ends
- Delivery cut-off days: How many days before delivery that changes can no longer be made
Variant-level subscriptions
You can restrict subscription plans to specific product variants. This is useful when:
- Some variants shouldn't be available for subscription
- You want different plans for different variants
- Certain variants have different pricing or availability
Importing plans
If you're setting up a staging environment, you can import subscription plans from your production store to your staging store using the import feature in the subscription settings.