How to set up recurring monthly subscriptions for digital downloads?

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Topic summary

A user seeks to implement recurring monthly subscriptions that allow members to download up to 30 digital products per month. They’re unsure whether this requires a single app, multiple apps, or custom development.

Proposed Solution:

  • Use a subscription app (e.g., Seal Subscriptions) to handle recurring billing
  • Configure the app to tag active subscribers automatically
  • Integrate a third-party app or build a custom page that restricts tagged customers to 30 downloads monthly

Open Question:
Another user asks whether transaction fees apply each time a subscriber downloads a product, or only at the initial subscription purchase. This remains unanswered, leaving uncertainty about the cost structure for this setup.

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Hi! Hoping to find an answer here. I am looking to set up recurring monthly subscriptions where members can download a max 30 digital products per month. Is there a subscription app that can do that, do I need multiple apps to achieve it, or am I looking at a custom build?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

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You should be able to achieve this by offering a subscription option in your shop (for example with Seal Subscriptions app: https://apps.shopify.com/seal-subscriptions). Then, configure the app to tag your active subscribers with a specific tag.
And then, you can use any third party app or create your own custom page where the customers, which are tagged with a specific tag can download up to 30 digital products per month.

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Thank you so much!!!

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I’m wanting to do something similar but was wondering if I would be charged a processing fee every time the customer downloaded a product?

  1. Customer purchases the subscription (I get charged the fees)

  2. Customer comes back and downloads 2 products… do I get charged again?