Subscription boxes payment dates

Payments + Shipping & Fulfilment

Topic summary

A merchant wants to launch seasonal subscription boxes shipped quarterly (March, June, September, December) with charges occurring around the 1st of these months to allow cancellation time.

Current Challenge:

  • Existing subscription apps with quarterly billing features have fees too high for a new launch with limited initial subscribers
  • Attempted workaround using preorder + subscription combination doesn’t work—Shopify only allows one or the other per product

Seeking Solutions:

  • Free or low-cost app alternatives for seasonal/quarterly subscription billing
  • Potential workaround using Shopify Flow

Status: Question remains unanswered; merchant is looking for affordable technical solutions to enable this specific billing and fulfillment schedule.

Summarized with AI on October 28. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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hey @ameliealain

Hope this helps :hugs:

:collision: You can set up seasonal subscriptions with RecurrinGO’s automatic charges feature. Here’s how to create quarterly seasonal boxes:

You can check the app here: RecurrinGO! Subscriptions App - Shopify Subscriptions App RecurrinGO! - Best Choice 2025 | Shopify App Store

Set up your seasonal subscription:

1. Go to Subscription rules and click Create subscription rule

2. Choose Automatic charges as your subscription type

3. Set Deliver every: 3 Months for quarterly delivery

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4. For charging on the 1st, select charge on a specific day and choose 1st of the month

Key benefits for your seasonal model:

- Customers will be charged around the 1st of March, June, September, and December

- They can cancel before each billing cycle since they have advance notice

- You can offer subscription discounts to encourage sign-ups

This eliminates the need for expensive third-party apps while giving you the exact seasonal billing cycle you want! :rocket:

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