Successful Shopify Subscriptions and Payment Gateway in South Africa

Topic summary

A South African merchant is seeking guidance on implementing subscription functionality on Shopify with compatible payment gateways.

Key Challenge:

  • Finding a payment gateway that supports recurring subscription payments in South Africa
  • Successfully configuring Shopify’s subscription features for the South African market

Current Status:

  • The question remains unanswered
  • No solutions or recommendations have been shared yet
  • The merchant is looking for others who have successfully implemented this setup

This appears to be an open request for community expertise, as Shopify Payments (which natively supports subscriptions) has limited availability in certain regions including South Africa.

Summarized with AI on November 1. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

Has even figured out or been successful in creating subscriptions and having a payment gateway to support this in South Africa?