With Subscriptions, your customers' accounts can be charged automatically. You specify, which products in your store should be available by subscription, and set up a recurring billing plan for each of these products. A recurring billing plan includes information about the amount and frequency to be charged to a customer's credit card.

When customers order a subscription product, they consent to allow your store take payments from their account at regular periods of time. Then, a special script, which can be launched either manually or automatically, uses the billing information contained in the customers' profiles to charge an appropriate amount to their credit cards. An optional e-mail can be sent to the orders department of your store every time a customer's account is charged to help you monitor your recurring billing transactions.

In any case, using subscriptions reduces processing time and administrative hassle, reduces risk of human error from manual processing and provides you better control over your cash flow.

Roles in Subscriptions management