[Summary payment function] GO SUB | Subscription | Subscription update

Thank you for always using Go Sub.

With the update on May 27, 2024, a bulk payment feature has been added and implemented in Go Sub.

This feature is designed to accommodate a wider variety of sales formats, so we encourage you to take this opportunity to try selling with the new bulk payment feature.

In addition to bulk payment, several other features have also been updated, and we will introduce those as well.

Let us introduce the new bulk payment feature added in this update.

In a typical subscription sale,

For example, if a customer subscribes to a product costing 3,000 yen once a month, an order for 3,000 yen will be created every month.

When you use the bulk payment feature,

Pay 9,000 yen once every three months. The product itself is the same as a regular subscription and will be delivered monthly as usual.

Depending on the product, you can set up the payment to be confirmed for several months in advance, or accommodate requests such as customers wanting to complete all payments within the current month.

The information required to set up lump-sum payments is:

Billing cycle.

The number of times you want to bill for each order cycle will be the number entered in the billing cycle field.

For example, if you want to pay for a monthly subscription in a single lump sum for a whole year, the billing cycle would be 12 (paying for 12 months at once).

When creating a group,

If you check "Set a billing cycle different from the order cycle," an input field for the billing cycle will appear.

Just by entering this, your settings will be complete.

Points to note

For groups that have set up lump-sum payments, please only add products specifically for lump-sum payment.

Example:

If you add a product for 3-month lump-sum payment, priced at 3,000 yen, and set it up, you will be billed 3,000 yen once every 3 months.

Please note that you will NOT be billed 3,000 × 3 = 9,000 yen every 3 months!

Product price: 1,000 yen
Discount: No discount
Order cycle: Once a month
Billing cycle: 3
* You will be billed every 3 order cycles.
* Shipping is only charged on billed orders.

First order amount: 1,000 yen, Shipping: 500 yen
Second order amount: 0 yen, Shipping: 0 yen
Third order amount: 0 yen, Shipping: 0 yen
Fourth order amount: 1,000 yen, Shipping: 500 yen
Fifth order amount: 0 yen, Shipping: 0 yen
Sixth order amount: 0 yen, Shipping: 0 yen

Product price: 1,000 yen
Discount by number of orders: 20% off first order, 10% off orders from the 4th onward
Order cycle: Once a month
Billing cycle: 4
* You will be billed every 4 order cycles.
* Shipping is charged for each order.

First order amount: 800 yen, Shipping: 500 yen
Second order amount: 0 yen, Shipping: 500 yen
Third order amount: 0 yen, Shipping: 500 yen
Fourth order amount: 0 yen, Shipping: 500 yen
Fifth order amount: 900 yen, Shipping: 500 yen
Sixth order amount: 0 yen, Shipping: 500 yen
Seventh order amount: 0 yen, Shipping: 500 yen
Eighth order amount: 0 yen, Shipping: 500 yen
Ninth order amount: 900 yen, Shipping: 500 yen
Tenth order amount: 0 yen, Shipping: 500 yen

The lump-sum payment feature can also be combined with minimum and maximum purchase counts, order-count-based discounts, or features that fix future order dates from the second order onward.

However, these features apply to the order cycle,not the billing cycle.Please be aware of this.

You can now set a fixed price for subscription plans.

You can set a discount rate, discounted price, or fixed price for each plan. With the fixed price feature, when a customer purchases a product through a subscription plan, the product price will be set to the fixed price specified in the plan.

You can configure this from the plan settings on the Subscription Plan Group page.

*If your store has multiple currencies enabled, this feature may not function properly. We recommend setting discounts as a percentage instead.

You can now hide the one-time purchase option button from the product page.

This can be configured from the Subscription Plan Group page.

*This feature cannot be used simultaneously with the "Only show this product with these purchase options" setting on the Shopify product management page. Additionally, please note that this feature may not be available depending on your theme.

You can now hide the subscription group from the product page.

This can be configured from the Subscription Plan Group page.

*This feature cannot be used simultaneously with the BOX feature or the "Only show this product with these purchase options" setting on the Shopify product management page. Additionally, please note that this feature may not be available depending on your theme.

The subscription plan group list page can now display up to 50 groups.

Go Sub will continue to roll out updates to make subscription sales on Shopify even more convenient.

If you have any questions about the app or would like to discuss migrating your app, please feel free to contact us at any time!