Subscription playbooks.
Practical, no-fluff guides to running a Shopify subscription business — reducing churn, avoiding transaction fees, choosing box formats, and switching apps without losing subscribers.
How to avoid transaction fees on Shopify subscriptions
You avoid subscription transaction fees by choosing an app that runs on Shopify's own Subscription Contract billing rather than sitting in the payment flow — so there's no percentage for it to skim — and pays a flat monthly price instead, such as Curobi's $29.99 or $69.99/month with 0% fees.
Read the guide →Build-your-own vs curated subscription boxes: which to run
Run a build-your-own box when subscriber choice and personalization drive retention, and a merchant-curated box when discovery and operational simplicity matter — both are subscription boxes, differing only in who assembles the contents.
Read the guide →How coffee roasters run a subscription on Shopify
Coffee roasters run a subscription on Shopify by matching delivery cadence to how fast customers actually drink, locking each box before the billing cutoff so orders ship fresh, offering curated coffee-of-the-month and build-your-own bag plans, and cutting churn with a skip-or-pause portal and automatic dunning — all on Shopify's native billing with 0% transaction fees.
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