How do I manage a customer's subscription?

Use Subscriptions to open a contract, review customer details, see recent orders, edit the next order, skip or resume the next billing cycle, cancel the plan, or open the customer portal.

Steps

1. Open Subscriptions. The list shows the subscription ID (the same number customers see in their portal), the subscriber's name, their plan, the next order date, and any payment failures.
2. Select the subscription contract.
3. Review the plan, customer, guided profile, last order, and next order sections. Next order shows two dates because they are two different events: Charges is when the card is billed, and Delivers is the week the box is for.
4. Use Edit to change the next order's menu selections. Tick the meals you want, and use the − and + buttons to set how many of each — a customer can have the same meal more than once when Repeat recipes is on for their plan.
5. Use the Discount code card to put one of your Shopify discount codes on the customer's upcoming renewals.
6. Use Skip, Unskip, Cancel plan, or Customer Portal as needed.

Frequently asked questions

What is the banner at the top of a subscription?

It appears only when something needs your attention, and it shows one thing at a time — the most urgent. A charge that did not collect; a delivery whose cutoff is within 48 hours with no meals chosen; a cancelled subscription; or a subscription migrated from another app. No banner means nothing needs doing.

The banner says the next delivery has no meals after the customer cutoff.

The order cutoff for that week has passed with nothing chosen, and auto-assign is off for that customer's meal plan. Customers can no longer change the week, but staff can still open the delivery and use Choose meals to repair it before billing completes. Turning on auto-assign under Meal plans prevents this happening again: the box is then filled from the slots the customer picked last time.

The banner says they will be charged with no meals selected. What do I do?

Open the next delivery and use Choose meals to pick on the customer's behalf before the cutoff. You are seeing this because auto-assign is off for that customer's meal plan — with it on, the box is filled from the slots they picked last time and the banner says so instead. You can turn it on under Meal plans.

Why does a subscription show Payment failed?

The scheduled charge for that cycle was retried and did not go through. The subscription itself stays active and the cycle can still be charged once the customer updates their payment method, so it keeps its place in the Next order column. Open the contract and use Customer Portal to send them a secure payment update link.

What does Skip do?

Skip marks the matching upcoming Shopify billing cycle as skipped. If the cycle is still eligible, customers will not be billed for that cycle.

Why does an order say Charges one date and Delivers another?

They are two different events. The charge is when the customer's card is billed; the delivery is the menu week the box belongs to, and it is normally a few days later. Both come from the same upcoming order, so they always describe the same box. If Next order says No charge scheduled, that subscription has no upcoming order queued — contact support, because it will not renew on its own.

Why can't I set how many of each meal?

The − and + buttons only appear when Repeat recipes is turned on for that customer's meal plan, on the Meal plans page. With it off, each recipe can be chosen once. Quantities already saved on a delivery are still shown, and editing that delivery keeps them.

Why don't I see a Servings column when editing meals?

Servings only appear for plans that use them — the 'Each recipe serves more than one person' toggle on the Meal plans page. With it off, every recipe is a single serving, so the column would say the same thing on every row and is hidden instead.

Can I edit an order that is already paid?

The app focuses on upcoming scheduled orders. Paid orders should be handled from Shopify admin like normal orders.

What is the Guided profile section on a subscription?

If the customer used the guided start flow on your storefront, their answers are saved with the subscription and shown in a Guided profile card: their goals, allergies, and preferences. Allergies are highlighted so your kitchen can flag them. The card only appears for subscriptions that came through guided start — older or non-guided subscriptions won't show it.