Subscriptions
Sell once. Bill forever.
Recurring billing, free trials, and automatic dunning — wired into Stripe and Medusa from the first checkout. Your customers come back on the calendar; you never touch the billing.
Active subscription
Sample Product
$24/mo
Trial 14dThe cycle
Twelve ticks, one heartbeat.
Every cadence is the same shape — a wheel that turns, charges, and turns again. Stripe holds the lifecycle; Medusa holds the cart; you watch the dashboard.
Weekly
every 7 days
Monthly
every 30 days
Quarterly
every 90 days
Annual
every 365 days
Billing engine
Stripe + Medusa
Pick your cadence
Four rhythms, one engine.
Set the interval per product or per variant. Stripe handles the clock; Medusa carries the cart; the customer can pause, resume, or change cadence from their portal.
Weekly
every 7 days
starting from
- Weekly delivery
- No trial
- Pause anytime
- Same-day swap
Monthly
every 30 days
starting from
- 14-day free trial
- Pause anytime
- Skip a month
- Email reminders
Quarterly
every 90 days
starting from
- 30-day trial
- Priority support
- Free shipping
- Loyalty perks unlock
Annual
every 365 days
billed yearly
- 30-day trial
- Priority support
- Free shipping
- 17% saved (vs monthly)
When the card fails
Three retries. Three days.
We handle dunning so you don’t lose a customer to a bad credit card. Three automatic retries over three days, then an email with a one-click update link.
Failed-payment timeline
Most cards recover automaticallyDay 0
Charge attempted
Day 1
Retry 1
Day 2
Retry 2
Day 3
Retry 3 + email
Trial detection
Returning customers skip the free trial and bill immediately.
Customer portal
Shoppers see next billing date, pause, cancel — no support ticket.
Auto emails
Failed-charge notice with a one-tap card update link, every time.
The lift
What recurring actually buys you.
Customers stay longer, you spend zero hours on billing, and the dunning engine quietly recovers the cards that would’ve walked.
+0
MRR retention vs. one-off
0
Manual billing per month
<0
Involuntary churn
Built-in trial conversion tracking
Watch trial-to-paid conversion live on the merchant dashboard — same view, all stores.
Begin the cycle
Build a business that returns.
Switch on subscriptions in a single chat — pick the cadence, the trial, the price. Stripe holds the rails, Medusa holds the cart, and your dashboard finally has an MRR line.