Create recurring app purchases

Merchants are permitted to have only one subscription to your app at a time. This means that, if a merchant upgrades or downgrades your app, then the old subscription is canceled and replaced with a new subscription. When the merchant upgrades or downgrades the app, the new subscription takes the same 30-day app billing cycle as the previous purchase. This also applies when a merchant uninstalls or reinstalls an app.

If the new subscription includes trial days, then the merchant is still charged on the beginning of the next 30-day app billing cycle, but the bill includes a prorated credit to account for the trial days.

When a merchant upgrades to a more expensive subscription, Shopify prorates the amount of the charge with the same billing cycle. For example, if a merchant begins a 30-day billing cycle on a $5.00 plan, and then upgrades to a $15.00 plan on day 15 of the billing cycle, then the merchant is charged $5.00 + ($15.00 - $5.00) * (15/30) = $10.00 USD.

When a merchant downgrades, Shopify generates a prorated app credit for the merchant while retaining the same billing cycle. For example, if a merchant begins a 30-day billing cycle on a $20.00 plan, and then downgrades to a $10.00 plan on day 15 of the billing cycle, then the merchant is offered an application credit for ($20.00 - $10.00) * (15/30) = $5.00 USD. The Partner payout is automatically adjusted based on the issued credit and the Partner revenue share.

• Create annually recurring charges
• Offer free trials of your app
• Report data on app charges and earnings