Stripe published its own subscription app to Shopify’s App Store, moving up from the payment rails beneath Shopify Payments into the app layer. Stripe Subscriptions is free to install and puts Stripe Billing in charge of the plans, pricing models, and retry logic, while the charge itself runs through whatever subscription-supporting gateway the store already uses. The app covers replenishment plans, memberships, subscription boxes, access passes, donations, services, and both digital and physical goods, with 15-plus pricing models, usage-based billing among them, and migration tools for pulling subscribers off a rival platform. Installing it hands Stripe access to customer payment methods, purchase options, 60 days of order history, discounts, and products.
