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Subscription Management

Subscription box company manually managed recurring orders in spreadsheets.

Overview

We built a subscription management platform with flexible billing, a customer self-service portal, smart payment retry logic, and automated fulfillment — replacing the spreadsheet chaos of managing recurring orders.

Client

A subscription box company...

Timeline

12 weeks

Team

1 engineer

Industry

E-commerce

The Challenge

A subscription box company managed everything in spreadsheets. Staff spent significant time monthly processing renewals, handling payment failures, and generating pick lists. Customer changes like pausing or swapping items required manual updates, and churn from failed payments was preventable but not being addressed.

Our Approach

1

Built a subscription engine with flexible billing cycles and options to pause, skip, or cancel

2

Created a customer portal where subscribers customize their box, update payment info, and manage preferences

3

Implemented smart retry logic for failed payments with escalating retry schedules and dunning emails

4

Added fulfillment integration with automated pick list generation and shipping label creation

Key Results

90%

Less Admin Time

50%+

Fewer Support Tickets

70%

Failed Payment Recovery

12 wks

Delivered In

Administrative time reduced from 20+ hours to under 2 hours monthly

Failed payment recovery improved significantly through smart retries and dunning

Customer self-service reduced support tickets by over 50%

Subscriber retention improved due to easier management and fewer involuntary cancellations

We were losing subscribers to failed payments that nobody followed up on. The retry logic and dunning emails alone recovered enough revenue to pay for the entire platform. And our team doesn't spend a week every month processing renewals anymore.

Founder, Subscription Box Company

Tech Stack

Next.jsNode.jsPostgreSQLStripe BillingRedis

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