Configure Subscription Settings

Customize how subscriptions work in your store.

Get Started

Configuration takes place in the Subscriptions tab of the Bolt Merchant Dashboard:

1. Log into the Bolt Merchant Dashboard:
   • • Sandbox
   • • Production
2. Navigate to Commerce > Subscriptions > Settings.

Required Setup

To set up a subscription to a product, you’ll select a frequency set and a discount type.

• Frequency set: A set of frequency options that your shoppers can choose from when they subscribe to a product.
• Discount type: Discount structures that incentivize subscription enrollment.

Configure Frequency Sets

Different types of products may require replenishment at different schedules. Define frequency sets to offer shoppers appropriate frequency options for the product they’re subscribing to.

1. Click + New frequency set.
2. A pop-out window displays.
   
3. To add a frequency option:
   • • Select a unit.
   • • Enter a number.
   • • Click Add frequency to add it to the Frequency Set table.
4. Continue adding options until you feel this set is complete.
5. To remove an option, click Delete (trash can icon).
6. In Recommended Frequency, select the option that shoppers see on the product details page by default.
7. Click Create set.
8. Your new set appears in the frequency sets table.

Manage Default Frequency Set

To control the default option when you create a new subscription offer, you can configure a default frequency set.

1. In Frequency Sets, find the set you wish to set as default and click ellipses menu ().
2. Select Set as default.
3. Click Save.

Configure Discount Types

Configure discount types to offer shoppers appropriate incentives for the product they’re subscribing to.

1. Click + New discount type.
2. Select a discount type:
   • • Flat rate: Apply a flat percentage discount across all subscription orders for a given product.
   • • Tiered: Define an enrollment discount for a shopper’s initial order of this subscription, and a recurring order discount for each subsequent order. This option can incentivize shoppers to stay subscribed and prevent cancellations by providing a higher discount for recurring orders.
3. Enter the discount percentage. If you selected Tiered subscription discount, enter the enrollment discount and the recurring discount.
4. Click Create discount.
5. Your new discount appears in the Discount Types table.

Manage Default Discount Type

To control the default option when you create a new subscription offer, you can configure a default discount type.

1. In Discount Types, find the discount you wish to set as default and click ellipses menu ().
2. Select Set as default.
3. Click Save.

Optional Setup

By default, the subscriber permission settings are enabled. Bolt recommends that you grant subscribers these permissions:

• Allow order skips: Toggle on to allow subscribers to skip a single order in a subscription.
• Allow subscription pauses: Toggle on to allow subscribers to pause recurring orders indefinitely. They can resume the subscription at any time.

Next Steps

Create a subscription offer.