Overview

Recurly Commerce Forecasting unlocks smarter revenue and subscription order predictions. With Recurly Commerce Forecasting, merchants can accurately predict future revenue, orders, and SKU sales for the next 12 months.

Required plan

This feature may not be included in the Core plan. If you are interested, please contact Recurly Sales to discuss upgrade options.

Additional cost

This feature or setting in Recurly Commerce requires an additional cost. Please reach out to your Recurly account manager or [email protected] for more pricing details.

Definition

Forecasting leverages your current active, paused, and dunning subscriptions to project future order volumes and gross sales across customizable time windows.

Key benefits

• Predict 12 months ahead: See expected revenue, order counts, and SKU unit sales well into the future.
• Optimize inventory & operations: Align stock levels, staffing, and fulfillment with anticipated demand.
• Drive smarter marketing: Use forecasted AOV and order trends to fine-tune promotions and retention campaigns.

Key details

Dashboard overview

Forecasting combines your live subscription contracts to generate three interactive charts:

Filter and display options

• Time window: Current month, next 3, 6, or 12 months
• Aggregation: Daily or monthly
• Contract scope: Active only; Active + Paused; Active + Paused + Dunning
• Metric type: SKU units or revenue

Note: Forecasts auto-refresh once per day. The refresh timestamp is shown on the dashboard; data is not updated in real time.

Metrics

• Total gross sales forecasted: Forecasted total gross sales from subscription orders for the selected period.
• Total subscription orders forecasted: Forecasted total number of subscription orders for the selected period.
• Forecasted average order value (AOV): Forecasted average total of every subscription order for the selected period.

Note: Forecasting is only available on Pro or Enterprise plans. Want to upgrade? Contact us at [email protected] .