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Intro to Commerce

🚀 Getting Started

Welcome to Recurly Commerce

You've installed the app — now let's get your subscriptions live. Follow these 6 steps and you'll be up and running in no time.

6
Setup Steps
~60
Min to Launch
0
Code Required
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What is Recurly Commerce?

A quick orientation before you dive in — understand what you just installed and what it can do for your Shopify store.

📹 Watch First · Full Overview

Launch Smarter: Optimize your Recurly Commerce Setup

Start here for a full walkthrough of the platform before diving into setup.

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Subscription Management

Create recurring product offers with flexible billing frequencies and discounts — all without touching code.

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Native Shopify Integration

Everything lives inside your Shopify admin. No separate dashboard to juggle — it's all connected.

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Revenue Recovery

Automatically retries failed payments and notifies customers so you lose less revenue to billing hiccups.

🗺️ Your Onboarding Journey

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Choose Plan
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Create Sub Plans
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Set Up Storefront
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Customer Portal
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Notifications
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Integrations
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Before you begin: Make sure the Shopify user setting up Recurly Commerce has "Approve app charges" permission enabled. Without this, you won't be able to activate a plan. Check this under Shopify Admin → Settings → Users & Permissions.

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Pro Tip · Set Your Goal First

Before configuring anything, ask yourself: What products do I want to offer as subscriptions? How often should customers receive them? Having a clear picture of your offer structure will make every step below feel fast and intuitive.