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Overview

Build robust subscription businesses with Request Network’s recurring payment infrastructure. Automate billing cycles, handle subscription upgrades and downgrades, and provide customers with transparent subscription management—all while maintaining perfect payment records.

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🚀 Quickstart: Set Up Your First Recurring Subscription

Set up your first recurring subscription in under 1 minuteInteractive quickstart experience coming soon
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Define Subscription Plan

Set billing amount, frequency, and subscription terms
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Customer Subscribes

Customer approves recurring payment authorization
3

Automated Billing

Payments are automatically processed according to schedule
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Manage Subscriptions

Handle upgrades, downgrades, and cancellations transparently

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EasyInvoice Demo

Experience subscription management through our demo application:

🎬 Subscription Setup Demo

Watch UI-driven recurring invoice setup and subscription management

🔗 Try Subscription Management

Experience the subscription dashboard and management interface
Demo Features:
  • Subscription plan creation and management
  • Customer subscription dashboard
  • Automated billing cycle processing
  • Upgrade/downgrade workflow
  • Subscription analytics and reporting
  • Payment failure handling and retry logic

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Integration Options

Best for: Simple subscription management, basic billing needsSimple subscription management interface:
  • Pre-built subscription dashboard
  • Basic plan management
  • Customer self-service portal
Access Subscription Dashboard →

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Key API Features for Subscriptions

Recurring Payments

Automate billing cycles with flexible scheduling options

Create Requests

Generate subscription invoices automatically

Webhooks

Real-time notifications for billing events and payment updates

Partial Payments

Handle pro-rated billing and partial period charges

Payment Retry Logic

Automatically retry failed payments with configurable schedules

Custom Metadata

Track subscription plans, customer IDs, and billing periods

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Subscription Models

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Subscription Lifecycle Management

Flexible Pricing Models:
  • Fixed monthly/annual pricing
  • Usage-based billing
  • Tiered pricing structures
  • Custom enterprise pricing

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Advanced Subscription Features

import { RequestNetwork } from '@requestnetwork/request-client.js';

async function createSubscription(customer, plan) {
  const subscription = await requestNetwork.createRequest({
    requestInfo: {
      currency: plan.currency,
      expectedAmount: plan.amount,
      payee: {
        type: 'ethereumAddress',
        value: merchantAddress
      },
      payer: {
        type: 'ethereumAddress', 
        value: customer.address
      }
    },
    contentData: {
      reason: `${plan.name} Subscription`,
      dueDate: plan.nextBillingDate,
      recurring: {
        frequency: plan.billingCycle, // 'monthly', 'yearly'
        occurrences: plan.maxOccurrences
      }
    }
  });
  
  return subscription;
}

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Analytics & Insights

📊 Revenue Metrics

Track MRR, ARR, churn rate, and customer lifetime value

💳 Payment Analytics

Monitor payment success rates and failure patterns

👥 Customer Insights

Analyze subscription behavior and engagement patterns

🔄 Retention Analysis

Identify churn risks and retention opportunities

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What’s Next?

📄 Start with Invoicing

Begin with one-time invoices before adding subscriptions

⚙️ Recurring Payments

Learn about recurring payment implementation details

🔑 Setup Account

Get API keys and configure subscription processing