Recurring revenue without a separate billing system.
Memberships, monthly skincare clubs, weekly produce boxes, retainer services — Square Subscriptions handles card on file, dunning, pause/cancel, and prorated upgrades on top of your existing Square account.
Best for
Built for these operators
- Med spas and salons selling memberships and treatment packages
- Coffee shops with subscription beans / bottomless plans
- Service businesses on retainer (cleaning, lawn care, IT)
- Boutiques piloting curated subscription boxes
What it does
Capabilities that matter on day one
Card on file with auto-renewal
Tokenized cards renew on schedule (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual). Customer keeps the card up to date through a self-service portal.
Dunning on failed cards
Failed renewal triggers automated retry logic and a customer notification with a one-click update link. Recovery rate is materially higher than manual follow-up.
Pause + cancel + grace periods
Customers can pause for travel, cancel at end of cycle, or move to a different tier. Grace-period logic configurable per plan.
Tier upgrades with proration
Move a customer from Basic to Premium mid-cycle; Square calculates the proration. No spreadsheet math.
Sold online, in-store, or via Invoice
Sell through Square Online (gated content / membership purchase), at the counter (POS), or via Square Invoices (B2B retainer-style).
Reporting on MRR, churn, LTV
Subscription-specific metrics — Monthly Recurring Revenue, churn rate, lifetime value — surfaced alongside your transactional reports.
How SugarPay deploys it
From signed contract to working configuration
- 01
Plan design
We help size the offer and pricing: introductory discount, billing cadence, included perks, cancellation policy.
- 02
Sign-up surface
Configure where customers sign up — Square Online with gated checkout, in-store with POS prompt, or via a hosted subscription page.
- 03
Dunning policy
Retry cadence (e.g., day 1, day 3, day 7), customer notifications, and end-of-grace cancellation logic.
- 04
Reporting + customer portal
Connect MRR/churn/LTV reporting to your dashboard, and configure the customer self-service portal (update card, pause, cancel).
Pricing
Free to enable · standard processing rates apply
Square Subscriptions has no additional monthly platform fee on top of standard Square rates. Card processing on each renewal runs at Square's standard online rate (currently 2.9% + 30¢) — or wire to your SugarPay processing model if Standard or Duet applies.
SugarPay does not mark up Square's software pricing. See the disclaimers for our reseller compensation disclosure.
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