Subscribe-and-save, boxes, and memberships—recurring billing with flexible skips, swaps, and dunning that keeps subscribers instead of churning them silently.

Recurring revenue without recurring chaos—inventory, shipments, and support on one system

We model subscription plans, billing cycles, and shipment cadences with cutoffs that match your warehouse. Customers self-serve skips, swaps, and address changes; CX sees one timeline per subscriber—not three systems disagreeing. Integrations connect to Shopify-style fronts or custom storefronts; 3PL handoffs include packing lists and exception handling.

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Subscription Commerce Platform Development

01 // THE MANDATE

Subscribe-and-save, boxes, and memberships—recurring billing with flexible skips, swaps, and dunning that keeps subscribers instead of churning them silently.

We model subscription plans, billing cycles, and shipment cadences with cutoffs that match your warehouse. Customers self-serve skips, swaps, and address changes; CX sees one timeline per subscriber—not three systems disagreeing.

Integrations connect to Shopify-style fronts or custom storefronts; 3PL handoffs include packing lists and exception handling.

02 // ENGINEERING

Development process

Structured phases—from discovery to launch—with clear ownership and handoff points.

Offer design (weeks 1–2)

We align SKUs, cadence, and pilot cohort. Operational constraints from 3PL captured.

Core subscription (weeks 2–10)

Checkout, billing, subscriber account, first shipment waves.

Ops depth (weeks 8–14)

Inventory allocation, pick/pack export, exception queues; load tests on renewal day.

Retention (weeks 10–16)

Skip/swap UX, win-back campaigns, CS macros; churn analytics.

Launch (weeks 14–18)

Public subscribe flow; marketing coordination; support scaling.

Operate (ongoing)

Seasonal box changes; A/B on pricing; integration monitoring.

03 // CAPABILITIES

Core Capability Matrix

The building blocks of your solution

Plans

frequency, prepaid, trial, gift subscriptions.

Catalog

curated boxes, pick-your-items, add-ons.

Billing

proration, upgrades, coupons, dunning with retry logic.

Operations

ship windows, batching, inventory allocation per cycle.

CX portal

skip, pause, cancel with retention offers; address updates.

Notifications

upcoming charge, shipped, out-for-delivery, failed payment.

Returns

RMA flows; partial refunds policy engine.

Analytics

churn cohorts, LTV, SKU mix, fulfillment SLA.

Integrations

Stripe-class billing, OMS, 3PL, helpdesk.

Fraud

promo abuse, referral fraud light-touch heuristics.

04 // DELIVERY LIFECYCLE

The strategic roadmap

Milestones and checkpoints—each phase has a clear outcome before the next begins.

Milestone 01Delivery

Weeks 1–2: Scope, SKUs, pilot list.

Milestone 02Delivery

Weeks 3–8: Beta subscribers; first renewal cycle observed.

Milestone 03Delivery

Weeks 7–12: CX portal; dunning tuned; 3PL stable.

Milestone 04Delivery

Weeks 11–16: GA launch; retention experiments.

Milestone 05Delivery

Ongoing: New products; international expansion; mobile app.

05 // PRODUCT SCOPING

Choosing your path

Two engagement models—start lean and iterate, or commit to a full platform build from day one.

MVP

Speed & essentialism

Phase 1
MVP: single plan family, monthly cadence, Stripe subscriptions, subscriber portal, basic shipment export CSV. Excludes complex box customization, multi-warehouse, and referral program depth. Proves unit economics before scaling SKUs.
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Full product

Enterprise maturity

All-in
Full subscription platform: multi-plan, international, 3PL APIs, referral engine, loyalty tie-in, and enterprise B2B contracts.

06 // PARTNERSHIP

Why work together

A single accountable partner across strategy, build, and go-live—not a revolving door of vendors.

John Hambardzumian
Direct collaboration

End-to-end ownership: discovery, architecture, implementation, and launch—with clear communication and production-grade engineering.

  • Discovery & alignment
  • Systems that scale
  • Implementation depth
  • Clear comms

07 // CLARITY

Frequently asked

We integrate or build custom when headless UX, B2B terms, or ops complexity exceed app limits.

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