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You can offer free shipping on individual subscription plans. When a customer subscribes on a plan with free shipping, their first order ships free at checkout and every renewal ships free automatically. Free shipping is configured per plan, so you can offer it selectively—for example, on a monthly plan but not a weekly one, or only on products with healthy margins.

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How it works

  • At checkout, the cheapest shipping rate becomes free. Customers can still pay to upgrade to express or other premium rates.
  • On renewals, shipping is free automatically for the life of the subscription. No discount codes are needed.
  • Local pickup and other non-shipping delivery methods are not affected.
The discount appears at checkout as Free subscription shipping.

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Enabling free shipping on a plan

1

Open a product's subscription plans

In the Bonde app, go to Subscriptions and click Manage products, then select a product.
2

Enable free shipping

Check Free shipping on an existing plan, or check the Free shipping option when creating a new plan.
That’s it—no discount setup is required. Bonde creates and manages an automatic discount called Subscription Free Shipping in your Shopify admin the first time you enable the perk.
Don’t delete or deactivate the Subscription Free Shipping automatic discount in your Shopify admin (Discounts). Removing it stops free shipping from applying at checkout. Manage the perk from the plan settings in Bonde instead.

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Mixed carts

Shipping is charged per order, not per item, so you choose what happens when a cart mixes free-shipping subscription items with items that don’t qualify. Go to Subscriptions > Settings and find Subscription Free Shipping:
ModeBehavior
All items must qualify (default)Free shipping applies only when every item in the cart is a subscription on a free-shipping plan. Adding a one-time item or a non-qualifying subscription removes the discount.
Any qualifying itemThe whole cart ships free as long as at least one item is a subscription on a free-shipping plan.
Free gift items added by a gift campaign never count against the “all items must qualify” rule.

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Things to know

  • Existing subscribers aren’t affected. Enabling free shipping on a plan applies to new subscriptions only. Disabling it doesn’t add shipping charges to subscribers who already have the perk.
  • Renewal preview at checkout. The checkout’s “Recurring shipments” summary may show your standard shipping rate. The actual renewal orders ship free—the perk is applied to the subscription when it’s created.
  • Works with order consolidation. When order consolidation combines multiple subscriptions into one shipment, the combined order ships free if any of the included subscriptions has free shipping.
  • Customers see the perk on your product page. The subscription widget shows a “Free shipping” badge next to plans that include it.