Commerce & MarketplacesMedium system

Subscription Box Commerce Platform

A storefront built around recurring shipments: customers pick a plan, get billed automatically each cycle, and manage their box contents online. For brands selling curated or replenishment boxes.

Typically bought by: Subscription box startups (coffee, snacks, beauty, pet), and brands adding a subscribe-and-save channel

Standard features

Always included in the base price. Every one is built, tested and delivered working.

Plan builder with billing frequencies (monthly/quarterly) and tiers
Recurring billing with automatic retries and dunning emails
Customer self-service portal: pause, skip, swap, cancel, update card
Build-a-box product selection per cycle
One-off add-ons to the next shipment
Shipment batching and packing list export per billing cycle
Churn and MRR analytics dashboard
Discount codes and first-box promotions
Gift subscriptions with scheduled start dates
Inventory tracking against upcoming shipments
Transactional emails (renewal reminder, payment failed, shipped)
Admin panel for plans, subscribers, and orders

Popular custom additions

Quoted per feature in the configurator — $50 simple, $150 moderate, $300 complex.

Preference quiz that personalizes box contents
Referral program with free-box rewards
Prepaid multi-month plans with discounts
3PL/fulfillment center integration
Loyalty points on renewals
Win-back offers triggered on cancellation flow

Tech stack

Frontend: Next.js + Tailwind CSS
Backend: Next.js API routes / Node.js with scheduled jobs
Database: PostgreSQL (Neon)
Integrations: Recurring payment gateway (Stripe Billing/PayPal/other), Transactional email (Resend/SendGrid), Shipping/label API (Shippo/EasyPost), Marketing email (Klaviyo/Mailchimp)