02Our Integration Process
From Recharge Setup to Live Store in Five Steps
You see the exact billing, portal, and dunning configuration before development starts, not just a finished setup at the end.
05Projects We've Built
Ecommerce Projects We Have Built
A selection of Shopify and ecommerce builds shipped for clients, several involving subscription and recurring billing logic like this one.
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06What Our Clients Say
What Clients Say After Launch
Feedback from ecommerce teams we have built subscription and billing logic for.
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We had a different kind of problem. People were visiting the store, adding products to their carts, and then disappearing before they finished the order. We had tried a few apps and made changes here and there, but nothing really seemed to solve the bigger issue. The team went through the shopping experience with us and pointed out things we hadn't really noticed ourselves. They cleaned up the cart and checkout flow, made the mobile experience much smoother, and helped us make the store feel easier to shop. I’m not going to pretend we fixed everything overnight, but it finally feels like the store is helping the sale instead of getting in the way of it.
Ethan Parker
Founder of Elite Academy
The mobile experience is probably my favourite part of the new site. We had spent a lot of time making sure the desktop version looked right, and the team kept pushing us to think about how everything would actually feel on a phone too. They were right. The navigation is clean, the interactions feel natural, and everything we’ve tested so far works exactly as it should. They also went through the links, forms, integrations, and other details more than once before launch, which I really appreciated. And even after going live, we could still reach out when something came up. The whole process felt friendly, organised, and surprisingly straightforward.
James Whitmore
Head of Marketing of Lumen Outdoor
We had a pretty specific idea of what we wanted our website to become, but I wasn’t sure how easily we could explain all of it to a development team. There were quite a few moving parts, and we were working toward a deadline, so I expected a few things to get lost along the way. That never really happened. They understood what we were trying to achieve, kept us updated throughout the process, and got everything ready within the agreed timeline. The final site feels much easier to navigate, works beautifully on mobile, and is noticeably smoother for our customers. It was a huge relief seeing the original idea actually turn into the website we had in mind.
Michael Bennett
Founder & CEO of Northbridge Consulting
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07Work Culture
Why Businesses Trust Us With Subscription Setups
Getting dunning or portal customization wrong means lost recurring revenue or a confusing customer experience, so the setup has to match how you actually retain subscribers. These are the habits we bring to every project.
Settings checked first
We tell you upfront if Recharge's own settings already cover your portal or dunning needs.
Revenue-recovery focused
Dunning logic built around decline reasons and retry timing, not just a single default retry.
Portal matched to your brand
Customer portal customized to how you actually want subscribers to manage their plans.
Migration without disruption
Subscriber and billing data moved onto or off Recharge without interrupting active charges.
Tested before it's live
Sandbox testing with real billing and dunning scenarios before your live store is touched.
Built to be maintained
Documentation and an optional retainer so the setup keeps working as Recharge and Shopify evolve.
08Overview
Who sets up and customizes Recharge subscriptions on Shopify?
DeveloperLook sets up and customizes Recharge subscriptions on Shopify, configuring billing and checkout, customizing the customer portal beyond Recharge's default widgets, and building failed-payment dunning beyond Shopify's basic retry. Projects start from $1,499, most complete in 1 to 4 weeks, and we check Recharge's own settings first if they already cover your case.
- Service
- Custom Shopify Recharge subscription setup and customization
- Starting price
- From $1,499 USD, fixed scope after a project brief
- Typical timeline
- 1 to 4 weeks
- Platform
- Shopify, Shopify Plus
- Built with
- Recharge API/webhooks, Shopify Subscriptions API, Shopify Admin API
- Experience
- 10+ years and 150+ shipped projects
- Post-launch support
- 30 days included, then optional retainer
- Communication
- Calls in US, UK, and AU business hours
Who it's for
Stores setting up Recharge for the first time
You're launching subscriptions on Shopify and need Recharge configured correctly, billing schedules, checkout, and product sync included.
Businesses needing a customized customer portal
You want the Recharge customer portal to match your brand and let customers manage subscriptions the way you actually want, beyond the default widgets.
Stores losing revenue to failed payments
Shopify's default retry schedule and emails aren't recovering enough failed subscription charges, and you need smarter dunning.
Businesses evaluating Recharge vs alternatives
You're deciding between Recharge, Skio, or a custom build and want an honest recommendation for your catalog and volume.
Stores migrating between subscription apps
You're moving subscribers onto or off Recharge and need it handled without disrupting active billing.
Not a fit for
Recharge's own settings and default portal already cover what you need. We'll tell you that upfront instead of building custom work you don't need.
You need broader order routing across all order types, not just subscription orders. Our Shopify Order Management System service covers that.
You need general Shopify-side inventory tracking beyond how subscriptions check stock at each recharge. Our Shopify Inventory Management System service covers that.
You haven't decided on a subscription platform yet and want a full build-vs-buy evaluation across your whole catalog before committing. We can advise, but this service assumes Recharge is the direction.
You're not on Shopify. Recharge is Shopify and Shopify Plus specific, and other platforms would need to be scoped separately.
11The Right Technology for Your Project
Technology Stack
We build against Recharge's API and webhooks alongside Shopify's Subscriptions and Admin APIs, matched to your billing and portal requirements.
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12FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers on Recharge setup, customer portal customization, and failed-payment recovery.
How do I set up Recharge on Shopify?
It starts with connecting Recharge to your store, syncing products into subscription plans, configuring billing schedules and checkout, then adding the subscription selection widget to your product pages and setting up the customer portal.
How do I recover failed subscription payments?
Shopify's native tools only offer a basic retry schedule and standard emails, which leave real revenue on the table since failed payments can account for up to half of churned revenue at scale. We build decline-code-aware retry timing and multi-channel dunning that recovers meaningfully more.
Can you customize the Recharge customer portal?
Yes. Recharge's default portal widgets can be themed to match your brand, and for deeper changes, different management flows, custom actions, or a fully bespoke experience, we build against Recharge's API and webhooks.
How do subscriptions sync with inventory and fulfillment?
Recharge checks variant-level inventory at each recurring charge based on your store setting, either creating the order regardless of stock or only when inventory is available, combined with Shopify's own track-quantity and continue-selling settings. Failed orders retry daily during a recovery window, and partial fulfillment can drop out-of-stock items and retry with what's available.
Recharge, Skio or custom: which fits my store?
Skio runs through Shopify's native checkout while Recharge has its own established ecosystem with broader customization options. We assess your catalog, checkout requirements, and subscriber volume to recommend one, and only suggest a custom build when neither app's constraints fit your case.
Can you migrate subscribers between subscription apps?
Yes, we migrate active subscribers, their billing schedules, and payment methods onto or off Recharge without disrupting ongoing charges.
How much does subscription setup cost?
Projects typically start from $1,499 for standard Recharge setup with portal branding, and scale up with custom dunning logic, deep portal customization, or subscriber migration. You get a fixed quote after reviewing your requirements.
Can dunning emails and retries be automated?
Yes. We build automated retry timing based on the decline reason plus multi-channel email and SMS dunning sequences, going well beyond Shopify's single default retry schedule and email.