Shopify subscription products
If your Shopify store uses Shopify Subscriptions or a compatible app like Recharge or Bold Subscriptions, those products appear in the Appolar app as normal products. When a customer adds a subscription product to cart and proceeds to checkout, Shopify's hosted checkout handles subscription enrollment, billing interval selection, and payment. No special configuration is needed in Appolar.
What customers see for subscription products: the product detail screen shows the subscription pricing (e.g., “$25/month”) and variant options including interval selection (monthly, quarterly, etc.) if your subscription app exposes these as Shopify metafields or selling plans. The checkout handles the actual enrollment — the app's job is to display the product and hand the cart off.
Selling plans created through Shopify's native subscription API are surfaced automatically. After a customer subscribes, they can view and manage their subscription through Shopify's customer account portal, accessible from their order history in the app.
Product bundles
Shopify's native bundle functionality — available via the Shopify Bundles app — works automatically in the Appolar app. Bundle products appear in collections and search results like any other product. The product detail screen shows bundle contents if your bundle app exposes them via metafields. Cart and checkout handle bundles as single line items through Shopify's API.
Most major bundle apps work out of the box:
- Shopify Bundles (native)
- Bundler — Product Bundles
- Fast Bundle
- Bold Bundles
Custom bundle configurations that require customer interaction to build the bundle — mix-and-match pickers, build-a-box UIs — depend on how the Shopify app exposes that configuration via the Storefront API. If a bundle app's selection UI requires custom JavaScript injected into a Shopify product page, that UI is not available in the native app. In those cases, customers can configure the bundle on the web store and reorder from their order history in the app.
Note. If your store relies heavily on a custom bundle configuration flow, test it before launching the app. Open a support ticket and we can advise on compatibility with your specific bundle setup.
In-app subscription plans (post-MVP)
RevenueCat integration for in-app subscription plans is planned for a future release. This is distinct from Shopify subscription products: it would be a separate Appolar paywall for selling access to the app experience itself — not Shopify products.
Use cases this would enable:
- Gating a members-only collection behind a monthly in-app purchase
- Early access to new products for subscribers
- Exclusive discounts or free shipping for app members
No configuration or action is needed today. When RevenueCat integration ships, it will appear as a new section in the builder. If this capability matters for your store, mention it in a support ticket — it influences prioritization.