Subscription Commerce Guide

A guide for Australian operators running physical product subscriptions, covering box design, billing, fulfilment, retention and software.

Not yet published. What we cover, and who covers it, is set out below.

What we cover

Subscription Commerce Guide covers the systems and decisions behind physical product subscriptions in Australia. It will look at offer design, billing operations, inventory and fulfilment, subscriber self-service and the metrics that show whether a recurring programme is working.

Written for Australian subscription box operators and ecommerce teams.

  1. 01Offer Design
  2. 02Billing Operations
  3. 03Inventory Planning
  4. 04Subscriber Retention
  5. 05Fulfilment
  6. 06Software Selection

The desks

Each desk is part of the editorial team with its own beat, not an individual. The byline names the desk, and the structured data identifies it as an organisation.

Desk Subscriber Retention

Covers churn and personalisation

Looks at onboarding, retention metrics, personalisation and ways to reduce avoidable subscriber churn.

Desk Subscription Operations

Tracks billing, inventory and fulfilment

Focuses on recurring billing, inventory planning, fulfilment and subscriber self-service operations.

Desk Subscription Strategy

Covers offers and business planning

Examines subscription product design, pricing, seasonal offers and business planning for Australian operators.

How we work

Written for the people who decide

Designing, billing and retaining physical product subscriptions. Articles are written for people with a concrete decision in front of them, not for those trying to sell one.

Numbers name their source

Every figure says where it comes from and when it dates from. Where the industry disagrees, that is stated, rather than quietly taking a side.

Nothing tracks you here

No cookies, no analytics, no third-party scripts. If that ever changes, the privacy policy changes the same day.

Where should we start?

The order is not set yet. If there is a question you have had to answer the hard way yourself, send it to the editors. It is the most useful thing you can send a publication that has not yet begun.

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