Subscription billing for ecommerce

Sell products once or on repeat, from one checkout

Two Minute Billing bills one-time and repeat orders from one catalog and one checkout, on your own payment gateway, at a flat monthly price with no share of your revenue. Your store keeps the stock and the shipping.

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Free while you bill less than $1,000 a month. No credit card required.

One checkout with daily vitamins every month at $32.00 and a shaker bottle once at $18.00: $50.00 due today. The bottle becomes a paid one-time order and the vitamins an active repeat order.One checkout with daily vitamins every month at $32.00 and a shaker bottle once at $18.00: $50.00 due today. The bottle becomes a paid one-time order and the vitamins an active repeat order.

Subscription ecommerce billing with no share of your revenue

Subscription billing for ecommerce charges for physical products on a schedule, next to one-time orders. Two Minute Billing runs both from the same products, prices and checkout, and lets repeat customers skip or pause instead of cancelling.

One catalog for both

A product sells once, on a schedule, or both. One list of products and prices, not two systems.

A skip keeps the customer

A skipped order is not charged, and the subscription stays active. A cancellation ends every order after it.

Your store stays in charge

Stock, shipping and orders stay in your store. An event goes out for every billing change.

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No share of your revenue

Two Minute Billing takes 0% of your revenue. Payments settle in your own gateway account, and Cloud plans are a flat monthly price.

One-time orders

Sell a product once, with a paid invoice

A buy link or the hosted checkout takes a one-time order. The buyer pays, gets a paid invoice with tax, and no subscription starts.

  • Buy linksOne link per product or bundle, with a quantity and optional extras. Each visitor gets their own checkout.
  • Once and on repeat, one cartA one-time item and a subscription in one checkout. It shows what is due today, with tax.
  • Ship-to address at checkoutAsk for a shipping address, optional or required. Buyers ship to their billing address in one tick, or enter another.
  • Unfinished checkout emailsWhen you turn them on: one email an hour after a buyer leaves, and one a day later.
Hosted checkoutOne-time purchases guide
A buy link for a shaker bottle: quantity 2 and an optional spare lid, $40.00 paid. The invoice is paid and no subscription starts.A buy link for a shaker bottle: quantity 2 and an optional spare lid, $40.00 paid. The invoice is paid and no subscription starts.

Skip a delivery, pause, and subscribe-and-save coupons on repeat orders

In the customer portal, subscribers skip one or more of their next 12 orders, or pause, when you allow it. Nothing is charged for a skipped order.

  • Skip a deliverySkip one or more of the next 12 orders, within a yearly limit you set. Nothing is charged that cycle.
  • A cut-off you can plan bySkips close 48 hours before each order, so you know the size of each run.
  • Pause and resumeStop orders for a while and start again. Your team can set the resume date.
  • Subscribe-and-save couponsA percentage or fixed discount, for one order, some orders or every order.
Skip a renewal guideSubscriptions
Daily vitamins at $32.00 a month: January to March paid, April skipped in the customer portal at $0.00, and your store's webhook told to hold the April order.Daily vitamins at $32.00 a month: January to March paid, April skipped in the customer portal at $0.00, and your store's webhook told to hold the April order.

Failed card recovery

Keep repeat orders paid when a card fails

When a card for a repeat order declines, Two Minute Billing tries the customer's other saved cards, retries on a schedule and emails a link to pay.

  • Backup cardsIf the default card declines, the customer's other saved cards are tried.
  • Retries timed by the declineSmart mode retries a network error within hours and low funds near a likely payday.
  • Card-expiry emailsCustomers hear before a card that pays a live subscription expires.
  • Pay in one clickEach reminder has a link to pay. A new card pays what is owed at once.
Recovery
A renewal retried twice and paid on the second retry: $129.00 recovered.A renewal retried twice and paid on the second retry: $129.00 recovered.

Tax on physical goods

VAT, US sales tax and GST on one-time and repeat orders

Two Minute Billing applies the same tax rules to one-time and repeat orders, from the rates you enter for each country or US state. We do not file returns.

  • VAT by countryA tax region for each country you sell to, with your rates.
  • EU business customersReverse charge and your note, with the VAT number checked in VIES.
  • US sales tax by stateA rate per state. The customer's state decides which applies.
  • India: GST with HSN codesAn HSN code on every line, and CGST and SGST or IGST by place of supply.
TaxBilling in India
A German seller's daily vitamins at €40.00: €47.60 with 19% VAT for a German consumer, €40.00 with reverse charge for a French business with a valid VAT number.A German seller's daily vitamins at €40.00: €47.60 with 19% VAT for a German consumer, €40.00 with reverse charge for a French business with a valid VAT number.

India example

An invoice for daily vitamins and a shaker bottle, each with its HSN code, with CGST and SGST: ₹2,360.00 total.An invoice for daily vitamins and a shaker bottle, each with its HSN code, with CGST and SGST: ₹2,360.00 total.

Webhooks to your store

Your store gets a webhook for each billing change

Two Minute Billing handles the billing only. Stock, shipping and orders stay in your store. A webhook goes out for every billing change, so fulfillment knows what to ship, where to ship it, what to hold or stop.

Orders come in through the hosted checkout, the customer portal or your store's own API calls. The billing engine bills the order and sends your store a webhook: ship the order, hold the order, or ask for a new card.Orders come in through the hosted checkout, the customer portal or your store's own API calls. The billing engine bills the order and sends your store a webhook: ship the order, hold the order, or ask for a new card.
Webhooks

From the first order to every order after it

  1. Step 1

    Add your products

    A one-time price, a monthly price, or both, in each currency, with a tax code (HSN in India).

  2. Step 2

    Share a link or the checkout

    On a product page, in an email or in a post. The buyer pays on a hosted page.

  3. Step 3

    Orders bill themselves

    A one-time order is paid at checkout. A repeat order bills on its date.

  4. Step 4

    Your store ships

    A webhook tells your store what to pack, hold or stop.

Money you can trace, cards you never hold

How we keep billing safe

  • An append-only ledger

    Balances come from double-entry records. A correction is a new entry, so every figure traces back to the rows behind it.

  • PCI DSS SAQ-A scope

    Card numbers go from the browser straight to your payment gateway. They never reach our servers or yours.

  • An audit log

    Who changed what, from the dashboard or the API, with the values before and after.

Ecommerce billing questions

Yes. Put a one-time item and a subscription in one checkout. It shows what is due today, with tax. The one-time item is billed once, and only the subscription renews.

Read next

Hosted checkout and customer portal
Buy links, a pricing page and a self-serve portal.
Dunning and failed payment recovery
Backup cards, smart retries and emails with a link to pay.
VAT, sales tax and GST on invoices
Reverse charge, rates by country and state, and HSN codes.
Webhooks
An event for each billing change, so your store knows what to ship.

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