PayWhirl works alongside Shopify’s subscription system. While PayWhirl provides tools to manage and automate subscriptions, Shopify determines how subscription contracts are created during checkout.
How are subscriptions created?
When a customer purchases a product with a selling plan, Shopify creates a subscription contract based on that plan’s billing and delivery schedule.
If multiple subscription items are included in the same checkout, Shopify evaluates each item’s configuration and may create one or more subscription contracts based on how those plans are configured.
When is a checkout split into multiple subscriptions?
If a customer purchases the same product (or different products) with different selling plans—for example:
Monthly and quarterly subscriptions
Different delivery schedules (prepaid and non-prepaid items)
Different selling plan configurations
Shopify will typically create separate subscription contracts. IE. One order with multiple unique subscriptions.
What happens after checkout (PayWhirl behavior)
Once Shopify creates the subscription contracts:
Each subscription is managed independently in PayWhirl
Updates, automations, and workflows apply per subscription
Changes to one subscription do not impact others from the same checkout
This gives you the flexibility to manage each subscription individually.
We strongly recommend testing likely subscription combinations to confirm everything works exactly as expected.
Need help?
If you’re unsure how your setup will behave or want help testing specific scenarios, reach out to our support team—we’re happy to take a look.