Subscription Checkout And Renewals
How a subscription checkout splits into two orders, and how renewals, declines and stock are handled.
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A cart can hold subscription lines and one-time lines together. At checkout it becomes two orders:
- A buy-once order for the one-time lines, charged and shipped as usual.
- A subscription order for the subscription lines. This is delivery 1: it is charged at checkout, on the card being saved, and ships free.
Saving the card is required when the cart contains a subscription, because later deliveries are charged to it. A subscription only starts once its first delivery has been paid.
Discount codes at a split checkout: a percentage code applies to both orders; a fixed-amount code applies to the first order and any remainder to the second. The code's usage is counted once. Renewals are never charged with a discount code.