Run the services wizard
Pick the Services profile to configure billing, grace periods, and the portal for retainers.
Sell recurring services with subscription billing
Bill retainers, maintenance plans, and support packages on a schedule — with tiered plans, pause and skip, and automatic collection.
- Tiered retainers & sign-up fees
- Pause without cancelling
- Automatic billing & dunning
Service businesses bill for retainers, maintenance, and support that clients expect to pause or adjust month to month — and chasing invoices by hand doesn't scale. ArraySubs gives you flexible recurring billing built for services. Create Bronze, Silver, and Gold plans as variable subscriptions with monthly, quarterly, or annual cycles and onboarding sign-up fees, let clients pause or skip from the portal, map subscription status to a client role your other tools can read, and intercept cancellations with a downgrade or pause. Payments collect automatically through Stripe or PayPal, and a two-phase grace period gives clients time to update a card before service is interrupted.
What you get
- Predictable recurring revenue with automatic billing and grace periods.
- Lower churn with pause and downgrade options.
- Less admin — no manual invoicing or follow-ups.
- Seamless integration via role mapping for your support stack.
- Easy tiering across monthly, quarterly, and annual billing.
- 3Billing intervals
- 2-phaseGrace period
- 4Retention offers
- AutoRecurring billing
Who it's for
Built for Service Businesses
If your business looks like one of these, ArraySubs fits.
Agencies & freelancers
Sell monthly retainers and care plans with sign-up fees for onboarding.
Maintenance & care plans
Recurring website, equipment, or property maintenance with tiered coverage.
Support & SLA packages
Bronze/Silver/Gold support tiers with role-gated access to your help channels.
Consulting & coaching retainers
Recurring advisory retainers with pause options between engagements.
How it works
How ArraySubs powers Service Businesses
The challenges this business model hits — and how ArraySubs solves each one.
Tiered service plans with different pricing are tedious to build.
Variable subscriptions give each tier its own cycle, sign-up fee, and renewal price; Feature Manager shows what each includes.
Clients need to pause a retainer for a month.
The portal's pause-indefinitely lets clients pause when idle and reactivate later — no cancellation.
You invoice manually and chase late payments.
Automatic billing collects on schedule, and a grace period gives clients time to update payment before service pauses.
Budget-driven clients cancel.
The Retention Flow offers a downgrade to a cheaper tier or a short pause — many stay.
Your support stack can't see who's an active client.
Role mapping assigns a client role by subscription status, so your tools restrict service access automatically.
Onboarding work isn't covered by the monthly fee.
Add a one-time sign-up fee to any plan so setup or onboarding is billed alongside the first recurring charge.
Set up
Launch in 5 steps
From install to a live, billing subscription — no developer required.
Create service tiers
Build Bronze/Silver/Gold as variable subscriptions with cycles, sign-up fees, and prices.
Map client roles
Assign a client role by subscription status so your support tools recognize active clients.
Connect automatic billing
Add Stripe or PayPal to collect retainers on schedule with no manual invoicing.
Enable pause & retention
Let clients pause between engagements and intercept cancellations with offers.
Playbooks
Example setups you can build
Proven configurations to copy as a starting point.
Monthly care plan
A single monthly maintenance plan with a setup sign-up fee and a pause option for slow seasons.
Tiered support SLA
Bronze/Silver/Gold support tiers, role-gated to a help portal, with quarterly billing options.
Consulting retainer
A monthly advisory retainer with pause between projects and a downgrade offer at cancel.
Built with
Features that power this use case
The ArraySubs modules behind it — explore each in depth.
Free + Pro
Subscriptions
Turn any product into a simple or variable subscription — flexible cycles, trials, sign-up fees, and plan switching with proration.
Free + Pro
Billing, Renewals & Refunds
Automated renewals, a two-phase grace period, skip & pause, prorated refunds, and trial management.
Free + Pro
Customer Portal
A self-service hub in My Account where subscribers view, change plans, skip, pause, cancel, and reactivate.
Free
Retention Flow Builder
Intercept cancellations with a guided flow — capture reasons and present discount, pause, downgrade, or support offers.
Free + Pro
Payment Gateways
Manual renewals with any WooCommerce gateway free; automatic Stripe, PayPal, and Paddle billing in Pro.
Free + Pro
Manage Subscriptions
An admin dashboard to list, search, create, edit, and manage every subscription with a 21-event notes trail.
FAQ
Service Businesses questions, answered
Yes. Variable subscriptions support per-variation intervals — one client on Bronze monthly, another on Gold quarterly, from a single product.
A two-phase grace period (default 3 days active, then 7 on-hold) gives them time to update payment; Pro adds auto-retry and auto-downgrade to keep them active.
The Retention Flow intercepts the cancellation and offers a discount or a pause, and retention analytics show which offers work best.
Yes. Add a sign-up fee to the plan; the client is billed the one-time fee with their first payment, then the recurring amount each cycle.
Role mapping assigns a WordPress role based on subscription status; any plugin or integration that checks roles will see active clients automatically.
Yes. The portal lets clients view invoices, pause or skip, switch tiers with proration, and update payment details without emailing you.
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