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How to upsell to a subscription in checkout and cart

Overview

UpsellPlus allows you to convert one-time purchases into subscriptions directly in the cart or checkout through upsells or cross sells. This helps increase recurring revenue while offering convenience to your customers.

Step-by-Step Guide

Open the UpsellPlus App

Go to Apps in the lefthand menu
Click UpsellPlus from the list of installed apps

Create a checkout offer

Click Create offer > Checkout

Note: upselling to subscriptions in checkout is only available for Shopify Plus merchants. All merchants can use the upselling to subscriptions in cart or post-purchase.

Selling Subscriptions on the Post Purchase page

Add a product with a selling plan

Choose a product in the resource picker that has at least one selling plan in your subscription app

Tick Add as a subscription

This will show you all the available selling plans for the selected product

Choose your selling plan

Now, you have an upsell set up that will show the subscription product!

Use messaging to highlight the benefits of subscribing (e.g., savings, convenience)

The upsell will be added to cart, but it won't replace the item in cart yet. To let the customer swap out a one off product for a subscription:

Go to the Smart Rules card

Tick Swap product in cart with upsell product if added and Same quantity

You can set up smart rules so the subscription offer only shows when someone has the one-off version of the product in cart.

Key Tips

Show Savings: Highlight the price difference between one-time and subscription purchases
Test Different Plans: Experiment with different subscription lengths to see what converts best

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Updated on: 11/02/2025

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