Here at Ongoing, we do not store any credit cards numbers of your customers.
Shopify would be the one that stores credit cards for customers.
It’s all vaulted and encrypted by Shopify and uses tokenization technology, like a bank.
Ongoing handles the triggering of recurring payments and billing logic on our side.
Shopify handles all of these actual financial transactions on their side along with the payment processor of your choice (such as Stripe, Authorize.net, Paypal, and Shopify Payments) so it's very secure.
QUICK FACTS ABOUT SUBSCRIPTION BILLING VIA ONGOING & SHOPIFY
Shopify encrypts all credit card numbers
Here at Ongoing, we can not see any credit card numbers
Shopify and Ongoing use a credit card vault that is PCI compliant (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)
Shopify stores and processes credit cards, which keeps your customers’ data safe & secure
Your customers' payment method of choice is stored on Shopify (on their Shopify customer profile) and will appear like this ******4567
When a customer orders a subscription, it will be "ongoing" and automatically renews
Shopify will use the most up-to-date payment method for the customer
Customers have access to update their payment method via Ongoing on the Subscriber Portal
Customers have access to update their payment method on Shopify directly via their customer profile
HOW ONGOING PROVIDES SUBSCRIPTION BILLING FOR SHOPIFY MERCHANTS
Ongoing is the trigger for the recurring billing automation
Ongoing handles the recurring payment scheduling
Ongoing triggers the creation of recurring orders based on the customers' frequency & plan
We also do all the heavy lifting regarding the "logic" of subscriptions, such as advanced settings of when to bill, specific anchor dates, minimum time commitments, max billing cycles, etc
We provide merchants with a visible subscription widget containing subscription purchase options on the product pages (aka: "app block" )
A merchant dashboard where merchants can make changes to their customers' subscriptions on their behalf
Subscription analytics with stats and reports
We provide your customers access to a Subscriber Portal to manage their subscriptions (white labeled as your shop)
CAN I JUST USE SHOPIFY FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS?
Sorry, but no, you would not be able to offer subscriptions with just Shopify.
You'll need a subscription app approved for Shopify, such as Ongoing
Without a 3rd party app like Ongoing Subscriptions, you would not be able to offer subscriptions on your store just with Shopify, as they do not have this capability on their own.
Ongoing provides Shopify merchants with the capability to offer subscription products and recurring payments on their store
We integrate 100% with Shopify
Ongoing is explicitly built just for Shopify (we're proud about that!)