Business Operations · Payments & BillingsituationalBillingSAASB2C

No Warning Before Charging Inactive Shopify Store Subscriptions

A merchant reported that their Shopify store sat inactive for months but continued to be billed because they forgot to cancel; the platform refunded only one month and declined to refund the rest. The gap: no proactive inactivity alerts or usage-based safeguards exist before recurring subscription charges hit.

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