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We are on a mission to make subscription management for physical products easy, efficient, fast and scalable. With the launch of the circuly customer login we are another step closer to building the ULTIMATE digital renting experience for the customer and making your rental operations run more efficient.ly

When it comes to recurring payments for subscriptions, PSPs like Stripe and Braintree, can't do a lot more besides collecting payment from the customers on a fixed date. What PSPs are missing are subscription specific tasks such as charging one-time payments, automated invoicing and so on. 

Your customers may get a speeding ticket for their car subscription or require repair support for which you need to charge a one-time transaction. What do you do when you need to charge your customers an extra amount besides their recurring payment?

What do you do when your payment service provider does not enable you to adjust or change the recurring payment amount as and when you want? circuly makes it possible by making payment service providers smart for subscriptions. 

Your customer is happy with the product and wants to extend their subscription. How do you extend a subscription without creating a new order or asking your customer to do so and retain all product, customer and payment-related data? 

Churn in subscriptions, especially involuntary and seasonal churn, can be prevented by having flexible subscription operations and the possibility to offer more to your customers. Here are some ways to tackle subscription churn for physical products. 

A Content Management System (CMS) is a foundational building block of online e-commerce. For a product subscription business, you mainly need it for three reasons.

When can your business truly grow and scale? Growth starts first with having the right mindset. In this blog, we discuss the needs of a subscription-based business model with the aim to fulfil the gap with strategies for growth.

A way to counter customer churn in subscription is auto-renewal. But it is crucial to approach auto-renewal from both a legal and ethical perspective.

How do other rental companies manage their operations? What are some of the challenges faced by other companies in the same industry? Read more to find out how StrollMe, a baby goods rental company, operates their day to day business. Additionally get inspired by the tools they used on a daily basis.

Starting or running a subscription-based e-commerce business isn’t as complicated as it may appear to be on the surface. On the base level, all you need is these three tools to get started. Once you've established a solid base, you can think about going PRO

Products breakdown and need replacement. But how can you do that in a way that is not only fast and efficient but also makes sure that you protect yourself against fraud customers who keep both products. 

Stock validation at the circuly checkout page ensures that your customer doesn't progress through the checkout page to the payment process if there is an "out of stock" product in the shopping cart. Such situations are common as most consumers have the habit of adding products to the cart for an indefinite period of time and return to their cart at a later point in time. By then, the chances are that the product has become "out of stock". 

A rental checkout page is a very good source for collecting additional information about your customers and using it to your advantage after analysing it in your marketing communication. Get inspired and learn what you can do with a checkout page. 

The download order as CSV feature enables you to not only get all the data you need with just a click but it also enables you to get rid of the fields you don't want with the option of deselecting columns. You are in ultimate control to only download what you want and do with it as you please. 

As long as you know what you are looking for, the circuly software empowers you to completely customize your order list view in the circuly software and see what you want to see by cutting the noise and the clutter of additional columns. 

A subscription management software should help you scale. What should you look for in subscription management software? What are some of the must-haves? We invite you to take a quick peek inside this article and figure out what are some of the features to look for in subscription management software. 

A Content Management System (CMS) is the backbone of rental e-commerce. To build a scalable rental business, a CMS is inevitable. But is it enough? Find out more about all the operational tasks a CMS cannot do when it comes to a rental/subscription business model. 

Is there something stopping your rental/subscription business from scaling? Yes! There is and it's not what you think. Read on to identify what's stopping your business's growth and work on actionable solutions. 

Mobility as a Service - why is it a thing? It is a thing because there is a demand for it among urban customers. They want flexibility and they want it NOW! Mobility is a big part of the $1 trillion sharing economy and on top of that, it has huge potential. Read more to find out what or rather who is driving this trend and what are the implications for companies in the mobility space? 

The subscription economy is here to stay. It has been growing at an exponential rate. Young startups are giving large corporations a run for their money by reinventing how we consume physical products. Companies who want to survive and be relevant to their customer need to shift their priorities or suffer the consequences. Here's how aboDeinauto is harnessing the potential of the subscription economy with the help of circuly. 

Investing in subscription software that can not only paint the customer journey but also work wonders in asset management and stock-keeping is a fantastic way to satisfy today's specific demands and scale up to a 20% month-to-month increase on average. Read more about the benefits of subscription software.

"What happens when the products come back from rental?” Probably the most important question when building up a rental or subscription offer. circuly now supports you in the process and makes it easy to operate your return handling.

It really doesn’t matter if we talk to larger established corporations that are on the verge of launching their subscription business model or existing successful subscription companies. Discovering and setting the correct prices for subscriptions can put anyone on a razor edge.

A new feature is up and running! Stay on top of your daily tasks that require immediate attention and action with our new to-do page functionality. This will help you stay focused on what really matters to your customers, whilst making sure nothing slips through and gets lost 🚀

Why launch a subscription offering for your products in e-commerce now? This article gives food for thought and the rationale behind it: from a financial side, customer acquisition side as well as market potential.

Selling online is easy and the customer journey is well optimized. But when it comes to subscriptions or rentals, acquiring a product online is a hassle. That is why we launched a subscription optimized checkout that can do both - rent out and sell products online. With a seamless customer experience. Read this article for more information.

A very rewarding aspect of subscription models is recurring payments. But what comes with it is a flood of invoices that can be nerve-wracking to send out and handle in bookkeeping. Circuly now helps you there with the automated invoicing feature 🙌🏻 Read more about it in this article.

A new feature is up and running! Stay on top of your transactional e-mails with our new automated e-mailing functionality. Never miss sending a payment reminder or a return instruction e-mail to your customer. 🚀

Should I use a normal webshop to set up my rental business? And if yes, which one is best for me? That question we get asked a lot. And YES - to build a scalable rental business, a CMS is inevitable.

We are proud to announce the launch of our new product tracking feature that will help you to save manual labor and scale your business! Check out this post for more details! 💥

Harvesting the potential of the $4.5trn circular economy can be easy - what are you waiting for? If you don't know how to steer your company towards circularity (yet), read more in this article about circular business models and partnerships.

Keeping track of all important KPIs in a rental business can be difficult. In this month's highlight story, we elaborate on the most important metrics rental business owners should keep track of.

Are you feeling lost sometimes between excel sheets, 893 different Chargebee plans, and Asana tasks? No worries, we got ya! We present you 4 tips that you can use to make your rental business run like Forrest Gump!

With rapid growth rates in e-commerce, the topic of online fraud and payment defaults is more relevant than ever. The e-commerce industry is predicted to overtake physical in-store sales by 2027 with a global market volume of USD 6.52 trillion. This article deals specifically with the prevention of chargebacks.

A whole new industry based on sharing or renting everything from household essentials, clothing, electronics, and even furniture, is springing up, posing a disruptive force to traditional retailers.

In recent years, the ‘as-a-Service’ model has gained in importance. When I was in university, I was taught there is Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, and Software-as-a-Service (without really knowing what it actually means). But now, there is pretty much anything available ‘as-a-service’. How come and for what products is that model actually best suitable?

If you have to explain the meaning of ‘responsibility’ to your grandparents or your kids - what would you say?

Product-as-a-Service models are booming - not only due to its many economic benefits but also, because it is one way to keep products in use instead of just dispose of them after usage. This 5-minute read gives insights on how to bring sustainability to e-commerce with a PaaS model.

The “circular economy” - pretty sure you have heard about it already. What do you think it’s about: waste management? Sorry to tell you this, but you are not even close. The circular economy is much more!

We believe that consumer society will change forever. And now is just the beginning: Consumers are renting instead of buying and looking for a way to be eco-friendly - but companies simply don’t respond to their needs, paving the way for disruptive new players in the market. How to survive this challenge?