A list of terms frequently used in the SubscriptionBridge documentation and in the pages generated by the system (administration and customer service pages).

• SubscriptionBridge areas
  • Merchant Center: the area that contains tools that Merchants use to create subscription products, plans, features, and view reports on transactions, subscription activity, customers. etc.
  • Customer Center: the area that a Customer may use to view/update/upgrade/cancel his or her subscription(s). This is always use when the Simple Integration method is used. It may not be used when Advanced or Shopping Cart Integration is used. That's because in these two cases the third-party systems may contain pages that allow customers to perform the same tasks within their interface (e.g. so a customer would not leave the e-commerce store powered by a certain shopping cart).
• Users of SubscriptionBridge
  • Merchant: a company that uses SubscriptionBridge to help it run its subscription-based business
  • Account: Merchant staff that has access to the SubscriptionBridge Merchant Center
  • Customer: a Merchant's customer, who subscribed to one or more of the Merchant's products
• Subscriptions etc.
  • Product: a subscription product or service (e.g. a gym membership)
  • Plan: a specific billing arrangement (e.g. monthly, with a 30 day free trial)
  • Feature: additional features that can alter the price of the Product sold (e.g. “towel service” available for an extra fee)
  • Subscription: a unique combination of a product/plan/feature(s)/customer. For example: Mr. Smith may subscribe to a gym membership (product) with a locker (feature) and towel service (feature), and opted to pay quarterly (plan).