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Subscriptions & recurring payments — found from sitemap — GoCardless
Checked for GoCardless on 1 Oct 2026
- Page
- https://docs.gocardless.com/docs/collect-payments/recurring-payments/subscriptions
- Checked
- 1 Oct 2026, 08:11 UTC
- How we may use it
- Public page, crawling permitted
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- 200
- content hash
- sha256:3f2a118b505aa1e8b58efe0eaa8635474e72a79f7f8fe6cd7c5b527064ffbe43
- permission
- robots_ok
- screenshot
- Screenshot on file (internal exhibit, not published)
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Facts read from this source
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Subscriptions description Report an error
“Automatically collect fixed amounts at regular intervals. Set up a subscription once, and GoCardless handles collection on schedule.”
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Use cases Report an error
“SaaS subscriptions Membership fees Content subscriptions Gym memberships, insurance premiums, and ongoing services”
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Subscriptions vs instalments Report an error
“Key difference from instalments: Instalment schedules have a defined end. Subscriptions continue indefinitely until cancelled.”
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Subscriptions mandate required Report an error
“Subscriptions Instalments Variable Recurring Payments Instant Bank Pay + Direct Debit Mandate required Yes Yes Yes (consent) Yes”
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Subscriptions availability Report an error
“Availability All schemes All schemes GBP only GBP and EUR”
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Confirmation speed Report an error
“Confirmation speed 2-x business days 2-x business days Seconds First payment: minutes; subsequent: 2-x business days”
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Chargeback risk Report an error
“Chargeback risk Yes Yes None First payment: none; subsequent: yes”
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Frequency options Report an error
“Frequency options: Weekly, monthly, yearly, or custom intervals.”
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Collection timeframe Report an error
“GoCardless collects the payment (typically 2-5 business days)”
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API billing request Report an error
“curl -X POST https://api.gocardless.com/billing_requests”
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API create subscription Report an error
“curl -X POST https://api.gocardless.com/subscriptions”
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Integration types Report an error
“Hosted Pages - Create a Billing Request Flow and redirect the customer to the authorisation_url. See Hosted Payment Pages. Custom API - Collect customer details and bank account via Billing Request actions, then confirm.”
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Sdks Report an error
“HTTP PHP Python Ruby Java JavaScript .NET Go”
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Webhooks Report an error
“You receive a webhook confirming the payment status”
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Subscription webhook events Report an error
“subscriptions_created Subscription set up successfully subscriptions_payment_created A scheduled payment was created payments_confirmed Recurring payment collected successfully payments_failed Recurring payment failed subscriptions_finished All payments collected (if count was set) subscriptions_cancelled Subscription cancelled”
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Subscription management Report an error
“You can also cancel the subscription:”
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Subscription pause Report an error
“Or pause the subscription:”
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Subscription pause cycles Report an error
“-d '{ "data": { "pause_cycles": 3 } }'”
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Subscription resume Report an error
“And resume the subscription:”
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Variable amount guidance Report an error
“Need to change the amount? If the amount varies between cycles, use one-off payments instead and control each charge individually. Alternatively, you can cancel and recreate a subscription with a new amount.”
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Instalments guidance Report an error
“If the amount doesn't vary and you wish to only take a certain number of payments, use instalments instead.”
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Success plus retries Report an error
“Missed payment retries Yes (with Success+) Yes (with Success+) Yes Subsequent payments: yes”
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Mandate webhook events Report an error
“billing_request_fulfilled Customer authorised the mandate mandates_created Mandate created and ready to use mandates_active Mandate active”
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Payout timing Report an error
“Funds are included in your next payout”
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Sandbox Report an error
“Create a sandbox account”
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