[Video Guide] How to Make a Product Subscription Only

Some products only make sense as a subscription: a box, a membership, a refill. This video shows how to take the one-time purchase option away so subscribing is the only way to buy.



The short version


The product must already be part of a subscription offer. Then:


  1. Open the product in your Shopify admin.
  2. In the Purchase options section, check Only sell this product as a subscription.
  3. Click Save.


This also blocks one-time checkout links and third-party apps. In the offer's product list, the product now shows a Subscription-only badge.


Only hiding the one-time row


If you just want to steer shoppers towards subscribing, without Shopify enforcing it, hide the one-time purchase row in the offer instead:


  1. Go to Supr Bundles & Subscriptions > Offers and open the offer.
  2. Click the eye icon on the One-time purchase row. It now shows a Hidden badge.
  3. Click Save.


This hides the row on every product the offer covers. It is only a visual nudge: direct add to cart links and other apps can still buy the product once. To keep one-time buying but open on a subscription, click Make default on a subscription option instead. See The one-time purchase row.



Updated on: 09/25/2026

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