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Prerequisites

Before creating subscription products, make sure you have:

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Create a Subscription

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Navigate to Subscriptions

  1. Open your app’s Google Play Console
  2. In the left sidebar, click Monetize with Play > Products > Subscriptions
  3. If you see “Your app doesn’t have any subscriptions yet”, complete the Closed testing guide first
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Create New Subscription

  1. Click Create subscription
  2. Provide the following metadata:
MetadataDescription
Product IDThe product ID is a unique alphanumeric ID that is used for accessing your product.
NameA short name of the item, up to 55 characters. This will be displayed on your Google Play Store listing.
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Configure Product Details

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Tips for creating robust product IDs

After you use a Product ID for one product in Google Play Console, it can’t be used again across any of your apps, even if the product is deleted. Use a consistent naming scheme:
<app>_<entitlement>
  • app: Some prefix that will be unique to your app
  • entitlement: A name for what the product provides access to, e.g., “premium”
For example: bwai_premium
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Create Base Plans

For subscription products, you’ll need to add base plans. Base plans define billing period, price, and renewal type. Customers purchase base plans, not subscription products directly.Use clear naming like: <duration>-<renewaltype>, e.g., annual-autorenewing

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Annual Base Plan

  1. Inside your subscription, under “Base plans and offers” click Add base plan
  2. Configure the plan:
    • Base plan ID: annual-autorenewing
    • Type: Auto-renewing
    • Billing period: Set to Yearly
    • Keep other fields as default
  3. Set pricing:
    • Click Set price
    • Toggle all countries
    • Click Set price
    • Choose a common currency like USD and pick a price
    • Click Update
    • All countries will automatically get converted prices
    • Click Save

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Monthly Base Plan

  1. Create another base plan with:
    • Base plan ID: monthly-autorenewing
    • Type: Auto-renewing
    • Billing period: Set to Monthly
  2. Follow the same pricing steps as above
Great! You now have your subscription products set up with monthly and yearly base plans.