What Square Subscriptions does today
Square Subscriptions turns any item in your library into a recurring subscription, with optional “subscribe and save” discounts, pausing and end dates. Customers get a link to update their card, pause or cancel. Square says “there are no monthly fees or fixed costs for Square Subscriptions.”
- Create the plan. Items & services > Subscription plans > Create plan.
- Assign items and a frequency. Add the item, a billing frequency, and any discount, end date or pause option.
- Sell it. Through Square Online, a QR code or social media, or create one by hand under Orders & payments > Subscriptions.
Selling subscriptions on a Square Online website is part of Square Plus and Premium. Subscriptions are managed from the Dashboard and the iOS app.
Sources, checked October 9, 2026: Square: subscriptions, Square: plans and pricing.
Where it stops for appointment businesses
A spa membership is more than a monthly charge. Members expect their price and their included service to just work when they book. Square’s help center doesn’t describe any way for a subscription to grant appointment credits or member pricing on services, and a December 2025 feature request for “Monthly Memberships for Services” got replies from third-party apps, not from Square.
“I’d like the ability to add the discount code directly to the customer so when they checkout online or instore they automatically get their member pricing. Right now I use a spreadsheet.”
The closest native option is packages: prepaid sessions on Square Plus. Packages are a one-time purchase, not a monthly plan.
How memberships work in Foyer
- Billing is Square’s. Foyer creates the plan as a monthly Square subscription. Joining saves the card in Square and starts a real Square subscription, so receipts and failed payments work as they do today.
- Perks at booking. A member percent off all services or chosen groups, and up to five included services a month, booked at $0. Credits reset each calendar month in your time zone.
- Members prove it’s them. A six-digit email code unlocks member prices, so a shared name or email can’t borrow perks.
- Status follows Square. When a subscription is paused or canceled in Square, member perks stop.
- Join from your site. A “Become a member” option in the booking widget and on your Foyer Page.
Discounts stack in one fixed order: a package session first, then membership credits, then the member percent, then a promo code on what is left.
How to price a spa or med spa membership
Most successful memberships pay for themselves with one visit a month and reward a second one:
| Plan | Monthly price | What members get |
|---|---|---|
| Facial club | $99 | One signature facial a month, 10% off everything else |
| Tox membership | $75 | Banked monthly credit toward tox, member price per unit |
| Lash fill club | $65 | Two fills a month at the member rate |
Start from your most-booked service: price the membership a little under its single-visit price, include one session, and add a percent off so members book more. If a client has visited three times in 90 days, the membership usually saves them money. That is who to invite first.