subscription services
Ongoing paid access
Subscription services are products or services delivered on a recurring basis in exchange for regular payments.
The model spans streaming platforms, software, meal kits, and magazines—anything where you pay periodically rather than once.
I'm trying to cut back on subscription services.
The term often carries a faint note of complaint, since subscriptions accumulate and auto-renew: I forgot I was still paying for that subscription service.
- meal kitsPre-measured ingredients with instructions
- video-on-demandSelf-scheduled digital viewing
- podcastsEpisodic digital audio programs
- streaming platformsOn-demand video services
- gym membershipsRecurring access to workout facilities
membership fee · cloud storage · unsubscribe · online courses · music libraries · digital library · book clubs · cancel · audiobooks · sign up · cancel anytime · pet supplies · payment gateways · recurring payment · SaaS · professional associations · loyalty programs · mobile apps
- Audiobooksaudiobook, narrator, chapter, narration, playback speed
- online servicesSaaS, web hosting, e-commerce, web shops, online shopping
- add-onsadd-on, add-ons, add-ins, extras, upgrade
- on-demandvideo on demand, VOD, instant access, pay-per-view, PPV
- digital economye-commerce, digital payments, online shopping, digital marketplace, digital markets
- digital distributionstreaming, downloads, app stores, video on demand, music streaming
subscription servicespay-per-use
Charged by consumption
pay-as-you-go · perpetual licenses · upfront payment · impulse buys · cash-and-carry