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02/12/2026
Flutterwave Payment: Simple Payments & Powerful Subscriptions
Accept one-time payments and recurring subscriptions with flexible plans — daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly.Ecartify: Flutterwave Payment Gateway
Modern e-commerce isn't just about selling products once—it's about building recurring revenue streams through subscriptions, memberships, and repeat purchases. Businesses need payment solutions that handle both simple one-time transactions and complex recurring billing with ease.
Traditional payment gateways force you to choose between basic payments or expensive third-party subscription management tools, creating complexity, higher costs, and poor customer experiences.
That's exactly why we built Ecartify: Flutterwave Payment Gateway — a comprehensive payment solution that combines simple product payments with powerful subscription management, all integrated seamlessly into CS-Cart with flexible billing cycles from daily to yearly.
Key Features of Flutterwave Payment Gateway
Dual Payment Modes: One-Time & Subscriptions:
Unlike traditional payment gateways that only handle basic transactions, our Flutterwave integration gives you complete flexibility to sell products as either one-time purchases or recurring subscriptions.
Payment Flexibility:
- Process standard one-time product purchases
- Enable subscription-based recurring payments per product
- Let customers choose between purchase or subscribe
- Mix regular and subscription products in the same store
- Toggle subscription mode on/off per product easily
This dual-mode approach gives you ultimate control over your revenue model without needing multiple payment systems.
5 Flexible Subscription Plan Types:
Create subscription plans that match your business model perfectly. Our addon supports five different billing frequencies to accommodate any subscription strategy.
Available Subscription Plans:
Daily: Perfect for consumables, services, or daily access products
Weekly: Ideal for meal kits, fresh produce, or weekly content
Monthly: Most popular for SaaS, memberships, and regular deliveries
Quarterly: Great for seasonal products or business subscriptions
Yearly: Best for annual memberships with discounted pricing
Each plan can have custom pricing, iteration limits, and individual activation status—giving you complete control.
Comprehensive Subscription Plan Management:
For each product, create and manage multiple subscription plans with detailed control over pricing, duration, and billing cycles.
Plan Configuration Options:
- Plan Name: Create custom names like "Premium Monthly" or "Basic Weekly"
- Plan Type: Select from daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly
- Subscription Amount: Set the recurring price per billing cycle
- Number of Iterations: Define how many billing cycles (e.g., 12 months, unlimited)
- Status: Activate or deactivate plans individually
All plan details are managed through an intuitive subscription plan table directly in the product editor.
Smart Frontend Subscription Selection:
When subscriptions are enabled for a product, customers see clear subscription options on the product detail page, making it easy to choose their preferred plan.
Customer Experience:
- Subscription plans displayed clearly on product page
- "No Subscription" option available for one-time purchase
- All active plans shown with pricing and frequency
- Selected plan pricing automatically applied to cart
- Clear indication of billing frequency and total iterations
- Seamless checkout process with Flutterwave
Customers can easily understand and select the subscription that fits their needs without any confusion.
Automated Subscription Billing & Tracking:
Once a customer subscribes, the system automatically handles recurring billing according to the selected plan schedule.
Automation Features:
- Automatic recurring charges based on plan frequency
- Iteration counter tracks completed billing cycles
- Subscription automatically ends after set iterations
- Failed payment retry logic built-in
- Email notifications for successful charges
- Complete payment history for each subscription
Set it and forget it—the system handles all recurring billing automatically.
Dedicated Subscription Order Management:
Admins get a specialized backend interface to monitor and manage all subscription-based orders separately from regular orders.
Admin Dashboard Features:
- Access via Orders → Flutterwave Subscription Orders
- View all active and completed subscriptions
- Track completed iterations for each subscription
- Monitor subscription status and payment history
- See customer subscription details at a glance
- Export subscription data for reporting
Complete visibility into your recurring revenue stream with professional subscription management tools.
Step-by-Step Setup Guide
Step 1: Install & Configure the Addon
Setting up Flutterwave payment gateway with subscription support is straightforward:
Download the addon from CS-Cart marketplace or Ecartify website
Login to your CS-Cart admin panel and navigate to Add-ons
Upload and install "Ecartify: Flutterwave Payment Gateway"
Activate the addon from the add-ons list
Enter your Flutterwave API credentials (Public Key & Secret Key)
Navigate to Administration → Settings → Payment methods
Add "Flutterwave" as a new payment method
Get your API keys from your Flutterwave dashboard at flutterwave.com
Step 2: Enable Subscriptions for Products
To make a product available as a subscription, you need to enable the subscription feature:
Navigate to Products → Products and edit any product
Find the "Enable Subscription" checkbox in product addons tab
Check the box to activate subscription functionality for this product
The subscription plan table will now appear below
Save the product to confirm subscription activation
Note: You can enable subscriptions on some products while keeping others as regular one-time purchases.
Step 3: Configure Subscription Plans for a Product
Subscription plans are configured directly inside each product's edit page. Here's how to set them up:
1. Navigate to Products → Products and open any product to edit it
2. Click on the Add-ons tab inside the product edit page
3. Find the "Enable Subscription" checkbox and check it to activate subscription plans for this product
4. Once enabled, a subscription plan table will appear with 5 pre-defined plan types: Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly, Weekly, and Daily
5. For each plan type, fill in the following fields:
| Field | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Custom label shown to customer | Yearly Subscription |
| Payment Type | Auto-filled, read-only (yearly / quarterly / monthly / weekly / daily) | yearly |
| Value | Subscription amount charged per cycle | 40.00 |
| Duration | Number of billing iterations | 1 |
| Status | Checkbox to activate or deactivate this plan | ✔ Enabled |
6. You can enable or disable each plan type individually using the Status checkbox — only enabled plans will be visible to customers on the frontend
7. Once all plan values are filled in, click Save to store the subscription configuration for this product
Note: The Payment Type column is read-only and auto-filled by the system. You only need to set the Name, Value, Duration, and Status for each plan.
Step 4: How It Works for Customers
Here's the complete customer experience from browsing to subscribing:
1. Customer browses your store and finds a product with subscription options
2. On the product detail page, subscription plan options are displayed clearly with pricing and frequency
3. Customer selects their preferred subscription plan (or chooses "No Subscription" for one-time purchase)
4. Product is added to cart with the subscription amount and plan details shown
5. At checkout, customer completes payment through Flutterwave secure payment gateway
6. Subscription is activated and automatic recurring billing begins based on the selected plan frequency
Customers receive email confirmations for the initial subscription and each recurring payment.
Step 5: Flutterwave Subscription Orders (Admin)
Admins can monitor and manage all subscription-based orders from a dedicated backend interface:
Navigate to Orders → Flutterwave Subscription Orders
View complete list of all active and completed subscriptions
See detailed information including customer, product, plan type, and pricing
Track completed iterations vs total iterations for each subscription
Monitor subscription status (Active, Completed, Cancelled)
Dashboard Insight: The subscription order interface gives you complete visibility into your recurring revenue stream.
Who Should Use This Payment Gateway?
Flutterwave Payment Gateway with subscription support is perfect for:
SaaS & Software Sellers:
Sell software licenses with monthly or yearly subscription billing built right in.
Membership Sites:
Offer premium memberships with recurring access fees and multiple tier options.
Subscription Box Services:
Perfect for monthly boxes, meal kits, or curated product deliveries with flexible schedules.
Digital Content Creators:
Monetize courses, content libraries, or premium newsletters with recurring subscriptions.
Service-Based Businesses:
Offer maintenance plans, support packages, or ongoing services with automatic billing.
Mixed Product Stores:
Sell both regular products and subscription items from the same store seamlessly.
If you want to build predictable recurring revenue alongside one-time sales, this payment gateway delivers everything you need.
Ecartify: Flutterwave Payment Gateway
Ecartify: Flutterwave Payment Gateway is more than just a payment processor—it's a complete subscription management system integrated seamlessly into CS-Cart.
With support for both one-time purchases and five different subscription frequencies (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly), you get the flexibility to build any business model from simple e-commerce to complex subscription services.
If you're looking to unlock recurring revenue streams, reduce payment friction, and provide customers with flexible subscription options—all while maintaining full control through your CS-Cart admin panel—this payment gateway is absolutely essential.
Ready to Build Recurring Revenue?
Stop leaving money on the table with one-time sales only. Upgrade to Ecartify: Flutterwave Payment Gateway today and transform your CS-Cart store into a subscription-powered revenue machine with flexible billing and automated recurring payments.
