DMCCA Compliance for Recharge Stores
Recharge runs your recurring billing. The UK DMCCA duties — renewal reminder notices, easy cancellation, dated compliance records — still sit with your store. Subnotice covers that layer alongside Recharge, with nothing to configure in Recharge itself.
Who is responsible for DMCCA compliance — you or Recharge?
You. The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 places its subscription duties on the trader — the business selling the subscription — not on the billing platform. From the expected Spring 2027 enforcement date, UK subscription stores must:
- Send reminder notices before renewal payments are taken
- Make cancellation as easy as signing up
- State renewal terms clearly before purchase
- Honour cooling-off rights on signups and renewals
Recharge gives you the billing engine and customer portal. What it does not give you is a UK-specific compliance record: proof of what was sent, when, and what your policies said on any given date. That gap is what Subnotice fills. See the full UK subscription compliance checklist.
How Subnotice works alongside Recharge
| Job | Recharge | Subnotice |
|---|---|---|
| Recurring billing & customer portal | ✔ | — |
| DMCCA policy readiness score (0–100) with fix notes | — | ✔ |
| Pre-renewal reminder emails with a dated send log | partial (transactional notifications) | ✔ compliance-grade, logged per send |
| Dated policy exports for disputes and records | — | ✔ |
| Chargeback evidence packet (timeline + reminder log) | — | ✔ |
No code, no Recharge configuration: Subnotice installs from the Shopify App Store and reads your published policy pages and the subscription contracts visible in Shopify. Recharge setups on the Shopify Checkout Integration sync subscription contracts natively, so renewal dates are visible to Subnotice out of the box. The policy scan works for every store, whatever your billing stack.
Why Recharge merchants install this before 2027
The nearest-term payoff is not the regulation — it is disputes. Subscription chargebacks ("subscription cancelled", "recurring transaction not authorised") are won with a documented timeline: what the customer was told, when, and what your policies said at the time of the charge. A logged pre-renewal reminder is exactly that evidence. The chargeback guide covers what card issuers ask for.
Frequently asked questions
Does the DMCCA apply to my store if Recharge handles my subscriptions?
Yes. The duties sit with the trader, not the billing platform. Recharge processes recurring billing; the responsibility for reminders, records, and policy wording remains with your store.
Does Subnotice require a code integration with Recharge?
No. Subnotice installs from the Shopify App Store and works alongside Recharge without touching your Recharge configuration. The policy scan works for every store; reminders are driven by the subscription contracts visible in Shopify.
Can I keep using Recharge notifications and still use Subnotice?
Yes. They serve different jobs — Subnotice adds the compliance layer: readiness score, logged reminder notices, and an exportable dated audit trail for disputes and records.
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