Subscription Terms and Conditions (Consumer)

Consumer terms for a rolling subscription, membership or box scheme, written for the new subscription contract rules – key pre-contract information, free trials, reminder notices, cooling-off on joining and renewal, price changes and easy cancellation.

Editable Word document
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10pages
Guidance notes included
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Sales & marketing

Subscription Terms and Conditions (Consumer)

About this document

What it’s for

Subscriptions that renew automatically – memberships, software, streaming, subscription boxes, gyms, apps and service plans – are being brought under a new legal regime by the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024. Businesses will have to give clear key information before sign-up, send reminder notices, allow a cooling-off period on joining and after each renewal, and let customers cancel easily. These terms, and the compliance checklist, help you get ready.

When to use it

  • For any consumer subscription or membership that renews automatically or continues until cancelled
  • For free trials or low-price introductory offers that move to a full price
  • Before the new subscription rules start (expected January 2027) – and to review existing subscriptions

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  • Part 1 – Key information (show before sign-up)
  • Part 2 – Terms and conditions: subscription, free trials, payment and renewal, price changes, cooling-off, cancelling, reminder notices, suspension, your legal rights, liability, complaints and law
  • Part 3 – Subscription compliance checklist (for the business)

How to complete it

  • Fill in your plans, prices, billing periods and how to cancel
  • Display the key information in Part 1 prominently before the customer signs up – not just in the terms
  • Set up your reminder notices and online cancellation to match Part 3

Key points to check

  • Check the final regulations and Department for Business and Trade guidance for the commencement date, reminder timings and refund rules
  • Business-to-business subscriptions are not covered by these rules – use business terms instead

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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