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Subscription brands ($1–10M)

Turn more buyers into subscribers & maximize your subscription LTV.

Scale your subscription brand with better offers, an optimized subscription platform, and high-retention lifecycle messaging. Done for you in 30 days.

70%+ third-order retention60%+ subscription take rate80+ subscription brands
SunMed cohort table: month 3 retention rose from 61% and 63% before to 72% and 73% after
61→73%SunMed, 90-day repeat purchase rate
Live in 30 days
Works with
Recharge, Stay AI, Loop and Skio

Trusted by 80+ subscription brands

Logos of DTC brands RetainUP has worked with, including Bioderma, SunMed, TANIT, Goat Milk Stuff, Boka, K9Clean, ZitSticka, Awesome Aminos, Azuna, Acer, Alyve Wellness and SoulBrew

There's a reason your subscription revenue isn't growing.

The old way

  • Hiring an email agency that has never built a subscription program
  • Twenty subscription metrics & no idea what to fix next
  • A subscription platform set up once & never touched again
  • A PDP offer that doesn't match your emails
  • Subscriptions split across teams & owned by nobody

The new way

  • Subscription experts who read cohorts, from offer to cancel flow
  • A clear next fix, every month
  • A subscription platform improved every month
  • One offer across PDP, emails & portal
  • One owner for take rate, retention & LTV
What we believe

LTV is the only metric that matters.

One system to scale your subscription program.

Subscription LTV =
more subscribers×more orders×more per order
1Offer Engineering

Offer beats message.

A strong offer lifts take rate, order value, and retention at once.

Frequency, discount ladder, bundles, add-ons.
2Onboard and Renew

First 90 days decide everything.

Control every message until the habit sticks.

Onboarding, charge reminders, renewals to order 3.
3Habit and Delight

No habit, no subscriber.

If customers aren't using your product, they won't stay subscribed.

Usage check-ins, nudges, refills, milestone gifts.
4Flexibility and Save

Play the long game.

Transparency is non-negotiable. You cannot trick your customers into retention.

Pause, skip, swap, cancel flow, winbacks.

Cancel reasons go back into the offer. That closes the loop.

Your email agency can’t fix your subscription. Offer structure, frequency, cancel, customer portal, milestones, and gifts all need more than email.

Real subscription results

From $1M brands to $50M+ brands, on Skio, Stay AI, Recharge and Loop.

SunMed
CBD supplementsSkio
$10M–50M brand · 10K+ subscribers
61% → 73%
Month 3 retention
Naali
Supplements, FranceStay AI
€5M–10M brand · 10K+ subscribers
64% → 78%
Order 2 retention
Azuna
Natural air freshenersRecharge
$50M+ brand · 150K+ subscribers
35% → 69%
Take rate, all web orders
Boka
Oral careRecharge
$10M+ brand · 10K+ subscribers
41% → 63%
Month 3 retention
FreshCap
Mushroom supplementsSkio
$1M–10M brand · 5K+ subscribers
69% → 79%
Returning customer rate
ZitSticka
DTC skincareSkio
$1M–10M brand · 5K+ subscribers
44% → 58%
90-day repeat purchase rate
NaaliMicro win
Supplements, FranceStay AI
€5M–10M brand · 10K+ subscribers
12.5% → 19.8%
Cancel flow save rate
SunMedMicro win
CBD supplementsSkio
$10M–50M brand · 10K+ subscribers
14.8% → 24.9%
Cancel flow save rate
Awesome AminosMicro win
Amino gummiesLoop
$1M–10M brand · 5K+ subscribers
6% → 12.5%
Buy 2 get 1 page conversion
Here’s how we can help…

Where is your subscription program today?

Pick the row that sounds like you.

Already running a subscription program? Start with the Roadmap
Start here

The numbers stopped moving, and you don't know what to fix first.

Subscription LTV Roadmap™

Your data analyzed. 30 to 50 changes, in order.
  • Full diagnostic of your subscription data
  • 30 to 50 changes, in order, for the next 90 days
  • Walkthrough call with Rahi
$1,000
one time, in 3 working daysLearn More
You want it built

You have the Roadmap™ but no team to ship it.

Subscription LTV Optimizer™

Your Roadmap™, built for you. Every month.
  • Fixes built and shipped every month
  • Monthly re-check: what's new, what broke, what ships next
  • Weekly check-ins and Slack
$3,000/mo
3-month start, then month to monthLearn More
Nothing set up yet, just migrated or not working?
Full build

No cancel flow, a weak offer, or flows set up once and never touched.

Subscription LTV Maximizer™

Your whole subscription program, built for you in 30 days.
  • Offer engineered for retention: frequency, discounts, milestones, gifts
  • Your subscription platform optimized in Recharge, Skio, Stay AI or Loop
  • 10+ automations, 30+ emails, written and designed for you
  • Live in 30 days or a full refund
  • Ends with a free Roadmap™
$5,000
one time, 30-day buildLearn More

Questions first? Book a call

Rahi Jain
Subscription LTV Specialist

Hi, I'm Rahi Jain.

I help DTC brands maximize their LTV from subscriptions. I've been in ecommerce since 2009, and from 2012 to 2019 I scaled my own fashion brand past $20M. I know how much growth depends on customers coming back.

When I started my agency, we built email for DTC brands. The flows looked great. Subscribers still left. The problem was never the email. It was the offer they subscribed to, how often the box arrived, and what happened when they clicked cancel.

So I stopped selling email and started fixing subscription programs. The offer first, then the subscription platform, then the messaging. That is how the Subscription LTV Maximizer™ and Optimizer™ came together.

I've worked with 80+ subscription brands, including Bioderma, Boka and SunMed. I work directly with every brand and take only 4-6 new brands a quarter.

15+
Years in ecommerce
80+
Subscription brands
The Subscription Retention Newsletter

The subscription strategy your email agency never shows you.

One email a week on subscription retention: the numbers, the strategy, and what to fix first.

Free. Plus the Scorecard™ methodology when you join.

FromRahi Jain, RetainUPSubjectWhat's a good subscription retention rate?

Ask two subscription apps what good retention looks like for a supplement brand.

Skio says 20 to 30% are left at order 3. Recharge looked at about 1,750 supplement brands: 49.1%.

Same category. Same order. Twice apart. Here are the bands we use:

RatingOrder 3 retention
Poorunder 45%
Average45 to 62%
Good62 to 72%
Excellentover 72%

Subscription breakdowns on YouTube

Every week, see how a big subscription brand runs its program, and what your $1-10M brand can copy.

See all videos on YouTube

Common subscription questions

Why do I need a subscription specialist? My email agency already runs retention.

Email agencies are good at email. But email can’t change the things that make a subscriber stay: the offer they picked, how often the box arrives, what happens when they hit cancel, and whether a failed card gets recovered. All of that sits in Recharge, Skio, Stay AI or Loop, and that is where the work happens. Your email team keeps running campaigns, and your subscription layer gets its own owner. If you are comparing specialists, see the 5 best subscription retention experts for DTC brands.

Which should I start with?

If nothing is set up, or what you have is not working, start with the Maximizer: your whole program built in 30 days for $5,000. If your program is running and you want to know what to fix first, get the Roadmap for $1,000. If you want those fixes built every month, the Optimizer is $3,000 a month, and your Roadmap fee counts toward it.

How do we work together?

Everything is done for you. You give feedback and approvals, and the building is done for you. Rahi is on every account, with a strategy call and an execution review each month, and Slack in between.

How long until my subscription numbers improve?

The Subscription LTV Maximizer™ is live in 30 days, and most brands see early movement in the first two weeks as flows go live. Retention gains show over the next 60 to 90 days, as your first cohorts reach their second and third orders.

What is your approach to growing subscriptions?

Six rules. LTV is the primary KPI and everything else is an input. The offer matters more than the message. No habit means no subscriber. The first 90 days decide whether someone stays. Gifts beat discounts. And transparency wins, so cancelling stays easy. Fix the offer first, then the subscription platform, then the messaging. Most programs are built in the opposite order.

Scorecard report mockup
Free subscription audit

Not sure where to start? Get your Subscription LTV Scorecard™

The same audit paying clients get, free for you.

  • A personalized 20-page report
  • 8 dimensions, 48 checkpoints
  • Benchmarked against Grüns, IM8 and Mars Men
  • Delivered in 24 hours

Just your email and store URL.