OFN User Guide
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  • Welcome to the OFN User Guide
  • Local OFN organisations and contacts
  • Where does my business fit in OFN?
  • Quick Start Guides
    • Hub
    • Shop
    • Profile
    • Digital Farmer's Markets
  • Features
    • Register and Create an Enterprise Account
    • Dashboard
    • Enterprise profile
      • Package / profile types
      • Enterprise Settings
      • Create or connect with your supplying producers
      • Making a producer profile searchable by product category
      • Enterprise Permissions
      • Change Profile Managers/Owners
    • Products
      • Add products
      • Product variants
      • Product properties
      • Pricing meat & other 'complete' products of unknown weight
      • Inventory tool
      • Group Buy - for bulk ordering
      • Product and Inventory import
    • Shopfront
      • Shipping Methods
      • Payment Methods
      • Enterprise Fees
      • Order cycles
        • Order Cycles (for Hubs)
        • Order Cycles (for Shops)
        • Opening more than one order cycle
        • Permissions in multi-enterprise order cycles
      • Customer management and conditional displays/prices
        • Customer Management
        • Tags and Tag Rules
      • Vouchers
      • Private shopfront
      • White Label shopfront
      • Display only shopfront
    • Orders
      • Manage Orders
      • Create orders manually
      • Refunds and Adjusting Payments
    • Subscriptions
      • Configuration
      • Subscriptions - Creating & Managing orders
      • Subscriptions - the customer's perspective
      • Subscriptions - FAQs
    • Reports
      • General tips
      • Order Reports
      • Reports for Bulk Order Management
      • Reports for Hub Management
      • Packing Reports
      • Payment Reports
      • Tax Reports
      • OFN Invoices
      • Xero Invoices
    • Groups
      • Create and manage a Group page
    • API
  • Hub management tips
    • How To's
      • Delete an Enterprise
      • Soft Close an Order Cycle
      • Open your Shop on 'Preview'
      • Customise your shop appearance
      • Take orders on Credit
      • Vouchers v. tags
      • Early Shopping 'Hour' for Priority Groups
      • Discounted/Free Delivery for Vulnerable Customers
      • Cash/EFTs for trusted customers only
      • Reward your volunteers
      • Running a Social Media Promotion
      • How to Create Gift Vouchers
    • Marketing Tips
    • Social Media
  • Complementary software and tools
    • Newsletters & Promotional Emails
    • Accounting and Invoicing Packages
      • Paying suppliers with ABA files (Australia)
    • API
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Glossary of OFN Terms
  • Shopping with Open Food Network
    • About Open Food Network
    • How to find an online food shop near you
    • Shopping and Placing an Order
    • The people & businesses who make your food
    • Your OFN account
    • Subscription Orders
    • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Feedback
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  • What are ‘Subscriptions’?
  • How do I set one up?
  • Paying for a Subscription by card
  • What to expect
  • Changing your subscription order
  • Common questions
  • I pay by card for my subscription. When will the payment be taken?
  • I have received an email stating that the payment for my subscription order failed. What should I do?
  • Can I top up my order by adding extra products?
  • This week I don’t need to have X. Can this be removed for just one week?
  • I would like to add/remove X from my regular order
  • I would like to change my regular order to weekly rather than fortnightly.
  • I’m going on holiday and don’t want my subscription for the next two weeks.
  • There is a zero next to one of the products in my subscription. What does this mean?
  • Will the cost of my subscription remain the same forever?
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  1. Shopping with Open Food Network

Subscription Orders

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What are ‘Subscriptions’?

‘Subscriptions’ are a service offered by some shops on the OFN platform. As a customer, if you have a ‘subscription’ from a shop then you will have an order placed on your behalf at a regular interval.

If you buy the same items from your local OFN shop every week, fortnight or month it is worth asking them if you can have a subscription order. It may save you time and subscriptions can offer security to the local food economy if producers know they can expect a minimum income each month.

How do I set one up?

To set up a subscription you will need to get in touch with the shop you normally purchase from. Their contact details are found under the ‘’ tab.

Not all shops offer subscriptions and for those who do, the range of products available on subscription may be more limited than their entire range. But it is always worth asking, if this is something you would like!

If a shop is able to organise a subscription for you, they will need to know the following information:

  • The email address associated with your OFN account.

  • The items you would like to purchase on a regular basis.

  • Your preferred collection/delivery time/day for your regular order.

  • Your preferred method of payment for your regular order.

  • The frequency which you would like the order (weekly, fortnightly, monthly…)

  • Start and end date (if you are giving a subscription as a gift you may like it to run for a limited time rather than indefinitely).

You will need to register for an and have an active email address in order for the business to set your subscription up.

Paying for a Subscription by card

If you have more than one card saved in your account then it is the one with the ‘default’ box checked which will be debited when payment for your subscription order is requested.

If you change your default card then it will be necessary to re-check the 'Allow Charges to Default Card' box under' Authorised Shops to for payments for any subscriptions you have with those shops to be processed.

What to expect

Every time an order is automatically generated for you, an email will be sent to inform you of its contents. If one of the items in your subscription is not in stock that week/month (perhaps the baker is ill and is unable to bake bread) then the quantity in your email confirmation will read ‘0’.

The email will also inform you of the current price of each item. Over time prices may fluctuate. The cost of your subscription will reflect the current cost and not the cost when the subscription was first created.

Changing your subscription order

Some shops may allow customers to remove items from their orders or cancel them altogether, within a limited time frame. In which case you will be sent two emails. The first will notify you that your automated order has been placed and give you a link to follow if you wish to change your order:

Adding to your basket by following this link will generate a second order and you will be directed to the checkout to pay for your additional items separately from those in your subscription.

When orders close for that week/fortnight/month, you will be sent a second email confirming your final order contents and informing you that payment has been taken (if you are paying for your subscription by card- payment will not be automatically taken if you pay for your subscription by cash or bank transfer).

Common questions

I pay by card for my subscription. When will the payment be taken?

The shop you purchase from on the OFN platform opens and closes periodically in what we call ‘order cycles’. You will be sent an email to say your subscription order has been placed when the order cycle corresponding to your subscription opens (ie weekly, fortnightly, monthly). Payment will be taken when the order cycle closes.

I have received an email stating that the payment for my subscription order failed. What should I do?

From time to time, if you pay for your subscription by card, you may receive the following email. Don't worry!

What to do next:

  • Check that the 'Allow Charges to Default Card' box is checked next to the business with whom you have a subscription.

  • Check that your card registered as 'Default' is in date. Add a new card if necessary.

Can I top up my order by adding extra products?

This week I don’t need to have X. Can this be removed for just one week?

I would like to add/remove X from my regular order

I would like to change my regular order to weekly rather than fortnightly.

I’m going on holiday and don’t want my subscription for the next two weeks.

There is a zero next to one of the products in my subscription. What does this mean?

Will the cost of my subscription remain the same forever?

No. The cost of your subscription will fluctuate based on the current price of the items within it. This is to ensure small producers always receive a fair price for their products.

If you would like to pay for your subscription order by card then it is necessary to add and save a card to your and tick the box to ‘Allow Charges?’ to the shop you would like the subscription with:

Get with the business with whom you have a subscription and they will be able to let you know how to pay for this particular week's/month's order.

Before your next order, and visit the 'Credit Cards' tab. In the UK you can follow this link:

You will be asked to periodically re-visit this page and re-check this box. This is an extra security measure brought in by European banks called Strong Card Authentication (SCA). You can read more .

You can certainly purchase more items each week from your local food enterprise. These extra items will be added to a new order, however, which you will need to pay for via the .

If your local shop charges a small fixed fee per order for delivery/collection then get in touch with them (email and phone number can be found under ‘’). They will be able to remove this fee for your top up second order for you, so that you are not paying twice!

Yes, this is certainly possible. The best way to do this is to the shop who you are purchasing with and they can adjust your subscription order accordingly.

This is certainly possible. Just drop the shop where you have the subscription with an and they can arrange the rest.

This is certainly possible. Just drop the shop where you have the subscription with an and they can arrange the rest.

This is certainly possible. Just drop the shop where you have the subscription with an and they can arrange the rest.

The beauty of locally grown and made produce is that it is seasonal. If an item in your regular order is out of stock (for instance lettuce in the winter or bread if the baker is ill that week and can’t bake) then your will have a zero in the quantity column next to it. The balance of your order will be adjusted accordingly.

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