Algorithm & Assignment
- Algorithm: The assignment engine that chooses which product/variant should fulfill a subscription placeholder item.
- Algorithm Passes: The staged selection strategy (for example, prefer new products first, then relax rules) used to find the best available candidate.
- Placeholder Item: A temporary order line that the algorithm later replaces with a concrete product variant during processing.
Products & Merchandising
- Assignment Options: Customer-selectable variant dimensions (such as size or color) that guide which specific variant can be assigned.
- Assortment: A curated group of products used by the subscription system to keep customer picks consistent (for example, by style or print).
- Default Product Drop: The fallback drop used when no regular drop can produce a valid assignment.
- Product Drop: A release configuration that controls which products are eligible for assignment based on rules like date window, theme, and product type.
- Product Type: The subscription-facing category of product (for example, trunks, briefs, socks) used for matching and eligibility.
- Related Assortment: A backup assortment the system can use when the primary assortment does not have a viable product.
- Theme: A merchant-defined category (implemented with Shopify tags) used to group and filter products in subscription logic.
Subscriptions & Pricing
- Frequency: The recurring interval for billing and/or delivery (for example, every month).
- Price Sheet: A pricing layer that defines subscription and add-on prices by item/frequency, including default and custom pricing scenarios.
- Subscription Groups: Recurring subscriptions that are consolidated into one internal order when they share customer, shipping address, payment method, and shipment timing.
- Subscription Plan: The core plan template that connects product types, frequencies, and Shopify selling-plan setup.