Swap the product variant on an active Recharge subscription without cancelling and recreating it
domain: developer.rechargepayments.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Retrieve the subscription using GET /subscriptions/:id to confirm its status and current external_variant_id
Look up the new variant's shopify_variant_id from the product catalog
Send PUT /subscriptions/:id with the updated shopify_variant_id, price, and any changed properties
Verify the response reflects the new variant and that next_charge_scheduled_at is unchanged
Optionally update the queue charge via POST /charges/:id/change_next_charge_date if the swap warrants a billing reset
Known gotchas
Changing the variant does not automatically update the price; you must explicitly pass the new price in the same PUT request or the old price persists
Swapping to a variant in a different selling plan group may cause the subscription to become invalid; confirm selling plan compatibility before the swap
Recharge webhooks fire a subscription/updated event but not a charge recalculation event; downstream systems must listen and re-fetch the next charge to get updated totals
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