As a customer, this is what the experience of buying a subscription product looks like:
1. The customer visits the "Subscribe and save" landing page of the shop or simply goes to a product page with a subscription. From the purchase option, chooses "Subscription," selects their preferred delivery frequency, and add the product to their cart:
2. After redirecting to the checkout page, the customer can see that the product has recurring payments and can check it's frequency:
3. After filling in the information and continuing to the payment section, the customer has to consent that they understand their order is a subscription and that they agree with its recurring bills:
4. When the payment is final, the customer sees a confirmation of their order. They can login to the portal and check and manage their subscription from the link on this page:
To know more about managing the subscription as a customer, check this article:
How subscribers can manage their subscriptions?
5. Instantly, the customer gets an email from Shopify containing the order information:
6. After each successful payment, an order is created in your Shopify store, and the customer gets another email that allows them to find out the following information as well:
You can test these steps for yourself to get a better understanding of your customer's experience. Check this article and easily test your own shop as a customer: