RenewProof · Shopify
Federal ROSCA + 30+ state auto-renewal laws carry real penalties — clear disclosure, consent, and a cancel path as easy as signup. (The FTC's federal click-to-cancel rule was vacated in 2025; state laws still bite.) Check your flow.
Shopify gives you the storefront and checkout, but legal compliance is on you, the merchant — Shopify's own terms make that explicit. The platform ships some tools (a cookie-banner and customer-privacy API, a hosted PCI-compliant checkout), but switching them on and configuring them correctly is your job, not Shopify's.
📦 On Shopify: Shopify merchants write their own policies, flows and disclosures, so US federal and state rules land directly on you, not on Shopify.
This rule applies to Shopify sellers who charge customers on a recurring subscription. Run subscriptions? Check your signup & cancel flow against federal ROSCA + 30+ state auto-renewal laws. Not sure? The free checker tells you in about a minute — no signup.
Whatever the platform handles, you still need to be able to answer "yes" to each of these — these are the points Shopify sellers most often get caught on:
⚠️ Exposure: FTC fines up to $53,088/violation + state penalties · Status: In force. On Shopify, that's on top of any account suspension for breaking platform policy.
Compare the penalty for every rule →
Shopify gives you the storefront, but uS auto-renewal & cancellation laws compliance is the seller's responsibility — the platform doesn't do it for you. The free checker shows exactly where you stand in about a minute.
The federal 'click-to-cancel' Negative Option Rule was vacated in July 2025, but ROSCA and 30+ state auto-renewal laws still require clear disclosure, consent, and easy cancellation — and the FTC reopened rulemaking in 2026.
Clear, upfront disclosure of the renewal terms before billing, affirmative consent to the recurring charge, and a cancellation path at least as easy as signup.
Several state laws require advance notice before annual renewals or price changes; sending one is best practice everywhere.
RuleGoose checks this against US auto-renewal law (FTC ROSCA + state ARLs). Read it yourself: ROSCA on Cornell LII (15 U.S.C. 8401) →
or get one RuleGoose Score across every rule your Shopify store has to meet.
US auto-renewal & cancellation laws is one of several rules a Shopify store has to meet. See the full Shopify compliance checklist →, or read the platform-neutral US auto-renewal & cancellation laws guide.
Informational only, not legal advice, and not affiliated with the FTC or Shopify. Last reviewed 2026-06-30.