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Paddle Billing Subscription Starter

A complete starter kit to build and deploy a Next.js SaaS app powered by Paddle Billing, Supabase, and Vercel.

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Paddle Billing subscriptions Next.js starter kit

Paddle Billing is a complete digital product sales and subscription management platform, designed for modern software businesses. It helps you increase your revenue, retain customers, and scale your operations.

This is a complete starter kit that you can use to build and deploy a Next.js SaaS app powered by Paddle Billing.

Important: This starter kit works with Paddle Billing. It does not support Paddle Classic. To work with Paddle Classic, see: Paddle Classic API reference

Demo

See it in action: https://paddle-billing.vercel.app/

Features

  • Three-tier pricing page that's fully localized for 200+ markets using Paddle.js.
  • An integrated checkout experience built with Paddle Checkout, with secure optimized payments by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, and others.
  • User management and auth handled by Supabase.
  • Ready-made screens to let customers manage their payments and subscriptions.
  • Automatic syncing of customer and subscription data between Paddle and your app using webhooks.

Stack

This starter kit is built with:

Prerequisites

Local dev environment

Accounts

Step-by-step setup

Important: If you're totally new to Next.js and Paddle, we have a more complete tutorial on our dev docs: Build and deploy Next.js app with Vercel and Supabase

1. Deploy on Vercel

Start deploy

Click this button to clone this repo and create a new project in your Vercel account:

You can also create a new application manually.

Configure project

Click Add to walk through integrating with Supabase. You'll be asked to authenticate with Supabase and confirm creating the database schemas.

Then, enter Paddle environment variables:

VariableUsed forHow to get it
PADDLE_API_KEYAn API key, used for interacting with Paddle data in the backend. For example, syncing customer and subscription data with Supabase.Go to Paddle > Developer tools > Authentication and create a new API key.
NEXT_PUBLIC_PADDLE_CLIENT_TOKENA client-side key, used for interacting with Paddle in the frontend. For example, getting localized prices for pricing pages and opening a checkout.Go to Paddle > Developer tools > Authentication and create a new client-side token.
PADDLE_NOTIFICATION_WEBHOOK_SECRETA secret key used for verifying that webhooks came from Paddle and haven't been tampered with in transit. Important for security.Go to Paddle > Developer tools > Notifications, create a new notification destination for your Vercel deploy URL + /api/webhook, then edit to copy the secret key. See below for more information.
NEXT_PUBLIC_PADDLE_ENVEnvironment for our Paddle account. This should match the kind of Paddle account you signed up for.Enter sandbox for sandbox accounts or production for live accounts.

Use https://<PROJECTNAME>.vercel.app/api/webhook as the endpoint URL for your notification destination, where <PROJECTNAME> is the name of your project in Vercel. For example, https://paddle-billing.vercel.app/api/webhook.

If your project name isn't unique, your Vercel deploy URL may not match the URL you enter here. We can review and update this after deploy.

Deploy

Click Deploy when you're done. Wait for Vercel to build.

2. Set up product catalog

Clone locally
  1. Clone the repository you created earlier.

    git clone https://github.com/PATH_TO_YOUR_REPO
  2. Install dependencies using npm, Yarn, or pnpm.

    Install using npm:

    npm install

    Install using Yarn:

    yarn install

    Install using pnpm:

    pnpm install
Add products and prices

Create products and prices in Paddle for your subscription plans. We recommend creating three products for your plans, with two prices for each product to describe how you bill. For example, create a product called "Pro plan" with two prices for "monthly" and "annual."

Next, copy your price IDs and update the pricing-tier.ts constants file with your new prices.

Commit and push your changes to main.

3. Add URL to Paddle and test

Add deploy URL to Paddle

You must add URLs to Paddle before you can launch a checkout from them. This protects you as a seller, making sure that only you're able to sell your products.

  1. Go to Paddle > Checkout > Website approval, then enter your Vercel demo app link and click Submit for approval.
  2. Go to Paddle > Checkout > Checkout settings, then enter your Vercel demo app link as your default payment link and click Save.
  3. Go to Paddle > Developer tools > Notifications, then check that the endpoint URL matches your Vercel demo app link domain.

Important: Website approval is instant for sandbox accounts, but may take a little while for live accounts while the Paddle seller verification team check your website.

Test

Open your Vercel demo site. You should notice that Paddle returns the prices you entered for each of your plans on your pricing page.

Click Get started to launch a checkout for a plan, then take a test payment.

If you're using a sandbox account, you can take a test payment using our test card details:

FieldValue
Email addressAn email address you own
CountryAny valid country supported by Paddle
ZIP code (if required)Any valid ZIP or postal code
Card number4242 4242 4242 4242
Name on cardAny name
Expiration dateAny valid date in the future.
Security code100

After checkout is completed, head back to the homepage and click Sign in. Have a look at the subscriptions and payments pages. They pull information from Paddle about a customer's subscriptions and transactions.

4. Next steps

You're done! 🎉 You can use this starter kit as a basis for building a SaaS app powered by Paddle Billing.

Once you've built your app, transition to a live account to start taking real payments:

  1. Sign up for a live account, then follow our go-live checklist to transition from sandbox to live.
  2. Update your environment variables so they're for your live account.
  3. Create new schemas in Supabase for your live data.
  4. Set up Paddle Retain to handle payment recovery.

Get help

For help, contact the Paddle DX team at team-dx@paddle.com.

Learn more

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Paddle Billing Subscription Starter

A complete starter kit to build and deploy a Next.js SaaS app powered by Paddle Billing, Supabase, and Vercel.

Framework
Use Case
Database

Paddle Billing subscriptions Next.js starter kit

Paddle Billing is a complete digital product sales and subscription management platform, designed for modern software businesses. It helps you increase your revenue, retain customers, and scale your operations.

This is a complete starter kit that you can use to build and deploy a Next.js SaaS app powered by Paddle Billing.

Important: This starter kit works with Paddle Billing. It does not support Paddle Classic. To work with Paddle Classic, see: Paddle Classic API reference

Demo

See it in action: https://paddle-billing.vercel.app/

Features

  • Three-tier pricing page that's fully localized for 200+ markets using Paddle.js.
  • An integrated checkout experience built with Paddle Checkout, with secure optimized payments by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, and others.
  • User management and auth handled by Supabase.
  • Ready-made screens to let customers manage their payments and subscriptions.
  • Automatic syncing of customer and subscription data between Paddle and your app using webhooks.

Stack

This starter kit is built with:

Prerequisites

Local dev environment

Accounts

Step-by-step setup

Important: If you're totally new to Next.js and Paddle, we have a more complete tutorial on our dev docs: Build and deploy Next.js app with Vercel and Supabase

1. Deploy on Vercel

Start deploy

Click this button to clone this repo and create a new project in your Vercel account:

You can also create a new application manually.

Configure project

Click Add to walk through integrating with Supabase. You'll be asked to authenticate with Supabase and confirm creating the database schemas.

Then, enter Paddle environment variables:

VariableUsed forHow to get it
PADDLE_API_KEYAn API key, used for interacting with Paddle data in the backend. For example, syncing customer and subscription data with Supabase.Go to Paddle > Developer tools > Authentication and create a new API key.
NEXT_PUBLIC_PADDLE_CLIENT_TOKENA client-side key, used for interacting with Paddle in the frontend. For example, getting localized prices for pricing pages and opening a checkout.Go to Paddle > Developer tools > Authentication and create a new client-side token.
PADDLE_NOTIFICATION_WEBHOOK_SECRETA secret key used for verifying that webhooks came from Paddle and haven't been tampered with in transit. Important for security.Go to Paddle > Developer tools > Notifications, create a new notification destination for your Vercel deploy URL + /api/webhook, then edit to copy the secret key. See below for more information.
NEXT_PUBLIC_PADDLE_ENVEnvironment for our Paddle account. This should match the kind of Paddle account you signed up for.Enter sandbox for sandbox accounts or production for live accounts.

Use https://<PROJECTNAME>.vercel.app/api/webhook as the endpoint URL for your notification destination, where <PROJECTNAME> is the name of your project in Vercel. For example, https://paddle-billing.vercel.app/api/webhook.

If your project name isn't unique, your Vercel deploy URL may not match the URL you enter here. We can review and update this after deploy.

Deploy

Click Deploy when you're done. Wait for Vercel to build.

2. Set up product catalog

Clone locally
  1. Clone the repository you created earlier.

    git clone https://github.com/PATH_TO_YOUR_REPO
  2. Install dependencies using npm, Yarn, or pnpm.

    Install using npm:

    npm install

    Install using Yarn:

    yarn install

    Install using pnpm:

    pnpm install
Add products and prices

Create products and prices in Paddle for your subscription plans. We recommend creating three products for your plans, with two prices for each product to describe how you bill. For example, create a product called "Pro plan" with two prices for "monthly" and "annual."

Next, copy your price IDs and update the pricing-tier.ts constants file with your new prices.

Commit and push your changes to main.

3. Add URL to Paddle and test

Add deploy URL to Paddle

You must add URLs to Paddle before you can launch a checkout from them. This protects you as a seller, making sure that only you're able to sell your products.

  1. Go to Paddle > Checkout > Website approval, then enter your Vercel demo app link and click Submit for approval.
  2. Go to Paddle > Checkout > Checkout settings, then enter your Vercel demo app link as your default payment link and click Save.
  3. Go to Paddle > Developer tools > Notifications, then check that the endpoint URL matches your Vercel demo app link domain.

Important: Website approval is instant for sandbox accounts, but may take a little while for live accounts while the Paddle seller verification team check your website.

Test

Open your Vercel demo site. You should notice that Paddle returns the prices you entered for each of your plans on your pricing page.

Click Get started to launch a checkout for a plan, then take a test payment.

If you're using a sandbox account, you can take a test payment using our test card details:

FieldValue
Email addressAn email address you own
CountryAny valid country supported by Paddle
ZIP code (if required)Any valid ZIP or postal code
Card number4242 4242 4242 4242
Name on cardAny name
Expiration dateAny valid date in the future.
Security code100

After checkout is completed, head back to the homepage and click Sign in. Have a look at the subscriptions and payments pages. They pull information from Paddle about a customer's subscriptions and transactions.

4. Next steps

You're done! 🎉 You can use this starter kit as a basis for building a SaaS app powered by Paddle Billing.

Once you've built your app, transition to a live account to start taking real payments:

  1. Sign up for a live account, then follow our go-live checklist to transition from sandbox to live.
  2. Update your environment variables so they're for your live account.
  3. Create new schemas in Supabase for your live data.
  4. Set up Paddle Retain to handle payment recovery.

Get help

For help, contact the Paddle DX team at team-dx@paddle.com.

Learn more

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