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Order Tag Detection — subscriptions and wholesale
Forthcast uses seven built-in signals to keep subscription and wholesale orders out of your retail demand.
Key takeaway: Forthcast uses seven built-in signals to keep subscription and wholesale orders out of your retail demand.
How Forthcast identifies subscription and wholesale orders — no configuration required for most stores.
Forthcast automatically excludes subscription and wholesale orders from your demand calculations using seven detection signals. These run on every order without any tag setup needed.
Subscription signals (built-in)
- Order tags: Skio, ReCharge, Bold, Smartrr, Loop, Ordergroove, Appstle, Seal, Stay AI, Subify, Paywhirl, and any tag containing subscription, recurring, or autoship
- Shopify Selling Plans (native subscription billing) on any line item
- Third-party app properties on line items (ReCharge, Bold subscription metadata)
- Recurring customer pattern: customers with 3+ orders in 12 months averaging less than 60 days apart
Wholesale / B2B signals (built-in)
- Order tags: wholesale, b2b, trade, reseller, bulk, distributor, stockist, key-account, and related patterns
- Discount codes with wholesale-indicating text (e.g.
WHOLESALE20,B2B-TRADE) - Sales channel: Draft Orders and Shopify B2B portal
- Company field: orders placed via the Shopify B2B company portal
- Statistical outlier: order quantity 3+ standard deviations above your SKU average
Frequently asked questions
What is Order Tag Detection — subscriptions and wholesale in Forthcast?
Forthcast uses seven built-in signals to keep subscription and wholesale orders out of your retail demand.
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