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How To Set Up A Custom Spend Limit?

Spending limits are an important part of how billing through Shopify works. When you connect a Shopify store to Greenspark, your Greenspark subscription billing needs to run through Shopify. The spending limit is the maximum amount Greenspark can charge you through Shopify each month for your subscription.

Please note that this spending limit only applies to your Greenspark subscription spend. Any impact you create, such as per-order impact, customer contributions, or one-time impact, will be billed separately according to your impact setup.

If your spending limit is reached, your Greenspark subscription may be paused until your budget is increased or the next billing cycle begins. During this time, Greenspark services connected to your subscription may be suspended to prevent extra subscription charges. This means widgets and active impact creation may be paused. Any claims on your website, such as “we plant a tree for every order”, should also be removed or updated if impact creation is no longer active, to avoid making unsupported impact claims.

Spend limits are store specific so you will need to create a new one for each additional store that you add to your Greenspark account.

In this article we will cover:

1. Set up your spend limit

After integrating Shopify you will see a banner within the app which prompts you to create a spending limit. Simply click on Manage Payment to get started.

On the first page you will need to choose what limit level you want to set. You will have three options:

Recommended limit: Calculated based on the average monthly subscription usage of similar stores on your plan.
Enhanced limit: Designed to give you more flexibility during higher-activity periods, such as Black Friday, Earth Month, or Christmas.
Set your own: Choose your own monthly subscription spending limit.

Your spending limit needs to be high enough to cover your Greenspark subscription billing. If you are on a yearly plan, you may need to set a higher limit than you would on a monthly plan, as your annual subscription payment needs to be processed through Shopify.

Once you have chosen your desired limit you will need to click on Proceed To Shopify to accept the billing set up and ensure that we are able to process payments.

Clicking on Cancel Shopify Integration will remove your Shopify store connection

When re-directed to Shopify simply click on Approve to accept the spend limit.

After that you will be automatically re-directed to the Greenspark app and your billing will be set up. Click on Go To My Account to go back to your dashboard.

We’ll email you when you reach 80%, 95%, and 100% of your spending limit so you can stay on top of your spending.

2. Edit up your spend limit

To edit your spend limit you can head to Account -> Billing

Here you can see how much of their spending limit each of your stores has used so far. Find the store you for which you want to edit the spend limit and click on the pencil icon.

Next you will be able to update your current spend limit. The next steps are the same as in part 1. Set up your spend limit.

Updated on: 26/05/2026

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