Question 1

How long does AI video generation subscription website development take in London?

Accepted Answer

It depends on how many plans, currencies and payment routes you need on day one.

A single self-serve plan set with card checkout is a much smaller job than a platform with credits, agency workspaces, annual invoicing and three currencies. We agree the first release in discovery, write the timeline into the scope and add the heavier parts in later releases. Migrating live subscribers also adds time, because every renewal date and payment method must carry across intact. Discovery calls are short and frequent, so decisions on plans and providers do not hold up the build.

Question 2

Should we use Stripe or a merchant of record such as Paddle?

Accepted Answer

It comes down to who you want to be responsible for sales tax abroad.

With Stripe you are the seller, so you register and account for VAT and overseas sales taxes yourself, with tools to help. A merchant of record resells your product and takes on that tax collection and filing, in return for a larger share of each payment and less control over checkout. London start-ups selling heavily to the US and EU often prefer the second route early on and revisit it later. We set out the trade-offs for your actual sales mix before you sign with either provider, since switching later means migrating every live subscription.

Question 3

How do UK consumer cancellation rights apply to AI video credits?

Accepted Answer

Consumers normally have 14 days to cancel a distance contract, with a specific rule for digital content.

Under the Consumer Contracts Regulations, a consumer can lose the right to cancel digital content once supply begins, but only if they gave express consent and acknowledged losing that right. We build that consent step into checkout and record it. Business customers are outside these rules, which is why we separate consumer and business sign-up paths when you sell to both. The business path collects company name and VAT number, which also gets the invoice right.

Question 4

What does the DMCC Act change for our pricing page?

Accepted Answer

Its drip pricing rules are already in force; the subscription rules are expected in 2027.

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 means unavoidable charges must be included in the headline price consumers see, not added late in checkout. Its subscription contract rules, covering reminders and easier exits, are expected to start in 2027. We build renewal reminders and online cancellation now, so the later change is configuration rather than a rebuild. Business customers are not covered by these consumer rules, but clear pricing helps those sales too.

Question 5

Can enterprise customers pay by invoice while others pay by card?

Accepted Answer

Yes, both sit in the same subscription system.

We set up quotes, purchase order references, payment terms and Bacs or Direct Debit collection for sales-led deals, and keep them in the same customer records as card subscribers. That way usage, seat counts and renewal dates are tracked identically, and your revenue reports show one picture rather than two systems stitched together each month. Customers on invoice terms still get access to the self-serve portal for seats and usage statements.

Question 6

How do you handle cookie consent and analytics on the pricing page?

Accepted Answer

Non-essential tracking only fires after consent, as PECR requires.

Advertising pixels and most analytics need consent under PECR and UK GDPR, which matters on a pricing page where you want conversion data. We set up a consent banner with a reject option as easy to use as accept, load tags only after a choice is made, record the consent state against each session, and use server-side conversion events where appropriate so you still measure trials started and plans bought.

Question 7

Who owns the billing data and the code when the project ends?

Accepted Answer

You do, in accounts registered to your company.

Payment provider accounts, the billing configuration, the website repository, analytics and customer records are all created in your name from the start. We work inside them with access you can revoke. If you later move providers, your subscription data and card tokens can usually be migrated, because the accounts never belonged to us. Documentation of webhooks, plan identifiers and entitlement rules is handed over so your own engineers can extend it.

Question 8

What drives the cost of a subscription site like this?

Accepted Answer

Scope, integrations and the number of billing models you run in parallel.

Card-only monthly plans are the simplest case. Each additional element adds work: credit metering, seats and agency workspaces, invoiced contracts, multiple currencies, a merchant of record, migration of existing subscribers, and connections to accounting or CRM. We price after discovery against a written scope, so you know which elements sit in the first release and which follow. Choosing a merchant of record can reduce tax build work but changes checkout design, so that decision usually comes first.

Subscription websites that turn London AI video products into recurring revenue.

The commercial layer between your model and your bank account.

Pricing page built for comparison

Self-serve checkout with SCA

Credit and render metering

Team and agency workspaces

Invoiced and annual contracts

Dunning and payment recovery

Customer billing portal

Multi-currency selling

Trial and free tier rules

Revenue reporting

Four kinds of London video business we build for.

A seed or Series A start-up moving off payment links

A post-production or creative studio productising a tool

A platform selling into enterprise and the City

A developer API with usage based pricing

How a London subscription build runs, from pricing model to first renewal.

Working with a London team from outside London.

Fixed scope

Dedicated team

Retainer

What we build this with.

Questions London AI video teams ask about subscription websites.

Services that sit alongside a subscription build.

Tell us what the business needs. We will tell you what to build first.