Magazine Subscription Service

A magazines subscription service is a business that manages subscriptions for you by working with the magazine publishers to consolidate all of your magazine subscriptions into one account. Many provide an advantage by reducing several renewal notices down to one renewal notice sent one time a year.

How does a company send one renewal notice a year? Many companies prorate your magazines if you purchase other magazines throughout the year so that your expiration dates will automatically align. Once you receive your renewal bill you may notice that some of your magazine renewal prices are cheaper (or sometimes more) than the listed price. You should only be charged for the months of the subscription up to what is called the "common expire date."

Then the following year, if you renew again, you will find that the subscription price is now back to the listed price because the the prorated prices on the previous renewal notice reset your expiration date. View the google video below for more information on how prorating magazines works.

The cost for your magazine management service should be transparent...most companies blend it into the cost of the magazine subscriptions. Individual magazine pricing is pretty much the same for all providers. If you find extraordinarily low prices...this usually means that the seller is offering magazines below the authorized prices provided from the publisher.

Who cares if you buy from an unauthorized dealer? Two groups actually...the publishers (like Time Inc, Hearst, Conde Nast) and the ABC Board (Audit Bureau of Circulation). If your unauthorized dealer gets reported to the ABC for selling below authorized pricing, you will find that your magazines mysteriously stop coming and more than likely you won't get a refund. So buyer beware!

One other thing...always make sure that your provider offers a money back guarentee! If you cancel service, you should be refunded for all undelivered magazines on the remaining months of the subscription.