What is Notification Preferences?
Definition
User settings that control what communications are received from subscription services, including email, push, and SMS alerts.
Understanding Notification Preferences
Managing notification preferences across all your subscriptions is an often-overlooked aspect of subscription management. Each service sends various notifications — billing alerts, product updates, marketing emails, and usage warnings. Optimal notification management involves: enabling payment and renewal reminders, disabling excessive marketing emails, turning on usage alerts for metered services, and using email filters to organize subscription communications.
Many users receive 50+ subscription-related emails weekly. Taking time to configure preferences reduces noise while keeping important alerts.
Related Terms
Renewal Reminder
A notification sent before a subscription auto-renews, alerting the subscriber about the upcoming charge and renewal date.
Subscription Management
The ongoing process of tracking, optimizing, and controlling all active subscriptions to ensure maximum value and minimum waste.
Auto-Renewal
A feature that automatically renews a subscription at the end of each billing cycle without requiring manual action from the user.