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Case study · Automotive

How Auto Genius turned service & insurance renewals into subscriptions

Auto Genius manages service plans and insurance renewals for fleets and private owners. Subby keeps every vehicle on a paid recurring cycle.

45%

Increase in retention

10k+

Vehicles under plan

2x

Customer lifetime value

Location

Abuja, Nigeria

Industry

Auto services & insurance

Scale

Fleet + private vehicle plans

The recurring payment problem

Different businesses. Same recurring payment problem.

Before Subby, Auto Genius ran into the same problems as every business that collects payments on a schedule:

  • Customers forget to pay
  • Payments fail
  • Teams spend hours chasing renewals
  • Collections live across spreadsheets, bank alerts, phone calls, and payment links

Their workflow

Vehicles, service plans, and insurance renewals

The infrastructure is shared. The workflow is not.

Problem

One-off renewals meant customers dropped every cycle

Service reminders and insurance renewals relied on phone calls and broadcasts. Customers forgot, payments failed, and the team spent hours chasing renewals.

Lifetime value stayed flat because relationships reset every time a renewal was missed.

Fleet clients needed structured plans, not ad-hoc invoices and payment links scattered across months.

Solution

Care and cover as recurring Subby plans

Auto Genius’s workflow is built around vehicles, service plans, and insurance renewals. Each vehicle sits on a plan that renews automatically on Subby.

Reminders go out before due dates. Retries recover failed payments. The dashboard shows every vehicle’s plan status and any outstanding balance.

Fleet managers and private owners get continuity; Auto Genius gets predictable recurring revenue.

Subby features used

  • Recurring payment plans
  • Business-type workflows
  • SMS, email, in-app, Telegram & WhatsApp reminders
  • Failed payment retries
  • Outstanding collections

How it works

From signup to settlement on Subby

  1. 1

    Vehicle joins a care plan

    Service or cover renews on a clear Subby schedule.

  2. 2

    Owners get ahead-of-time reminders

    Fewer surprise lapses at renewal time.

  3. 3

    Failed payments retry

    Temporary payment issues do not instantly cancel cover or service.

  4. 4

    Fleet status stays visible

    Ops knows which vehicles are active, overdue, or paused.

Results

Retention up, admin down

Retention rose about 45% as renewals became automatic. Customer lifetime value roughly doubled for plan customers.

The team stopped living in renewal follow-up mode and started growing vehicles under management.

Auto Genius spends less time chasing payments and more time servicing the vehicles its customers pay to keep on the road.

45%

Increase in retention

10k+

Vehicles under plan

2x

Customer lifetime value

“Subscriptions changed our model overnight. Subby made the boring part, getting paid on time, invisible.”

Founder

Founder

Auto Genius