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# How Risk-Free Trials work

Bundled's Risk-Free Trials are structurally different from the "free trials" you've signed up for elsewhere. Here's how they actually work.

## The problem with normal "free trials"

Most "free trials" you sign up for online have a catch: they ask for your credit card up front, and **auto-charge you when the trial ends** unless you remember to cancel.

This is how subscription companies make most of their trial revenue — from people who forgot to cancel.

## How Bundled does trials differently

When you start a Risk-Free Trial through Bundled, here's what happens:

1. **We provision a unique payment card** for that specific trial
2. The provider sees this card on file (a Bundled-controlled card, not yours)
3. **When the trial ends, we pause that card**
4. The provider's auto-renewal charge **fails** — the card is paused, so it literally can't be charged
5. The trial just ends. No conversion. No surprise charge.

You're not charged anything unless you **proactively tell us to continue the service**.

## What "proactively tell us" looks like

If you want to keep the service after the trial:

1. Sign into your Bundled dashboard
2. Go to **Trials → Active Trials**
3. Find the trial you want to keep
4. Click **Convert to paid plan**

We then un-pause the card, the provider charges as normal, and the service becomes a paid subscription billed through your bundle.

If you do nothing, the trial ends and you keep your money.

## Why this is genuinely risk-free

The default state is **non-conversion**. The customer has to take action to be charged. That's the literal definition of risk-free.

This is structurally different from "click here to start your free trial, we'll charge you in 7 days if you don't cancel." That's not risk-free — that's a trap that you can avoid if you remember.

## Available on supported trials

Most major subscription services support the Risk-Free Trial flow. A few don't — usually because they require direct card-on-file for technical reasons. If a service in your bundle offers a trial that can't be made risk-free, we'll tell you up front before you start it.

## When you'd want to extend a trial

You might extend or convert a trial when:

- The trial period wasn't enough to evaluate the service
- You decided it's worth keeping
- The provider is offering a discounted intro rate that's better than your standard bundle price

In all of these cases, **you** decide. Not the provider, and not Bundled.

## What happens at the end of a converted trial

Once you tell us to convert, the trial becomes a regular paid subscription in your bundle. It bills at the price shown when you converted, and you can cancel it any time like any other service.

## What about trials where I already gave my card?

If you started a trial directly with a provider (e.g., Spotify Premium 30-day trial outside of Bundled), Bundled's risk-free protection doesn't apply. That trial will auto-convert per the provider's normal rules.

To prevent auto-conversion on direct trials, you'd need to cancel with the provider before the trial ends — or move the service to Bundled before the trial converts.

## Related articles

- [How Bundled billing works](https://help.gobundled.com/en/article/how-bundled-billing-works-7xf7yy/)
- [Why your card isn't shared with providers](https://help.gobundled.com/en/article/why-your-card-isnt-shared-with-providers-wqmqjg/)
- [Adding services and upgrades](https://help.gobundled.com/en/article/adding-services-and-upgrades-111mgfl/)