Connect Your Wallet
Visit dashboard.vowena.xyz and click Connect Wallet. Approve the connection in Freighter (or your Stellar wallet).Your wallet address is your identity. The dashboard queries the Vowena contract for every subscription tied to your address and displays them automatically. There is no signup form and no profile to fill out.
View Your Subscriptions
The Universal Subscription Manager is your home screen. It shows every Vowena subscription you hold - across all merchants, all plans, all statuses.Each subscription card displays:
- Merchant - The merchant’s wallet address (and name, if they set one in the dashboard)
- Amount - How much you’re charged per period (e.g., 9.99 USDC)
- Billing period - Weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual, or custom
- Status - Active, Paused, Cancelled, or Expired
- Next billing date - When the next charge will be attempted
- Total paid - Cumulative amount charged across all periods
The Universal Subscription Manager works independently of any merchant’s infrastructure. Even if a merchant’s website goes offline, your subscriptions are still visible and manageable here because the data comes from the blockchain.
Review Billing History
Click any subscription card to expand its full billing history. Every event is recorded:
- Successful charges - Amount, period number, and timestamp
- Failed charges - Amount, failure reason (insufficient balance or expired allowance), and timestamp
- Refunds - Amount refunded by the merchant and timestamp
- Status changes - When the subscription went from Active to Paused, or was reactivated
You can never be charged more than the price ceiling you approved at subscription time. This is enforced by the smart contract - not by the dashboard, not by the merchant, and not by any off-chain system.
Handle Migrations
When a merchant updates their plan and requests a migration, you’ll see a migration banner on the affected subscription.The banner shows a side-by-side comparison:
You have two options:
| Current Plan | New Plan | |
|---|---|---|
| Amount | 9.99 USDC | 12.99 USDC |
| Period | Monthly | Monthly |
| Price Ceiling | 14.99 USDC | 19.99 USDC |
- Accept - The dashboard builds a transaction that subscribes you to the new plan with a new token allowance. Freighter will show you exactly what you’re approving. Your old subscription is cancelled and the new one begins.
- Reject - You stay on your current plan with no changes. The merchant cannot force a migration.
Migrations are always opt-in. A merchant can request a migration, but only you can authorize the new allowance. If you reject, your current subscription continues unchanged at the original price.
Cancel a Subscription
To cancel, click the Cancel button on any active subscription card. The dashboard builds a
cancel transaction and prompts you to sign it in Freighter.Once signed and confirmed on-chain, the cancellation is immediate and irreversible. The subscription status changes to Cancelled and no further charges can be made.You do not need the merchant’s permission to cancel. The smart contract allows the subscriber to cancel at any time, unconditionally. This is a protocol-level guarantee.
What If the Merchant Disappears?
One of the core benefits of on-chain subscriptions is that you are never locked in. If a merchant’s website goes down, their dashboard stops working, or they simply vanish:Use the Universal Subscription Manager
Use the Universal Subscription Manager
The Vowena Dashboard at dashboard.vowena.xyz indexes all subscriptions from the blockchain. It works independently of any merchant. Connect your wallet and cancel any subscription directly.
Use a Block Explorer
Use a Block Explorer
Find the Vowena contract on any Stellar block explorer (e.g., stellar.expert or stellarchain.io). Locate your subscription and invoke the
cancel function with your wallet address and subscription ID.Use the Soroban CLI
Use the Soroban CLI
Cancel directly from the command line:
No single point of failure can trap you in a subscription. The contract is permissionless - any Stellar tool that can invoke Soroban contracts can cancel your subscription. The Vowena Dashboard is a convenience, not a requirement.
Subscriber Protections Summary
Price Ceiling
You approve a maximum charge amount at subscription time. The merchant can never exceed it without your explicit re-authorization via a migration.
Cancel Anytime
One-click cancellation, immediate and on-chain. No merchant approval needed. No cancellation fees. No waiting period.
Full Transparency
Every charge, failure, and status change is an on-chain event. Your billing history is publicly auditable on the Stellar ledger.
No Lock-in
Cancel from the Vowena Dashboard, any block explorer, or the Soroban CLI. You are never dependent on a merchant’s infrastructure.