Postbye launches free cancellation letter templates across 30 subscription categories

Postbye has released a free cancellation letter template for 30 subscription categories and an open dataset covering automatic-renewal laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The company says the tools are meant to help consumers cancel subscriptions faster and understand which state and federal rules apply.

Why it matters: - Postbye is bundling a consumer tool and a legal reference point for subscription cancellations. - The template can help people draft a cancellation letter quickly and include the key details companies often require. - The open state-law dataset gives consumers, advocates and developers a way to check renewal rules by jurisdiction.

What happened: - Postbye launched a free cancellation letter template page for 30 subscription categories, including streaming, gyms, software, credit cards, car insurance, wine clubs and genealogy. - The template page lets a user pick a company or type in any company name, add personal details and generate a full letter ready to copy, print or save as a PDF. - Postbye also published an open dataset, US Automatic Renewal Laws by State, covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia. - The same dataset is archived on Zenodo and Figshare.

The details: - The template page suggests companies such as Netflix, Spotify, Adobe, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+, Planet Fitness and YouTube Premium. - Each category page also lists example companies from that category and flags what to check before sending the letter. - The gym version starts with Planet Fitness, LA Fitness, Equinox, Crunch Fitness and 24 Hour Fitness. - The gym template highlights the notice window in the agreement and the home club as items to verify. - Each letter includes the sender’s name, address and email, the date, the company name and mailing address, and the subject line: “Subscription termination – [Company name].” - The letter asks to end the subscription as soon as possible or on a chosen date. - The letter asks the company to honor the terms through that date and remove stored payment methods. - The letter requests deletion of personal data held by the company. - The letter asks for written confirmation by email and reserves the sender’s rights, including disputing charges with a financial institution. - An account or membership number is added when the user enters one. - For a sender with a California address, the deletion request cites the California Consumer Privacy Act. - The page cites federal rules that affect cancellations, including the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act and the Fair Credit Billing Act. - Under the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act, sellers billing online for a recurring subscription must provide a simple way to stop charges. - Under the Fair Credit Billing Act, a card billing-error dispute is written to the issuer within 60 days of the statement showing the charge. - The page says USPS Certified Mail provides a mailing receipt and a delivery record, and Return Receipt adds the signature of the person who accepts the letter. - Postbye’s guide classifies 22 states and the District of Columbia as having a general automatic-renewal law. - The guide classifies 23 states as regulating renewals or cancellation only for certain contracts, such as gym memberships, service contracts or online subscriptions. - The guide lists Kansas, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska and Wyoming as the five states with no such law. - The dataset has 51 rows, one for each state and the District of Columbia. - The dataset fields are state, coverage, law type, statute citation, a link to the statute on the state’s official site, a one-line rule summary, the date the row was last verified and the Postbye source page. - Every row was last verified on October 27, 2026. - The dataset is licensed CC BY 4.0, and its card asks users to attribute Postbye (postbye.com). - Postbye’s state-by-state study found gym or health club rules in 36 of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions. - In 24 of those jurisdictions, at least one rule requires written notice to cancel. - A map of those 24 jurisdictions is on Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 4.0. - The guide notes that the Eighth Circuit vacated the FTC’s 2024 click-to-cancel amendments on July 8, 2025, and says they are not in force today. - The guide says the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act still applies to online sign-ups. - The guide points readers to the same cancellation letter template and says the material is general information, not legal advice. - Postbye says it can print the letter, mail it by certified mail the next business day, email the signed delivery proof and follow up to confirm the cancellation. - Postbye says the service costs a one-time fee with taxes included and includes a money-back guarantee within 10 business days. - Postbye is independent and not affiliated with the companies named in its guides.

Between the lines: - The release pairs a practical consumer tool with an open legal dataset, which can broaden reach beyond individual users to researchers, journalists and consumer-rights groups. - The state-law breakdown shows why cancellation rules can vary widely depending on where a customer lives and what kind of contract they signed. - The mention of the FTC’s vacated click-to-cancel rule signals that federal cancellation policy remains unsettled, even as existing online billing laws still apply.

What's next: - Postbye says consumers can use the template directly or hand off the mailing and tracking to the company’s paid service. - The dataset can be reused or updated by others under CC BY 4.0, as long as Postbye is credited. - Consumers facing disputes will still need to match the letter to the contract terms and applicable state and federal rules.