diff --git a/api/typeDefs/sub.js b/api/typeDefs/sub.js
index 3c5aa496..5b82f5b8 100644
--- a/api/typeDefs/sub.js
+++ b/api/typeDefs/sub.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ export default gql`
 
   extend type Mutation {
     upsertSub(name: String!, desc: String, baseCost: Int!,
-      postTypes: [String!]!, billingType: String!, hash: String, hmac: String): Sub
+      postTypes: [String!]!, billingType: String!, billingAutoRenew: Boolean!,
+       hash: String, hmac: String): Sub
     paySub(name: String!, hash: String, hmac: String): Sub
   }
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export default gql`
     postTypes: [String!]!
     billingCost: Int!
     billingType: String!
+    billingAutoRenew: Boolean!
     rankingType: String!
     billedLastAt: Date!
     baseCost: Int!
diff --git a/components/territory-form.js b/components/territory-form.js
index 193062ad..1e222e8b 100644
--- a/components/territory-form.js
+++ b/components/territory-form.js
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ export default function TerritoryForm ({ sub }) {
   const [upsertSub] = useMutation(
     gql`
       mutation upsertSub($name: String!, $desc: String, $baseCost: Int!,
-        $postTypes: [String!]!, $billingType: String!, $hash: String, $hmac: String) {
+        $postTypes: [String!]!, $billingType: String!, $billingAutoRenew: Boolean!,
+        $hash: String, $hmac: String) {
           upsertSub(name: $name, desc: $desc, baseCost: $baseCost,
-            postTypes: $postTypes, billingType: $billingType, hash: $hash, hmac: $hmac) {
+            postTypes: $postTypes, billingType: $billingType,
+            billingAutoRenew: $billingAutoRenew, hash: $hash, hmac: $hmac) {
           name
         }
       }`
@@ -59,7 +61,8 @@ export default function TerritoryForm ({ sub }) {
           desc: sub?.desc || '',
           baseCost: sub?.baseCost || 10,
           postTypes: sub?.postTypes || POST_TYPES,
-          billingType: sub?.billingType || 'MONTHLY'
+          billingType: sub?.billingType || 'MONTHLY',
+          billingAutoRenew: sub?.billingAutoRenew || false
         }}
         schema={territorySchema({ client, me })}
         invoiceable
@@ -138,7 +141,11 @@ export default function TerritoryForm ({ sub }) {
             </Col>
           </Row>
         </CheckboxGroup>
-        <CheckboxGroup label={sub ? <>name <small className='text-muted ms-2'>read only</small></> : 'billing'} name='billing'>
+        <CheckboxGroup
+          label='billing'
+          name='billing'
+          groupClassName='mb-0'
+        >
           {(!sub?.billingType || sub.billingType === 'MONTHLY') &&
             <Checkbox
               type='radio'
@@ -170,6 +177,12 @@ export default function TerritoryForm ({ sub }) {
               groupClassName='ms-1 mb-0'
             />}
         </CheckboxGroup>
+        {billing !== 'once' &&
+          <Checkbox
+            label='auto renew'
+            name='billingAutoRenew'
+            groupClassName='ms-1 mt-2'
+          />}
         <div className='mt-3 d-flex justify-content-end'>
           <FeeButton
             text={sub ? 'save' : 'found it'}
diff --git a/components/territory-payment-due.js b/components/territory-payment-due.js
index 04bf9cc3..56d71b8a 100644
--- a/components/territory-payment-due.js
+++ b/components/territory-payment-due.js
@@ -3,23 +3,29 @@ import { useMe } from './me'
 import FeeButton, { FeeButtonProvider } from './fee-button'
 import { TERRITORY_BILLING_OPTIONS, TERRITORY_GRACE_DAYS } from '../lib/constants'
 import { Form } from './form'
-import { datePivot } from '../lib/time'
+import { datePivot, timeSince } from '../lib/time'
 import { LongCountdown } from './countdown'
 import { useCallback } from 'react'
 import { useApolloClient, useMutation } from '@apollo/client'
 import { SUB_PAY } from '../fragments/subs'
 
+const billingDueDate = (sub, grace) => {
+  if (!sub || sub.billingType === 'ONCE') return null
+
+  const pivot = sub.billingType === 'MONTHLY'
+    ? { months: 1 }
+    : { years: 1 }
+
+  pivot.days = grace ? TERRITORY_GRACE_DAYS : 0
+
+  return datePivot(new Date(sub.billedLastAt), pivot)
+}
+
 export default function TerritoryPaymentDue ({ sub }) {
   const me = useMe()
   const client = useApolloClient()
   const [paySub] = useMutation(SUB_PAY)
 
-  const dueDate = datePivot(
-    new Date(sub.billedLastAt),
-    sub.billingType === 'MONTHLY'
-      ? { months: 1, days: TERRITORY_GRACE_DAYS }
-      : { years: 1, days: TERRITORY_GRACE_DAYS })
-
   const onSubmit = useCallback(
     async ({ ...variables }) => {
       const { error } = await paySub({
@@ -33,6 +39,10 @@ export default function TerritoryPaymentDue ({ sub }) {
 
   if (!sub || sub.userId !== Number(me?.id) || sub.status === 'ACTIVE') return null
 
+  const dueDate = billingDueDate(sub, true)
+
+  if (!dueDate) return null
+
   return (
     <Alert key='danger' variant='danger'>
       {sub.status === 'STOPPED'
@@ -75,3 +85,17 @@ export default function TerritoryPaymentDue ({ sub }) {
     </Alert>
   )
 }
+
+export function TerritoryBillingLine ({ sub }) {
+  const me = useMe()
+  if (!sub || sub.userId !== Number(me?.id)) return null
+
+  const dueDate = billingDueDate(sub, false)
+
+  return (
+    <div className='text-muted'>
+      <span>billing {sub.billingAutoRenew ? 'automatically renews' : 'due'} on </span>
+      <span className='fw-bold'>{dueDate ? timeSince(dueDate) : 'never again'}</span>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/fragments/subs.js b/fragments/subs.js
index 57d63d46..cb180608 100644
--- a/fragments/subs.js
+++ b/fragments/subs.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export const SUB_FIELDS = gql`
     rankingType
     billingType
     billingCost
+    billingAutoRenew
     billedLastAt
     baseCost
     userId
diff --git a/lib/time.js b/lib/time.js
index 8d827419..84c5fa24 100644
--- a/lib/time.js
+++ b/lib/time.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export function timeSince (timeStamp) {
   const now = new Date()
-  const secondsPast = (now.getTime() - timeStamp) / 1000
+  const secondsPast = Math.abs(now.getTime() - timeStamp) / 1000
   if (secondsPast < 60) {
     return parseInt(secondsPast) + 's'
   }
diff --git a/pages/~/index.js b/pages/~/index.js
index df6698ef..e45ba540 100644
--- a/pages/~/index.js
+++ b/pages/~/index.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import PageLoading from '../../components/page-loading'
 import CardFooter from 'react-bootstrap/CardFooter'
 import Hat from '../../components/hat'
 import styles from '../../components/item.module.css'
-import TerritoryPaymentDue from '../../components/territory-payment-due'
+import TerritoryPaymentDue, { TerritoryBillingLine } from '../../components/territory-payment-due'
 import Badge from 'react-bootstrap/Badge'
 import { numWithUnits } from '../../lib/format'
 
@@ -49,17 +49,16 @@ export default function Sub ({ ssrData }) {
                   </div>
                   <CardFooter className={`py-1 ${styles.other}`}>
                     <div className='text-muted'>
-                      <span>founded by</span>
-                      <span> </span>
+                      <span>founded by </span>
                       <Link href={`/${sub.user.name}`}>
                         @{sub.user.name}<span> </span><Hat className='fill-grey' user={sub.user} height={12} width={12} />
                       </Link>
                     </div>
                     <div className='text-muted'>
-                      <span>post cost</span>
-                      <span> </span>
+                      <span>post cost </span>
                       <span className='fw-bold'>{numWithUnits(sub.baseCost)}</span>
                     </div>
+                    <TerritoryBillingLine sub={sub} />
                   </CardFooter>
                 </AccordianCard>
               </div>
diff --git a/prisma/migrations/20231208191418_territory_renew/migration.sql b/prisma/migrations/20231208191418_territory_renew/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa91a81c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prisma/migrations/20231208191418_territory_renew/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- AlterTable
+ALTER TABLE "Sub" ADD COLUMN     "billingAutoRenew" BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT false;
diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index 78e0dfff..fab48d87 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -403,15 +403,16 @@ model Sub {
   parentName String?               @db.Citext
   path       Unsupported("ltree")?
 
-  postTypes    PostType[]
-  rankingType  RankingType
-  baseCost     Int         @default(1)
-  rewardsPct   Int         @default(50)
-  desc         String?
-  status       Status      @default(ACTIVE)
-  billingType  BillingType
-  billingCost  Int
-  billedLastAt DateTime    @default(now())
+  postTypes        PostType[]
+  rankingType      RankingType
+  baseCost         Int         @default(1)
+  rewardsPct       Int         @default(50)
+  desc             String?
+  status           Status      @default(ACTIVE)
+  billingType      BillingType
+  billingCost      Int
+  billingAutoRenew Boolean     @default(false)
+  billedLastAt     DateTime    @default(now())
 
   parent       Sub?           @relation("ParentChildren", fields: [parentName], references: [name])
   children     Sub[]          @relation("ParentChildren")
diff --git a/worker/territory.js b/worker/territory.js
index 45245ef4..e593b2b3 100644
--- a/worker/territory.js
+++ b/worker/territory.js
@@ -10,12 +10,7 @@ export async function territoryBilling ({ data: { subName }, boss, models }) {
     }
   })
 
-  try {
-    const queries = paySubQueries(sub, models)
-    await serialize(models, ...queries)
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.error(e)
-
+  async function territoryStatusUpdate () {
     await models.sub.update({
       where: {
         name: subName
@@ -27,4 +22,17 @@ export async function territoryBilling ({ data: { subName }, boss, models }) {
     // retry billing in one day
     await boss.send('territoryBilling', { subName }, { startAfter: datePivot(new Date(), { days: 1 }) })
   }
+
+  if (!sub.billingAutoRenew) {
+    await territoryStatusUpdate()
+    return
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const queries = paySubQueries(sub, models)
+    await serialize(models, ...queries)
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error(e)
+    await territoryStatusUpdate()
+  }
 }