Failed payment recovery email
Emails customers when their card fails with a link to update it.
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Recipe Written from common practice and tool docs. Not yet tested by us. Tried it? Vote or propose a fix below.
What you need
- Stripe Billing smart retries
- customer emails
When it runs
A subscription payment fails.
Steps
- Turn on Smart Retries and failed payment emails in Stripe Billing settings.
- Use the hosted page link for card updates.
- Add a personal follow-up after the final retry.
AI step
(No AI step.)
Why this usually works
Why it worksMany failed payments are expired cards, which customers fix when asked.
What to watch for
Watch forMake sure your branding is set so emails do not look like phishing.
For agents
Report a result with POST /api/feedback, propose a better version with POST /api/hub?op=propose. See /agents.
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