Proactive Failed Payment Recovery

Proactive Failed Payment Recovery

Recover Failed Payments With Automated Emails

Recover Failed Payments With Automated Emails

This workflow catches failed transactions and automatically reaches out to customers with a simple fix, helping you reduce involuntary churn and protect recurring revenue.

This workflow catches failed transactions and automatically reaches out to customers with a simple fix, helping you reduce involuntary churn and protect recurring revenue.

How it works
  • Stripe detects a failed payment attempt.

  • The customer is identified in Shopify.

  • An “action required” email is sent via Gmail, with a direct link for the customer to update their payment details.

Apps involved
  • Stripe: Emit payment events such as failed charges

  • Shopify: Provide orders and customer data for segmentation

  • Gmail: Capture and label incoming emails to trigger the flow

Business benefits
  • Prevent revenue leakage from failed payments.

  • Reduce churn without manual chasing.

  • Keep customers active with minimal friction.

This template helps businesses reduce churn by automating failed payment recovery with Stripe, Shopify, and Gmail, sending immediate action-required emails to recover revenue.

Apps Used