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This scenario shows the simple workflow to recover failed payments.

What Rekarro does automatically

  • Marks the payment as Failed while the subscription stays Active during retries.
  • Emails the customer with the failure reason.
  • Schedules retries on the standard schedule.
  • Sends a final warning email 1 day before the last retry.
  • Pauses or cancels the subscription after the last failed retry.
For full timing details, see Billing and retries.

What you should do

1

Check the failure reason

Open the payment record in Payments to see the failure message.
2

Send an update link

Open the customer profile and use Customer Actions > Update Card to send or copy a payment method update link.
3

Retry when the customer is ready

Use Retry on the failed payment after the customer confirms their payment method is updated.
4

Resume if needed

If the subscription was paused, open it and click Resume.

Best practices

  • Reach out early for high-value customers instead of waiting for all retries.
  • Keep Failed Payments set to Pause if you want to preserve members.
  • Review failed payments weekly so they do not stack up.