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๐Ÿ’ณ Failed Payment Recovery in Appstle Memberships

Effectively using Appstle Memberships Recover failed payments feature to reduce churn and engage with customers.

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๐ŸŒŸ Why Failed Payment Recovery Matters

Your customers value your membershipsโ€”but payment issues can still happen.

Common reasons for failed recurring payments include:

  • ๐Ÿ’ณ Expired or replaced cards

  • ๐Ÿ’ธ Insufficient account balance

  • ๐Ÿ“‰ Card spending limits reached

When payments fail for these reasons, it leads to involuntary churnโ€”customers want to stay subscribed, but technical payment issues stop them.


๐Ÿ‘‰ Failed Payment Recovery in Appstle Memberships helps you automatically retry payments and retain loyal members with minimal manual effort.


๐Ÿ”„ Reducing Involuntary Churn with Failed Payment Recovery

โœ… How Appstle Memberships Helps

Failed Payment Recovery in Appstle Memberships is a set of automated tools designed to help you reconnect with customers and recover failed transactions.

  • โš™๏ธ Pre-set defaults
    Appstle includes ready-to-use retry logic, notifications, and recovery actions.

  • ๐ŸŽ› Full merchant control
    You can customize these settings to match your business needs and retention strategy.


๐Ÿ” Failed Payment Recovery Settings

๐Ÿ“ Where to Configure

Settings โ†’ General Settings โ†’ Failed Payment Recovery


Setting

Description

Options / Default

Retry Attempts

Number of times Appstle will retry charging a customerโ€™s card after a payment failure

1โ€“10 attempts (Default: 8)

Retry Interval

Days Appstle waits between each retry attempt

1โ€“10 days (Default: 1)

Action After All Retries Fail

Decide what happens if all retry attempts fail

โŒ Cancel membership
โธ Pause membership
โญ Skip failed order


โœ๏ธ Enable & Customize the Email

๐Ÿ“ Where to Configure

Settings โ†’ Customizations โ†’ Email Templates


๐Ÿ›  Steps to Customize

  1. Locate โ€œTransaction Failedโ€

  2. Click Edit

  3. Customize the email to:

    • Match your brand voice ๐ŸŽจ

    • Reassure customers ๐Ÿค

    • Encourage quick payment updates โšก


๐Ÿ” Customer Experience

The failed payment email directs members to the Manage Memberships section in the Member Portal, where they can:

  • โœ”๏ธ Click Update Payment

  • โœ”๏ธ Receive an email from Shopify to update their payment information

๐Ÿ•’ Once payment details are updated, Appstle automatically retries the order the following day.
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๐Ÿค Need Help?

If you have any questions or need help setting up your memberships, our expert support team is here for you 24ร—7ร—365.

๐Ÿ“ง Email: support@appstle.com

๐Ÿ’ฌ Live Chat: Message us anytime through the chat widget in our app.

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