Built for Online Courses

Payment Recovery for Online Courses

Recover failed Stripe payments automatically with smart retries and branded emails. Purpose-built for the challenges online courses face with recurring billing.

The Problem: Why Online Courses Lose Revenue to Failed Payments

12%

Of students lost to failed payments, not dissatisfaction

Course creators invest in content, community, and completion rates. But payment failures silently unenroll engaged students who had no intention of leaving, inflating churn and deflating revenue.

3x

Cheaper to recover than to acquire

If your CAC is $50 to acquire a course student, recovering a failed payment at $0 incremental cost is 3x more efficient than running another ad campaign. Yet most course platforms ignore recovery entirely.

80%

Of payment failures are temporary

Expired cards, daily spending limits, and bank fraud checks account for most declines. These resolve on their own within days — but only if someone retries the charge at the right time.

8-12%
Course subscription failure rate
60-70%
Students recoverable with smart retries
$180+
Average LTV preserved per recovered student

How Revive Solves This for Online Courses

Keep students enrolled through payment hiccups

Revive retries failed charges before the student's access is revoked. They continue learning without interruption, and you continue receiving revenue without manual intervention.

Course-appropriate recovery messaging

Recovery emails reference the student's course progress, not generic payment failure language. The tone encourages them to keep learning — updating their card is just a small step to continue.

Works with Teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi, and custom Stripe setups

If your course platform processes payments through Stripe, Revive can recover failed charges. No platform-specific integration needed — we connect directly to your Stripe account.

Example Recovery Email for Online Courses

Subject
Don't lose your course progress — quick payment fix
Preview Text
Keep your access to {course_name} active
Body
Hi {first_name}, Your payment of {amount} for {course_name} did not go through. This is usually a temporary card issue — it happens to a lot of students. Your course access is still active for now, and all your progress is saved. Just update your payment method to keep going: Update Payment & Keep Learning You have put in great work so far. Let's not let a card hiccup get in the way. — {instructor_name}

All templates are fully customizable. Use merge tags to personalize with customer names, amounts, and product details.

Simple Pricing for Online Courses

Starter

Up to $5K MRR

$0/mo
  • 3 retry attempts per charge
  • Basic email template
  • Email support
Most Popular

Growth

Up to $50K MRR

$29/mo
  • 7 retry attempts per charge
  • Custom email templates
  • Recovery analytics
  • Slack alerts

Scale

Unlimited MRR

$79/mo
  • Priority retry scheduling
  • Custom branding
  • Full API access
  • Dedicated support

Start Recovering Revenue Today

Connect your Stripe account in 30 seconds. Revive starts catching failed payments immediately. No code, no contracts, no risk.

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