Built for Teachable Course Creators

Payment Recovery for Teachable Course Creators

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

The Problem: Why Teachable Course Creators Lose Revenue to Failed Payments

10%

Of Teachable subscription payments fail each month

Teachable processes payments through Stripe, but its built-in dunning is minimal. When a student's payment fails, Teachable retries a few times and then cancels the enrollment. There is limited control over retry timing and no sophisticated recovery email sequence.

$240

Average annual LTV lost per churned course subscriber

At $20/mo for a subscription course, each student who churns involuntarily costs $240 in annual revenue. For a creator with 500 subscribers and a 10% failure rate, that is $12,000/year walking out the door — not because students disliked the course, but because a card expired.

85%

Of Teachable creators have no recovery process beyond defaults

Most Teachable creators rely entirely on the platform's default retry behavior. They do not send recovery emails, do not track decline codes, and do not realize how much revenue they are losing to preventable payment failures.

8-10%
Teachable payment failure rate
60-70%
Students recovered with smart retries + email
$8,400+
Average annual revenue saved per 500 students

How Revive Solves This for Teachable Course Creators

Recover Teachable students at the Stripe level

Revive connects to the Stripe account linked to your Teachable school. When a student's payment fails, Revive catches it at the Stripe layer and applies optimized retry timing and branded recovery emails — independent of Teachable's limited built-in dunning.

Keep students enrolled and progressing

A student mid-course who loses access due to a failed payment is unlikely to re-enroll. Revive recovers the payment before access is revoked, keeping the student's momentum — and your revenue — intact.

No Teachable app or integration required

Revive does not require a Teachable integration or app installation. It connects directly to your Stripe account via OAuth. Teachable uses Stripe for payments, and Revive monitors Stripe for failures. Simple, clean, no platform-specific setup.

Example Recovery Email for Teachable Course Creators

Subject
Keep learning — your course payment needs a quick update
Preview Text
Your {course_name} access is still active
Body
Hi {first_name}, Your payment of {amount} for {course_name} did not go through. This is usually a simple card issue — it happens all the time. Your course access is still active and all your progress is saved. Just update your payment method to continue: Update Payment & Keep Learning You are making great progress — do not let a card hiccup slow you down. — {instructor_name}

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

Simple Pricing for Teachable Course Creators

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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