Built for WooCommerce Subscriptions

Payment Recovery for WooCommerce Subscriptions

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

The Problem: Why WooCommerce Subscriptions Lose Revenue to Failed Payments

15%

Average decline rate for WooCommerce recurring charges via Stripe

WooCommerce Subscriptions processes recurring payments through the Stripe gateway, but its built-in retry logic is basic — a fixed schedule of 5 retries over a few days. There is no decline-code awareness, no timing optimization, and no customer communication during the retry window.

3-5x

More expensive to re-acquire a customer than to recover a payment

WooCommerce stores invest heavily in acquisition: ads, SEO, email marketing, and promotions. Losing a subscriber to a failed payment — someone who already converted and values your product — wastes that entire acquisition investment when a simple retry or email would have kept them.

0

Recovery emails sent by WooCommerce Subscriptions by default

WooCommerce Subscriptions sends a generic 'subscription suspended' email after retries fail, but it does not send proactive recovery emails during the retry window. By the time the customer learns about the issue, their subscription is already suspended and re-engagement is harder.

10-15%
WooCommerce subscription decline rate
60-70% vs. 20-30%
Recovery rate with Revive vs. WooCommerce retries alone
$2,500+
Average monthly revenue recovered per $50K MRR store

How Revive Solves This for WooCommerce Subscriptions

Smarter retries on top of WooCommerce's basic schedule

WooCommerce Subscriptions retries on a fixed schedule. Revive adds decline-code-aware retry timing at the Stripe level — retrying insufficient_funds around payday windows, catching processing_errors within hours, and skipping retries for expired cards in favor of immediate customer outreach.

Proactive recovery emails during the retry window

Revive sends branded recovery emails while the subscription is still active — not after it has been suspended. Customers get a chance to update their card before they lose access, dramatically increasing the chance of recovery.

Works at the Stripe level — no WooCommerce plugin needed

Revive connects to your Stripe account directly, not to WooCommerce. No plugin to install, no theme compatibility issues, no site performance impact. When WooCommerce Subscriptions sends a charge to Stripe and it fails, Revive catches it automatically.

Example Recovery Email for WooCommerce Subscriptions

Subject
Your {store_name} subscription payment needs attention
Preview Text
Update your card to keep receiving your subscription
Body
Hi {first_name}, We tried to process your subscription payment of {amount} for {product_name} but it did not go through. Your subscription is still active — just update your payment method and your next order will ship on schedule: Update Payment Method We do not want you to miss your next delivery. — {store_name}

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

Simple Pricing for WooCommerce Subscriptions

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

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