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Practical writing on Stripe payment recovery, dunning, and involuntary churn.
Most failed subscription payments aren't customers leaving - they're cards expiring, banks declining, and customers missing the first email. Posts here are aimed at SaaS founders trying to win back more of that revenue without buying an enterprise retention suite.
Stripe Payment Recovery: The Complete Guide for SaaS Founders
A pillar guide to recovering failed Stripe subscription payments - the recovery
funnel, the four levers that can affect recovery rate, planning assumptions, and a
tooling overview from Stripe Smart Retries up to dedicated dunning platforms.
PayDam vs Stripe Smart Retries: When Stripe's Built-in Dunning Isn't Enough
What Stripe Smart Retries does well, where it stops, and the argument for
layering branded recovery on top instead of replacing the retry
engine. The most-asked prospect question, answered honestly.
PayDam vs Churnkey: Pricing, Features, and the Right Fit
A fair side-by-side: Churnkey's broader retention tooling, PayDam's strengths
(price, simplicity, a focused Stripe-native recovery layer), pricing
scenarios at $5K–$100K MRR, and migration paths in either direction.
12 Dunning Email Templates for Stripe Payment Recovery
12 voice archetypes - friendly indie SaaS, professional B2B, empathetic
membership, urgent late-stage, and more - with subject lines, body copy, and
three full worked examples showing the escalation pattern across a recovery window.
What Is Stripe Dunning? A Plain-English Guide for SaaS Founders
What dunning means inside Stripe, what Stripe does for you automatically, where
its defaults fall short, and how to decide whether you need a dedicated dunning
tool on top.
New posts ship every couple of weeks. If there's a topic you'd like covered, email support@paydam.app.