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Subscription payment problems

A subscription shows Payment failed

Likely cause: The customer's card was refused at renewal. Tuppence is retrying it and has emailed your customer a link to pay with another card.

Fix:

Ask your customer to find the email from you and pay with another card. The subscription carries on as soon as they do. See When a subscription payment fails.

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A subscription was cancelled, but nobody cancelled it

Likely cause: Every retry of a failed renewal failed, so the subscription was cancelled after the last one.

Fix:

Start a new subscription for the customer once they’ve saved a working card, or send them a payment link that starts a subscription.

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A customer was charged when their trial ended

Likely cause: When a free trial ends, the first paid period starts. The customer was emailed beforehand.

Fix:

If they meant to cancel, cancel the subscription. You can also refund the payment.

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A customer was charged in the middle of a period

Likely cause: Their subscription moved to a dearer plan, which charges the difference for the rest of the period straight away.

Fix:

Check the subscription’s plan on the Subscriptions page. If the change was a mistake, refund the payment.

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There's no Change plan or Cancel button

Likely cause: Your role can't change subscriptions, the subscription has already ended, or (for Change plan) there's no other active plan to move to.

Fix:

Ask an owner, admin or manager, or create another plan first.

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