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The cost of dead payments is $2M in annual revenue

Don't let failed payment haunt your business

Dead payments are hiding, vanishing time and money. Did you know, up to 7% of recurring payments are at risk of failing right now - that's $2M in uncollected revenue every year. Scary, I know.

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We use optimised retries to reduce failed payments to as low as 0.5%. That means no more chasing failed payments, no more lost revenue. Let us open your eyes to what's really going on with your payment strategy.

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Reduce payment failures to:

Capture more revenue

Every year Enterprise businesses stand to lose over $2M in uncollected revenue due to payment failures.

Eliminate bad debt

On average, businesses with B2C revenue see 16-20% of their failed payments turn into bad debt, while B2B businesses see 11%-15% turn into bad debt.

Decrease churn

2 out of 3 businesses see their failed payments turn into churn more than 10% of the time, and churn also leads to higher chargeback rates.

8 steps to maximize return on your payment strategy

From the customer acquisition funnel to payment operations, learn how the 8 dimensions of recurring payments work together to make a successful payment strategy.

Use the payment dimension framework to grow your business quicker, and find hidden efficiencies within your payment operations.

Compare how different payment methods stack up when it comes to payment collection, and get important payment benchmarks to see how your business compares to the competition.

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How GoCardless can help

Pull-based payment collection

GoCardless is built on BECS Direct Debit also known as bank debit. It's a pull-based, bank-to-bank payment method that allows businesses to pull payments directly from their customers’ bank accounts at the time invoices are due.

Reduce churn

30% of churn is involuntary and often due to failed payments. Maximize your payment success with GoCardless and retain loyal customers for longer.

Intelligent payment recovery

With GoCardless, 97% of payments will be collected successfully at the first attempt. With real-time reporting, you'll know instantly when a payment fails so you can take action.

Trusted by over 55,000 global businesses

GoCardless is used by over 55,000 businesses around the world, including global businesses like DocuSign, SurveyMonkey, Deputy, Siteminder and AON.

Stop being haunted

Speak with a payments expert to learn how GoCardless can help you see dead payments too.