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1 in 12 payments fail. We’re going to need a bigger boat

Take the bite out of failed payments with GoCardless. Get payment success rates of over 97% at the first time of asking, and automatically recover up to 76% of those that do fail.

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Speak to our team today to see how your business compares to all-important payment benchmarks and how GoCardless can help.

1 in 12 payments fail. We’re going to need a bigger boat
1 in 12 payments fail. We’re going to need a bigger boat
Get the framework for optimising your recurring payments
Get the framework for optimising your recurring payments

Get the framework for optimising your recurring payments

Discover the 8 key dimensions needed to maximise your return from your payment strategy. From the customer acquisition funnel to payment operations, learn how all 8 dimensions combine into one framework for payment-led growth and efficiency.

Plus, get important payment benchmarks, so you can see how your business compares to the competition. All in under 10 minutes.

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Payment failure has a big impact on your entire payment strategy

Increased churn

Increased 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.

More bad debt

More bad debt

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

$1million+ uncollected revenue

$1million+ uncollected revenue

Enterprise businesses stand to lose over $1million in uncollected revenue** every year due to payment failures.

Thought leadership paper: Rethink your payment strategy to save your customers and bottom line
Thought leadership paper: Rethink your payment strategy to save your customers and bottom line

Thought leadership paper: Rethink your payment strategy to save your customers and bottom line

GoCardless commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a study of 700 payment decision-makers in organisations with recurring revenue models.

Forrester learned that recurring B2B payments are pushing firms to modernise their payment technology and update their payment operations. 

View the full report to better understand the challenges and opportunities facing global enterprise businesses, and what they’re doing to rise to these challenges.

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Improve your payment success with GoCardless

The average GoCardless payment failure rate at the first attempt is just 2.5%. Optimise your payments even further, using Success+ to retry those that do fail.

Improve your payment success with GoCardless
Improve your payment success with GoCardless
Pull-based payment collection

Pull-based payment collection

GoCardless is built on bank debit (also known as Direct Debit), a pull-based, bank-to-bank payment method that allows businesses to pull payments directly from their customers’ bank accounts.

Lower churn rates

Lower churn rates

30% of churn is involuntary, stemming from failed payments. Maximise payment success with GoCardless and retain loyal customers for longer.

Intelligent payment recovery

Intelligent payment recovery

Sit back and let Success+ retry payments on the optimal day to collect from each customer. Recover up to 76% of any payments that do fail with Success+.

Benchmark your recurring payment strategy

Have a 15-minute payments health check with one of our team to benchmark your payment operations, and understand how GoCardless can help improve your key payment metrics.

Trusted by over 55,000 global businesses
Trusted by over 55,000 global businesses

Trusted by over 55,000 global businesses

GoCardless is used by over 55,000 businesses around the world, including global enterprises like DocuSign, The Guardian, 8x8, Box and Bridgestone. GoCardless processes $15bn+ annually, and has been funded by prestigious investors including Google Ventures and Salesforce Ventures.

“We have a payment failure rate of only 0.4%, and many of those are rectified instantly upon retrying the payment.”

Damian Clements, Finance Director, Yorkshire Energy

Benchmark your recurring payments

Have a 15-minute payments health check with one of our team to benchmark your payment operations, and understand how GoCardless can help improve your key payment metrics.

Sources

*Forrester Consulting: Rethink Your Payment Strategy To Save Your Customers And Bottom Line

**GoCardless payment success index 2020