Chargebee Metric
Subscription Billing
Failed Payment Rate = (Failed Payments / Total Payment Attempts) × 100
Failed payment rate is the percentage of subscription payment attempts that are declined or fail to process. It encompasses card declines, insufficient funds, expired cards, and gateway errors.
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Failed payment rate is the percentage of subscription payment attempts that are declined or fail to process. It encompasses card declines, insufficient funds, expired cards, and gateway errors.
How to calculate failed payment rate
Why failed payment rate matters for Chargebee users
Failed payments are the leading cause of involuntary churn and represent revenue that customers intended to pay but could not. Reducing failure rates has an outsized impact on retention and revenue.
Chargebee users can analyse failures by decline code, payment method, and geography to implement targeted fixes such as card updater services or alternative payment methods.
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Dunning Campaign Effectiveness
Subscription BillingMetric Definition
Dunning Effectiveness = (Recovered Payments / Total Failed Payments) × 100
Dunning campaign effectiveness measures the percentage of failed payments successfully recovered through automated retry and communication sequences. It quantifies how well your recovery process prevents involuntary churn.
Invoice Collection Rate
Subscription BillingMetric Definition
Invoice Collection Rate = (Paid Invoices / Total Invoices Issued) × 100
Invoice collection rate measures the percentage of issued invoices that are successfully paid within the billing period. It reflects the health of your billing and collections process.
Customer Churn Rate
Subscription BillingMetric Definition
Customer Churn Rate = (Churned Customers / Start-of-Period Customers) × 100
Customer churn rate is the percentage of subscribers who cancel their subscriptions within a given period. It is the inverse of retention and one of the most critical health indicators for any subscription business.
Payment Method Analysis
Subscription BillingMetric Definition
Payment method analysis examines the distribution and performance of payment methods used by subscribers, including credit cards, direct debit, ACH, and digital wallets. It correlates payment method with success rates and churn.
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Add-on Revenue AnalysisAnnual Recurring RevenueAverage Revenue Per UserCAC Payback PeriodCohort Retention AnalysisCoupon Redemption RateCredit Note Impact AnalysisCustomer Churn RateCustomer Lifetime ValueCustomer Segmentation AnalysisDays Sales OutstandingDunning Campaign EffectivenessGeographic Revenue DistributionInvoice Collection RateMonthly Recurring RevenueNet Revenue RetentionPayment Method AnalysisPlan Performance AnalysisPlan Upgrade RateRevenue Churn RateRevenue Cohort AnalysisSeasonal Revenue TrendsSubscription Growth RateSubscription Lifecycle AnalysisEmpower your team to understand and act on Chargebee data
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