Show IH: RetryFix - Automatically recover failed Stripe payments and earn 10% on everything we win back
Hey IH,
I just launched RetryFix — a simple tool that automatically chases failed Stripe payments for you.
The problem
Every month, merchants lose real money when customer cards fail. Most people either ignore it or spend hours manually chasing invoices. It's painful and most of the revenue is just… gone.
What RetryFix does
Detects failed payments via Stripe webhooks
Sends smart dunning emails on a schedule (day 1, 3, 7…)
Retries the invoice automatically
Tracks everything in a clean dashboard
Only charges you 10% of the money we actually recover (Performance plan)
You pay nothing upfront and nothing if we don’t win the money back.
Current status
I’ve been testing heavily with multiple merchants and currencies (GBP, USD, EUR, CAD, etc.). The system is now stable:
Backfill works cleanly (only shows currently open failures in the free preview)
Dunning + recovery flow is working end-to-end
Performance fee metering with FX conversion is live
Who it’s for
Anyone running a SaaS, e-commerce, or subscription business on Stripe who hates losing money on failed cards.
Pricing
Free: See your failed payments
Starter: Basic automated recovery
Performance: 10% only on recovered revenue (pay only when we win)
Would love honest feedback from the community.
Try it here: https://retryfix.com
Looking forward to your thoughts — especially if you’ve struggled with failed payments before.
Thanks!
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Thanks For Sharing Looks very Interesting.
This is a great problem to solve , failed payments are one of those silent revenue leaks most founders underestimate. I like the performance-based pricing, feels aligned with outcomes. One thing I’m curious about like Are you seeing better recovery from smart email timing/content or just repeated retry attempts?
interested
Thanks @kingagency0718 — appreciate it!
If you run a SaaS or subscription business on Stripe and ever deal with failed payments, feel free to give it a try at https://retryfix.com
Happy to hear any feedback.
This solves a real pain I actually went through a few days back. I spent time building out a past_due grace period banner and "fix billing" CTA for my own SaaS because I realized how much revenue just quietly disappears when a renewal fails and nobody notices.
The 10% of recovered revenue model is smart pricing, removes all friction from the buying decision. "You only pay when we win" is one of the strongest value props you can have.
Honest question: How do you handle the case where a customer has already cancelled intentionally but their card just happened to fail on the last invoice? Do you have a way to distinguish "card failed, customer still wants the service" from "card failed, customer was already done"? That false positive scenario would be my biggest concern before plugging this into a subscription business.
Overall I could see myself actually using this once I'm generating enough volume for failed payments to be a real problem. Well done on everything you've done so far! Cheers!
Thanks @BuildingTrakly — really appreciate the kind words.
Glad the pay-per-recovery model resonates. That was the main goal — remove all upfront risk so it’s a no-brainer for indie founders.
To your excellent question:
We currently treat any failed payment the same way (whether the customer intentionally cancelled or the card just failed). The dunning flow runs, and if the customer has already cancelled, they’ll usually ignore the emails or reply to unsubscribe.
Longer term, I’d like to add a way to distinguish "customer intentionally cancelled" vs "card failed but they still want the service". That’s definitely on the roadmap once we get more usage data.
Appreciate you raising it — super helpful feedback.
Cheers!
Paul
Nice angle, and the performance pricing is the strongest part.
A few conversion tweaks I’d test fast:
If helpful, I do very short teardown-style homepage audits for founders here, including the exact trust/CTA leaks that suppress first conversions: https://roastmysite.io/go.php?src=external_manual_ih_retryfix_failedpayments_apr20_usd_presell_hv
Thanks @dailo — really appreciate the detailed feedback!
You're right about the hero section. Leading with the pain ("you're losing money every month on failed payments") instead of jumping straight to the solution makes a lot more sense. I'll test that change soon.
The CTA point is also spot on — "See recovered revenue estimate" or "Preview my failed invoices" feels much more natural than "Start free trial" for someone who's still skeptical. Good call.
The calculator placement and trust language are both on my list too. The "we never touch your money" messaging should definitely come earlier.
Super helpful teardown — thank you. This kind of feedback is gold at this stage.
This is an interesting model — taking a % of recovered revenue instead of a flat subscription fee aligns incentives perfectly. Failed payments are silent revenue killers for SaaS, and Stripe’s native retries only go so far. Two questions: 1) Does RetryFix handle dunning logic beyond simple retries (e.g., smart retry scheduling, card updater integration)? 2) How do you prevent double-charging when we already have some retry logic in place? Love the IH approach — congrats on the launch.
Thanks @Indie_Hackers3287 — really glad the performance model resonates!
To answer your questions:
Right now we do smart dunning scheduling (day 1, 3, 7 etc.) + automatic retries. We don’t have card updater integration yet (that’s on the roadmap). The main focus has been reliable recovery of open failures with minimal merchant effort.
Great question on double-charging. We only retry the invoice if it’s still in a failed state and we haven’t seen a successful payment for it. We also check the subscription status before retrying to avoid overlap with any native Stripe retries the merchant might have enabled.
Appreciate you asking — this helps a lot as we prioritize features.
Would love to hear more about your setup if you’re open to sharing. Are you mostly relying on Stripe’s built-in retries right now?
Paul, the pay-per-recovery pricing is an absolute no-brainer. Perfectly aligned with
how indies think about risk. Nice ship.
On the naming note someone raised above: I'd actually keep it. "RetryFix" reads
exactly like what someone would type at 3am when Stripe pings them. Utility beats
clever when your buyer is a stressed founder.
We're aiming at basically the same people (SaaS founders with Stripe accounts). I'm
building StatusPageBuddy, free public status pages for indie devs, 60s setup, no
YAML. If any of your merchants ever ask about a public page, remember I exist.
Rooting for this.
Thanks @edifierx uhao — really appreciate the kind words!
Glad the performance model resonates. That risk-free aspect was the main point I wanted to get across — founders already have enough to worry about ;-)
Also appreciate the naming take. I was leaning toward keeping "RetryFix" for exactly the reason you mentioned — when a payment fails at 3am, clarity wins.
StatusPageBuddy sounds useful! I'll definitely keep it in mind if any merchants ask about public status pages.
Rooting for you too — best of luck with it mate.
Cheers Paul. Good to hear you're sticking with RetryFix, the name really does work
for the 3am moment.
If any of your merchants ever hit the "ok now I need a public page" problem, ping me and I'll set them up. Otherwise I'll just be watching the launch.
Good luck mate.
The "pay-per-recovery" model is a total no-brainer for founders, Paul. Losing revenue to failed Stripe payments is a silent killer for SaaS, so offering a 10% performance plan makes it an easy "yes" for anyone looking to plug their churn holes.
I’m currently running a project in Tokyo (Tokyo Lore) that highlights high-utility tools just like RetryFix. Since you're focused on helping businesses win back lost revenue, entering this competition could be a perfect way to demonstrate your recovery logic to a live field of builders.
Thanks @Tokyolore — really appreciate the kind words!
Glad the pay-per-recovery model resonates. That was the core idea — make it completely risk-free for the merchant.
Tokyo Lore sounds interesting! Would love to learn more about the competition/showcase and whether RetryFix would be a good fit. Happy to jump on a quick call or send over more details if you're open to it. Let me know how how you want to proceed.
Thanks again for the thoughtful comment!
Oh this has some potential in my books!
Thanks @EntrepreneurBird!
Appreciate you saying it has potential — that means a lot on day 1.
Any particular angle or use case that stands out to you? Curious to hear more.
Clear problem and pricing model — that part is solid.
One thing I’d watch early though:
in this space, a lot of tools end up competing on the same promise — “recover failed payments.”
When that happens, people don’t choose based on features — they choose what they remember or trust first.
“RetryFix” works functionally, but long-term the question is:
does it feel like a default category name, or just another tool in the list?
Seen products here plateau not because they didn’t work — but because they never stood out in memory.
If this starts scaling, that layer becomes more important than expected.
Thanks @aryan_sinh — really appreciate the thoughtful feedback!
Glad the problem and the 10% performance pricing resonated. That was the hardest part to get right.
I hear you on the name. “RetryFix” is very functional and descriptive (which helped during building and testing), but I agree it risks sounding like a feature rather than a memorable brand. It’s something I’ve been thinking about too.
Would love any name ideas you have if something stronger comes to mind — or any other early impressions.
Appreciate you taking the time!
You’re right to question it now — this is exactly the stage where it matters most.
Because once something like this starts working, the name quietly becomes the ceiling.
“RetryFix” will always read as a utility — which means:
easy to understand, but also easy to forget and easy to replace.
In a space like this, you don’t really win by explaining better — you win by being the thing people default to when they think “recover lost revenue.”
That usually comes from names that feel:
→ less like a feature
→ more like a system already doing the job in the background
Not just “what it does” — but “what it becomes over time.”
If this works (and it probably will, given the model), I’d honestly change direction early rather than optimize around it.
Happy to actually map a tighter naming direction + shortlist based on how you want to position this — instead of just throwing random names.
Thanks again @aryan_sinh — really appreciate you taking the time to go deeper on this.
I hear what you're saying about the name potentially feeling more like a utility than a brand. That’s a fair point and something I’ve thought about too.
For now I’m happy with RetryFix — it’s clear, descriptive, and matches exactly what the product does. I may revisit branding down the line once we have more traction and revenue (probably in 6-12 months), but I’m not planning any changes in the short term.
Still, I’d be curious to hear any name ideas you think could work better long-term if you feel like sharing.
Thanks again!
Makes sense — clarity matters early.
Only thing I’d flag: by the time traction shows up, switching gets harder (users, integrations, trust signals all tied to the name).
You don’t have to change now — but locking the direction early avoids that ceiling later.
For this space, I’d think less “retry/fix” and more:
→ revenue recovery as a system, not a feature
→ something that feels always-on in the background
If you want, I can map 2–3 tight directions based on how you want to position this long-term.
Thanks @aryan_sinh — appreciate you coming back with more thoughts.
I hear you on the name. "RetryFix" is very functional, and I deliberately went for clarity over cleverness because when a payment fails at late at night, founders just want something that sounds like it fixes the problem.
That said, I’m happy with where it is for the launch. If it ever feels like it’s holding the brand back once we have real traction, I’ll definitely revisit it.
For now I want to stay focused on getting the product in front of the right people and making sure it actually delivers results.
Appreciate the honest feedback though — it’s useful.
Yeah that makes sense — clarity wins early.
I wouldn’t force a change now either.
Only thing I’d keep in the back of your mind:
the product you’re building isn’t really “retry/fix” — it’s closer to a revenue recovery layer.
If that ends up being the real perception, the name will start feeling smaller than what it actually does.
No rush on it — just worth keeping the direction open while it’s still early.
If you ever want to explore that angle properly (not random names, but positioning → naming together), happy to.