Payment failed
When a subscription payment fails, CataSEO marks your account as suspended and pauses batch processing until the payment is resolved.
What you’ll see
In your CataSEO dashboard, the Subscription & Tokens page will show:
Your subscription payment failed Reason: [reason from the payment processor] Subscribe to a batch plan to fix it.
Batch processing is paused. Already-completed work stays in your account, and express optimizations still work as long as you have express tokens.
How payment retries work
Stripe-billed accounts (Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, CSV-only): Stripe automatically retries failed payments on a schedule defined by your Stripe account settings — typically several attempts over a few days. You’ll receive Stripe’s own retry notifications by email. When a retry succeeds, your subscription resumes automatically.
Wix-billed accounts: Wix manages payment retries through the Wix billing system. If retries fail, Wix cancels the subscription and CataSEO is notified automatically.
Common causes
- Expired card — update your card in the billing portal.
- Insufficient funds — wait for funds to clear or switch cards.
- 3D Secure challenge dropped — your bank requested verification and the request timed out. Update the payment method and retry.
- Bank declined — contact your bank, then update your method.
Fix it yourself
For Stripe-billed accounts:
- Open the Subscription & Tokens page in your CataSEO dashboard.
- Click through to the Stripe customer portal.
- Update your card or payment method.
- Stripe will retry the failed invoice; on success, your subscription is restored.
For Wix-billed accounts:
- Open your Wix dashboard.
- Manage your CataSEO subscription’s billing settings there.
During the suspension
- Batch processing is paused. Your batches won’t run until billing is fixed.
- Express optimizations continue working if you have express tokens.
- Already-optimized products in your review queue stay there, ready for approval whenever.
- Your SEO profile, settings, and product data are unaffected.
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