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Dunning Email Sequence Builder
Generate a ready-to-send 4-email dunning sequence (Day 0, 3, 7, 14) with subject lines and CTAs based on your tone and contract size.
About this builder
A dunning email sequence is the set of messages sent after a payment fails, before the subscription is cancelled. Most of the recovery happens not from a single email, but from the right sequence, timing, and tone matched to the situation.
This builder generates a ready 4-email sequence (Day 0, 3, 7, 14) with subject lines and CTAs. Adjust tone and contract size to match your audience, then copy the sequence into your email tool.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many emails should a dunning sequence have?
Four touchpoints across roughly two weeks is a common baseline — enough to catch payments that recover naturally (like insufficient funds resolving) without emailing so often that customers tune the messages out. Adjust spacing based on your grace period.
Should the tone change across the sequence?
Generally yes — start empathetic or neutral on Day 0 (the failure may not even be the customer's fault), and increase urgency only in the final email, once cancellation is genuinely imminent. Starting urgent on Day 0 tends to increase support complaints without improving recovery.
Is my input data saved anywhere?
No. Everything is assembled in your browser from your selections. Nothing is sent to or stored on our servers, and no account is required.
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