Send Payment Failure Emails via Gmail and Alert Finance in Slack (Webhook)
When your payment system sends a `payment.failed` webhook, this automation immediately emails the customer via Gmail with next steps and posts a detailed alert to your finance team in Slack—so failed payments get resolved faster.
By Satya Sagar Patel
Installed by 6 users
Send Payment Failure Emails via Gmail and Alert Finance in Slack (Webhook)
Send Payment Failure Emails via Gmail and Alert Finance in Slack (Webhook)
Introduction
Automatically respond to failed payments the moment they happen. This workflow listens for a payment.failed webhook, sends a helpful customer email via Gmail, and notifies your finance team in Slack with the full failure details.
Benefits
- Reduce churn by instantly prompting customers to retry payment
- Keep finance teams informed in real time with a structured Slack alert
- Eliminate manual follow-ups and missed failed-payment cases
- Create a consistent, professional customer experience during payment issues
Trigger Event
When your payment provider sends a webhook event with event = payment.failed.
Actions
- Validate the event type: Confirms the incoming webhook is specifically a
payment.failedevent (otherwise it safely skips actions). - Email the customer via Gmail: Sends a payment-failure email to the customer that includes order ID, amount, currency, and the failure reason, along with a clear retry suggestion.
- Notify finance in Slack: Posts a message to your chosen Slack channel with the customer and transaction details (customer name, email, order ID, amount, status, and failure reason) so finance can track and follow up quickly.
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