If you’re like most subscription-based businesses, you’ve been using authorization rate as a key metric to gauge the success of your payment processing. While that works well for eCommerce, it falls short in the subscription world—where recurring billing failures and retries can skew the numbers and mask the real picture.
This guide explores why the traditional authorization rate is often misleading and introduces a smarter, more accurate metric: Payment Success Rate. You’ll see how measuring actual revenue recovered—not just approvals—can give you better insights and drive stronger growth.
Download this guide and learn:
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- Why authorization rate doesn’t reflect the full performance of recurring payments
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- How retry attempts can lower your authorization rate—while actually increasing your revenue
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- A real-world example showing how one business increased revenue by 4% using smarter recovery tactics
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- The formula for Payment Success Rate and how to apply it to your business
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- Why this single metric can lead to more informed decisions and more predictable revenue
Make better decisions, boost recovery, and grow your recurring revenue. Download the guide now to learn how shifting your KPI focus can reveal the real value of your payment system.