Automation library · Money admin

Stripe payment recovery: track failures & follow-up emails

Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets. 11 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

11 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Logic 3Service 6

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Detect Failed PaymentsStripe triggerStarts it
  2. 2Schedule TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  3. 3Extract User and Payment InfoSetLogic
  4. 4Get Payment Failure LeadsGoogle SheetsService
  5. 5Remove DuplicatesRemove DuplicatesLogic
  6. 6Check for no. of emails sentSwitchLogic
  7. 7Append or update row in sheetGoogle SheetsService
  8. 8Send First EmailSend In BlueService
  9. 9Send Second EmailSend In BlueService
  10. 10Update Email CountGoogle SheetsService
  11. 11Quit Sending Emails to these LeadsGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
11, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 11 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 11 steps before you point it at anything that matters.