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Webhook-triggered churn signal from external billing system

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Company6 stepsUpdated for HubSpot seat pricing
OutcomeA failed payment, chargeback, or cancellation reported by the external billing system flags the account as at risk within minutes, instead of the finance team's monthly dunning report being the first place anyone notices.
Workflow maprenewal-expansion-045
External Billing Signal changes to a non-None value leads to Notified in the last 24h?. Notified in the last 24h? leads to Yes: No action, avoid duplicate alert; No: Set Renewal Risk Flag = true. Set Renewal Risk Flag = true leads to Set Billing Signal Notified At = now. Set Billing Signal Notified At = now leads to Create task for owner. Create task for owner leads to Notify owner. Yes No External Billing Signal changes to a non-None value Notified in the last 24h? No action, avoid duplicate alert Set Renewal Risk Flag = true Set Billing Signal Notified At = now Create task for owner Notify owner
External Billing Signal changes to a non-None value leads to Notified in the last 24h?. Notified in the last 24h? leads to Yes: No action, avoid duplicate alert; No: Set Renewal Risk Flag = true. Set Renewal Risk Flag = true leads to Set Billing Signal Notified At = now. Set Billing Signal Notified At = now leads to Create task for owner. Create task for owner leads to Notify owner. Yes No External Billing Signal changes to a non-None value Notified in the last 24h? No action, avoid duplicate alert Set Renewal Risk Flag = true Set Billing Signal Notified At = now Create task for owner Notify owner

When to use it, when not to

Use it

  • Use it when the billing system (Stripe, Chargebee, a homegrown billing service, or similar) can push events out to a receiving endpoint the moment they happen.
  • Use it as the fast, event-driven counterpart to renewal-expansion-028's payment-status workflow, which assumes a Payment Status property is already kept current by some existing sync; this fiche documents how that property actually gets updated in near real time.
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Skip it

  • Do not use it if the billing system has no outbound webhook or event-push capability at all; in that case, a periodic pull (see renewal-expansion-044's pattern, adapted to a billing API) is the realistic alternative, not a workflow waiting for something that will never arrive.
  • Do not use it to auto-cancel or auto-downgrade an account; this fiche only raises a flag and a notification, since acting on a single billing event without human review risks reacting to a transient card decline rather than a real churn signal.
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Prerequisites · 5 items

Every property with its label, internal name, type and options, plus the assets the workflow needs.

Enrollment · 4 parts

The trigger, the criteria as ticked in the UI, the re-enrollment rule and the suppression list.

Steps · 6 numbered actions

Each action in order with its parameters, branches and delays.

Known pitfalls · 5

Traps seen in production, each with what breaks and what to do instead.

Test plan and UAT script · 4 cases, 3 variants

How to prove it works in a test portal, one case per branch, and a sign-off sheet.

Files · PDF, Markdown, JSON, CSV

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Install · 1 click, switched off

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