Declines, rescues, and recovery for your store.
Test data only. Visa Acceptance and Stripe sandbox results simulate gateway behavior. Synthetic distributions are illustrative.
Next step: Never retry — ask for another payment method
Next step: Retry later, within limits
Next step: Never retry — ask for another payment method
| Try another payment method |
| 50% |
| Hard decline (do not retry)HARD_DECLINE | 8 | $772.00 | No | Generic safe message | 0% |
| Authentication requiredAUTH_REQUIRED | 7 | $559.00 | Yes | Verify identity (3DS) | 25% |
| Blocked by your filterBLOCKED_BY_FILTER | 7 | $831.00 | Yes | Verify identity (3DS) | 75% |
| Temporary issueTEMPORARY_ISSUE | 7 | $593.00 | Yes | Retry once now | 100% |
| Card number invalidCARD_NUMBER_INVALID | 5 | $576.00 | Yes | Re-check card number | 0% |
| Security code mismatchCVC_MISMATCH | 3 | $190.00 | Yes | Re-enter security code | 0% |
| Billing ZIP mismatchPOSTAL_MISMATCH | 2 | $215.00 | Yes | Re-enter billing ZIP | 50% |
| Card expiredCARD_EXPIRED | 1 | $67.00 | Yes | Update expiry date | — |
Temporary issue· Credit cards
Best follow-up: Within 1 hour · recovered 59% of retries (n=30)
Hard decline (do not retry)· Debit cards
Best follow-up: Within 1 hour · recovered 67% of retries (n=259)
Blocked by your filter· Credit cards
Best follow-up: Within 1 hour · recovered 93% of retries (n=36)
Security code mismatch· Credit cards
Best follow-up: Within 1 hour · recovered 67% of retries (n=259)
Generic issuer decline· Credit cards
Best follow-up: 1–6 hours · recovered 60% of retries (n=30)
Security code mismatch· Debit cards
Best follow-up: Within 1 hour · recovered 67% of retries (n=259)
Authentication required· Debit cards
Best follow-up: Within 1 hour · recovered 67% of retries (n=259)
Generic issuer decline· Debit cards
Best follow-up: 1–6 hours · recovered 60% of retries (n=30)
Authentication required· Credit cards
Best follow-up: Within 1 hour · recovered 67% of retries (n=259)
Blocked by your filter· Debit cards
Best follow-up: Within 1 hour · recovered 86% of retries (n=20)
Temporary issue· Debit cards
Best follow-up: Within 1 hour · recovered 59% of retries (n=30)
Card number invalid· Credit cards
Best follow-up: Within 1 hour · recovered 67% of retries (n=259)
Hard decline (do not retry)· Credit cards
Best follow-up: Within 1 hour · recovered 67% of retries (n=259)
Billing ZIP mismatch· Credit cards
Best follow-up: Within 1 hour · recovered 67% of retries (n=259)
Card expired· Credit cards
Best follow-up: Within 1 hour · recovered 67% of retries (n=259)