When a payment fails
A failed or missed payment is not a cliff edge. Here is exactly what happens, so an expired card never turns into a lost server.
The sequence
When an invoice goes unpaid we send reminders to your billing contacts before anything else happens. There is a grace period, not an instant cut-off — the aim is to reach you and get it sorted, not to catch you out. Keeping your billing contacts current is the single best way to make sure the reminder lands.
Common causes, quick fixes
- An expired or replaced card — update it in the portal.
- A bank declining a cross-border charge — a quick call to them usually clears it.
- An invoice sent to an address nobody reads — fix the contact so the next one arrives.
Only then, suspension
If an invoice stays unpaid through the reminders and grace period, the service may be suspended — paused, not deleted, and restored when payment clears (suspension covers the detail). If money is tight or a payment is genuinely stuck, tell us before the deadline; a short conversation beats a suspension every time. See billing and ways to pay.
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