Automated Pest Control Failed Payment Recovery
Every morning, WebRun opens Briostack, finds every autopay charge that failed since the last run, drafts a card-update email via Gmail and an SMS via Twilio for each affected customer, and alerts your billing team in Slack so they can follow up before the next service visit.
How can I automatically recover failed autopay charges for pest control customers?
WebRun checks Briostack every morning for failed autopay charges, drafts a card-update email in Gmail and an SMS via Twilio for each affected customer, and posts your billing team a prioritized recovery list in Slack. Every message waits for human approval before it is sent, and accounts with imminent service visits are flagged first.
- Failed charges are caught every morning before the day's routes go out
- No recovery message reaches a customer without billing team approval
- Accounts with imminent service dates are flagged as high priority automatically
Built for pest control companies · recurring service businesses · pest control billing managers · field service operators with autopay
What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
app.briostack.comin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Briostack - identify failed autopay charges
briostack.com
WebRun opens Briostack to identify failed autopay charges. - Open Briostack and navigate to the Billing or Payments section
- Filter for autopay charges with a Failed or Declined status since the last check
- Capture customer name, account number, charge amount, and failure reason for each
- Skip any customer already contacted about the same failed charge today
Done when Every new failed autopay charge is listed with customer details and failure reason.
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Gmail - draft card-update email per customer
gmail.com
WebRun opens Gmail to draft card-update email per customer. - Draft a payment-update email for each affected customer explaining the failed charge
- Include a link or instructions to update their payment method
- Save as a Gmail draft for billing team review, do not send automatically
Done when Card-update email drafts are saved in Gmail for every failed autopay customer.
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Twilio - draft SMS payment notice per customer
twilio.com
WebRun opens Twilio to draft SMS payment notice per customer. - Draft a brief SMS notifying each customer that their payment did not go through
- Include a call-to-action to call your office or update their card
- Queue the SMS for human approval before delivery
Done when SMS drafts are queued in Twilio awaiting approval for every affected customer.
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Slack - alert billing team with recovery list
slack.com
WebRun opens Slack to alert billing team with recovery list. - Post a recovery list to your billing Slack channel with each failed charge
- Include customer name, amount, failure reason, and next scheduled service date
- Flag accounts where service is due within three days as high priority
Done when Billing team has a prioritized failed-autopay recovery list in Slack.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Will it contact customers about failed payments without my approval?
No. WebRun saves every email as a Gmail draft and queues every SMS in Twilio for human review. No message reaches a customer until your billing team approves and sends it.
What if the payment failure was a one-time bank error and the customer already updated their card?
WebRun reads the live payment status in Briostack each morning, so any account that has already resolved the failure is skipped and not drafted again.
How does it prioritize which accounts are most urgent?
It flags customers whose next scheduled service visit is within three days so your billing team can reach those accounts first before a technician goes out.
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