Billing retries

Schedule billing retries and payment follow-ups without a billing cron.

Billing workflows are full of delayed HTTP calls: failed-payment recovery, renewal reminders, invoice follow-ups, cancellation grace periods, and post-payment syncs. Webhook Scheduler gives those calls a reliable delivery layer.

Test a billing webhook Read API docs

API request

HTTPS only

curl https://webhookscheduler.com/api/v1/schedule \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer wh_live_xxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://api.example.com/billing/follow-up",
    "runAt": "2026-05-16T09:00:00.000Z",
    "body": {
      "event": "invoice.payment_failed",
      "customerId": "cus_123"
    },
    "idempotencyKey": "invoice_failed:cus_123:2026-05-16"
  }'

Failed-payment recovery

Schedule follow-up events after failed invoices, failed webhooks, or temporary billing endpoint downtime.

Renewal reminders

Create customer-visible reminders days before renewal or after subscription lifecycle events.

Delivery proof

Keep attempt history, status codes, response bodies, and latency for billing support conversations.

Billing workflows rarely happen immediately

Payment systems often need a delay: retry after an endpoint is healthy, notify a customer tomorrow, trigger a subscription follow-up next week, or sync account state after a grace period.

A scheduled webhook is a clean way to represent those delayed billing actions without adding a dedicated worker service.

Stripe events are only the beginning

A Stripe webhook can tell your app that an invoice failed or a subscription changed. Your product still needs to decide what happens later: send an internal callback, notify a CRM, mark an account for review, or retry a downstream integration.

Webhook Scheduler is useful for that second step: creating a delayed, retryable HTTP job with a visible delivery history.

Payment follow-ups need idempotency

Billing webhooks can create real side effects. Use an idempotency key based on the invoice, customer, and scheduled action so duplicate job creation does not create duplicate follow-ups.

The receiver should also deduplicate important events before charging, emailing, or changing account state.

Keep the billing support trail visible

When a customer asks what happened to a payment follow-up, you need more than "the worker probably ran." You need scheduled time, delivery time, status code, response body, and retry history.

For the retry model behind this, read the webhook retry logic guide.

FAQ

Can I use Webhook Scheduler with Stripe webhooks?

Yes. Your app can receive Stripe events, decide which delayed action is needed, and schedule a webhook to your own endpoint or integration.

Is this a dunning platform?

No. Webhook Scheduler is not a full billing or dunning platform. It provides reliable delayed HTTPS delivery for the workflows your billing system triggers.

Can failed billing webhooks retry automatically?

Yes. Paid plans include deeper recovery attempts and delivery logs for failed webhook delivery.

Ship delayed webhooks without maintaining queue infrastructure.

Start with the free plan, test a real delivery, then upgrade when the workflow becomes production critical.

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