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How Much Is Churn
Costing You?

Enter your numbers below. See your monthly revenue loss, customer lifetime value, and how much you'd recover by reducing churn by just 1–2%.

Your Numbers

15,000
$
$1$500
%
0.1%30%

Current MRR

$5,800

Churning / month

10 subs

Monthly Lost

$290

per month to churn

Annual Lost

$3,480

every year to churn

Customer Lifetime Value

$580

avg. revenue per subscriber at current churn

Recovery Potential

Reduce churn by 1%

Recover 2 subs/month

+$696/yr

Reduce churn by 2%

Recover 4 subs/month

+$1,392/yr

Turn These Numbers Around

01

Retry failed payments automatically

Up to 40% of churn is involuntary — customers whose card declined, not who wanted to leave. Smart retry logic recovers most of these automatically.

02

Send dunning emails

Automated sequences that notify customers of failed payments and prompt them to update their card before the subscription cancels.

03

Offer pause instead of cancel

When customers want to cancel, offer a pause option. Up to 30% will pause rather than cancel outright — keeping them in your subscriber base.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a good monthly churn rate for WooCommerce subscriptions?
For e-commerce subscription businesses, a monthly churn rate below 5% is considered healthy. Best-in-class stores aim for 2–3%. Anything above 8% monthly signals a retention problem worth addressing immediately.
How is customer lifetime value (LTV) calculated?
LTV is calculated as Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) divided by your monthly churn rate. For example, a $49/month subscription with 5% monthly churn gives an LTV of $980 per customer. Lowering churn directly increases LTV without acquiring new customers.
What causes high churn in WooCommerce subscription stores?
The most common causes are failed payments (involuntary churn), poor product-market fit, lack of perceived value, and difficult cancellation experiences. Involuntary churn from failed payments alone typically accounts for 20–40% of all cancellations — and is the most recoverable.
How can WPSubscription help reduce churn?
WPSubscription includes automatic payment retry logic, dunning email sequences for failed payments, subscription pause options (so customers don't fully cancel), and a self-service customer dashboard — all of which directly address the top causes of churn.
Should I track monthly or annual churn rate?
Track monthly churn for operational decisions — it's more responsive and easier to act on. Annual churn is useful for investor reporting and long-term planning. Most subscription benchmarks are quoted as monthly figures.

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