Payment failed email template

Ask a customer to update a card that was declined.

Use this template free How templates work

Subject: We could not process your payment

Shown with sample data. Every email you send is filled in with your own.

What it needs

The fields this template fills in each time you send it.

Field	Type	Needed
`first_name`	text	Optional
`amount`	number	Yes
`update_url`	text	Yes
`retry_date`	text	Optional
`company`	text	Optional

Send it from your code

After you add it to your project, this is all it takes.

curl -X POST 'https://api.sendsend.email/v1/emails' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SENDSEND_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{
  "from": "Acme <hello@mail.acme.com>",
  "to": [
    "maria@example.com"
  ],
  "template_id": "payment-failed",
  "variables": {
    "first_name": "Maria",
    "amount": 20,
    "update_url": "https://example.com/billing",
    "retry_date": "2026-10-18",
    "company": "Acme"
  }
}'

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